Return to the Draft

Selective Service System ^ | 1973 | Selective Service System

[hardspunned]

Overview of What Would Occur if the United States Returned to a Draft:

1. Draft Authorization: Congress and the President

A national emergency, exceeding the Department of Defense’s capability to recruit and retain its total force strength, requires Congress to amend the Military Selective Service Act to authorize the President to induct personnel into the Armed Forces.

2. Activation of Selective Service System

Selective Service activates and orders all personnel to report for duty. Reserve Force Officers, along with selected military retirees, begin to open Area Offices to accept registrant claims. Local, District Appeal, and National Board members are notified to report for refresher training.

3. The Lottery

A publicly attended, nationally televised and live-streamed lottery is conducted. The lottery, a random drawing of birthdays and numbers, establishes the order in which individuals receive orders to report for induction. The first to receive induction orders are those whose 20th birthday falls during the year of the lottery. If required, additional lotteries are conducted for those 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 19, and finally 18.5 years-old. Learn more here.

4. Orders to Report to MEPS

Induction notices are sent and registrants may now make claims if desired for a postponement, deferment or exemption. Inductees report to a local Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) for induction. At MEPS, registrants are given a physical, mental, and moral evaluation to determine whether they are fit for military service. Once notified of the results of the evaluation, a registrant will either be inducted into military service or sent home.

[hardspunned]

Those times when we had no draft, how did we get one? Just like this, you say? No, can’t happen here.

[halfright]

well,lets add women to the draft as well..... /s

[Alberta's Child]

1. If you think the "helicopter parents" who raised Millenials and Generation Z are ever going to let their snowflakes volunteer for the U.S. military -- let alone get DRAFTED -- you're delusional.

2. Look at the civil unrest we saw across the U.S. after the demise of that loser George Floyd. Do you think those mutants are going to go willingly to their local draft mobilization center?

Stop posting this silly nonsense.

[Alberta's Child]

See Post #23. You're delusional.

You're especially delusional because you spend most of your time here on FR posting about the betrayal of American workers by the country's corporate and government leaders -- for decades.

What makes you think any of those Americans would even find this country worth defending?

[Alberta's Child]

What killed the draft was the way history played out after the last one ended.

Once we reached the point in our history where draft dodgers ended up better off than those who did what they were told, the credibility of the U.S. government was completely destroyed and nobody would have any reason to listen to their government leaders again when it came to consequential matters.

[hardspunned]

How does the mantra go?

In President Vegetable, we trust
In President Vegetable, we trust
In President Vegetable, we trust

I’ll work on it.

[thescourged1]

It would take armed press gangs going door-to-door to enforce a draft. Especially when there’s no real national emergency. Even if there was, I doubt anyone would show up as long as the internet and cell service was still working.

[dfwgator]

It would take armed press gangs going door-to-door to enforce a draft

Like the 'Slacker Raids' of WWI on Steroids.

[enduserindy]

I just want to know if the pro war freepers are offering up their son’s first. Where the hell did you think this was going? I hope anyone that called us Putin fans us for having simple foresight and common sense get to say goodbye first. Shame on you.

[ansel12]

I don’t think it works that way, accepting Finland’s request to join NATO will not require Americans to man their 830-mile border with Russia.

[sport]

Are you serious? Of course not. It is yours and mine they wish to send. Theirs are going to stay here and help them count their dirty money they will make.

[mac_truck]

Oh yeah, a draft is coming.

Draft riots will follow shortly after.

[hardspunned]

The Russian are in the process of arming the border now. Initially they are deploying intermediate range nuclear systems with a range of all of NATO Europe. The Finns were not in this peril before joining NATO and NATO is supposed to let them fend for themselves? I honestly don’t think you really believe that.

[PGR88]

I can guarantee you that you’ll never see another draft in your lifetime.

The present deep-state leaders behind the scenes are psychopaths and their leftist front men in the Biden administration are children. They are rapidly bringing about collapse of the US Empire, and they will stop at nothing. I would say therefore, that at some point, a draft will be guaranteed.

[hardspunned]

I have a 17 year old grandson. I am ignoring the regime lies and am aware of how dangerous a position we are in. When I checked to see how easily it would be for the DC warmongers of both stripes to take my grandson, I was very much shocked. Other grandfathers can look at this and draw what conclusions they want but I’ve seen this movie before.

[Empire_of_Liberty]

So, your cell phone would stop working if you fail to appear, right?

It doesn’t seem unlikely, to me. Millennials don’t know how to live without their smartphones.

[mikey_hates_everything]

I’m too old to be drafted but not to be on a draft board. That might be interesting. Got a few names in mind already.

[hardspunned]

You can’t draft these neocon cowboys. I’m sure they’re all signing up to fight the big guy’s war already.

[dfwgator]

[hardspunned]

Checking my crystal ball now. Cloudy, cloudy, now I see it. We will begin seeing leaked Pentagon draft implementation memos November 9.