"You could have volunteered for the draft, right?"
I don't think you know how funny that statement is,,brought a smile to my face.
You obviously didn't serve back then, but yes it is oxymoronic. (don't think that's a word)
If you enlisted it was a minimum of three years AD. By volunteering for the draft (starting with your local draft board) you served two.
Not a smile but a snicker. I think the guy is arguing semantics.
Confused draftee and old school army bump.