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To: Nifster

What draft? The one that ended shortly after I was inducted after enlisting instead of getting drafted in 1967? Which was before what I consider to be the “modern military”. The draft culled men from across socio-economic lines from the inner city ghetto boys to the upper crust trust fund screw ups. Everybody was thrown into the same basic training and came out of it in much better shape than they were in when inducted and came out a good bit more humble, too. Of the thousands of recruits I joined in San Diego in 1967, I don’t recall seeing more than a real small percentage who were sickly or obese. Nowadays, it seems like the obese are prevalent in the all-volunteer military. Something doesn’t add up.


23 posted on 04/28/2019 5:03:17 PM PDT by VietVet876
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To: VietVet876

I was responding to someone who wanted to bring back the draft. My comment stands


24 posted on 04/28/2019 5:05:41 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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