[Vermont Lt]

This guy is my age. The draft ended in the early 70’s when this guy wasnt a teenager.

In fact, depending on what year he was born, he might not have had to register at all. (THAT started back up again when I was in college.)

[Paladin2b]

This guy is my age. The draft ended in the early 70’s when this guy wasnt a teenager...In fact, depending on what year he was born, he might not have had to register at all. (THAT started back up again when I was in college.)

Chet was born 24 November 1951. He became eligible for the draft in late 1969. When did Nixon effectively end it, i.e., stop calling anyone from the lowest lottery numbers, as opposed to formally scrapping the Selective Service Act in 1973?

[Mr. Silverback]

The draft ended in 1973, a year before this guy graduated. That means it’s likely he was deferred for at least a year or two.

On September 2nd, 2004, John Kerry called out Dick Cheney as a coward because Cheney had received deferments. And his deferment-recipient veepmuffin grinned and applauded on the stage behind him.