Evidently you have never been to boot camp. When I was in boot camp, Parris Island, January to April of 1970, over half my platoon was draftees. But there was no distinction between volunteers and draftees among the drill instructors. We were all maggots and the ones who couldn't "adapt to military life" were indeed weeded out. One morning when we got up, about 20 of them were gone and we never saw them again.
Funny thing about us draftees: we were older, better educated, more mature and better suited for leadership. When it came time for handing out the honors at graduation, 5 of the 6 of us who got promoted were draftees.
Trying to analogize the military to the public school system only goes so far. Unless boot camp has been totally wussified in the past 37 years.
Actually I think it has been wussified to allow for the co-ed training I hear they do. But that's just hearsay on my part because I don't know anyone who's been to boot camp in the last 10 years.
I'm of your generation and being of the opposite gender, was not drafted, so I have no first-hand knowledge. Just a question - when a draftee washed out in 1970, were they excused service or did they go into some other part of the military ?