Thank you for your service, sir. And for the correction in jargon.
Myself, out of high school in '73, lottery number of 55. Dithered between sign up for the Navy and "wait and see." "Wait and see" won, Nixon ended the draft, and I went to Valaraiso University's College of Engineering.
You're quite welcome; I was just doing my job (and staying out of the draft). We didn't have lottery numbers when I flunked out of college in 1966. Once the student deferment was gone, so were you.
If I'm not mistaken, they were considering drafting into the Marine Corps as well as the Army at that point in time. I don't know if they did or not but I wasn't willing to chance it. The Marine Corps was looking for 'A Few Good Men' who really wanted to be there. I can't imagine that Marine draftees were treated any better than some Army draftees that I had gone to school with.
And for the correction in jargon.
No problem. I think it's a deliberate attempt on the rats' part to exaggerate J F'n K's 'career'.