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"A major reason that the volunteer military has been successful has been the acceptance of females into the military mainstream. What would you do to meet the personnel needs? Bring back the draft?"

IIRC, the services reserve a percentage of slots for females and have to turn away male volunteers.

17 posted on 03/10/2004 3:59:15 PM PST by PLMerite ("Unarmed, one can only flee from Evil. But Evil isn't overcome by fleeing from it." Jeff Cooper)

IIRC, the services reserve a percentage of slots for females and have to turn away male volunteers.

Do you have a source? I searched both google and Defenselink.mil and could find no definitive evidence of fully qualified male applicants being turned away in favor of female applicants.

Were you a recruiter? Please state service, branch, highest grade held and years of service.

Here's mine: USAF; Medical Corps (Flight Surgeon: Rescue, Bombers, Tankers, ICBM); LtCol (O-5); Reserve 1971-1980, Active Duty 1980-1991.