[Cate]

I was just curious on how many of the docs in our are area might be qualified to serve our country. We are very blessed to be in an area where we have a huge abundance of medical personnel and so it would figure that some of these guys would be asked to step up to the plate. Up until last year, I've managed physician offices here and think that docs being pressed into service would cause a huge uproar.

[AdamSelene235]

and so it would figure that some of these guys would be asked to step up to the plate.

A draft isn't exactly "asking" them to do something.

[huck von finn]

The thing that bothers me about this is that we've been assured over and over again that there would be no need for a draft of any kind.

[Bella]

...think that docs being pressed into service would cause a huge uproar.

That's a given!

[Kozak]

I got out of the Air force in July of 1990, right before Desert Shield. As an ER doc with flying experience (flight surgeon for an F-4 squadron tasked for the Middle East as part of the old Rapid Deployment Force) I was pretty anxious. Called my old residency director ( who was the Army advisor on ER medicine, I trained at an Army Hospital ) and asked him what the deal was. His reply:

"Well if it gets ugly, there will be a bill through Congress in 1 day and it will be signed by the President by nightfall. The first planes going over will be full of Active duty folks, the next load will be Guard and Reserve, you can expect to be on the third, as prior service after that it will be the new draftees"....

So this ain't exactly a surprise. At 47 I am getting a litttle long in the tooth.