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In a Michigan Daily article, experts unveiled the fear that the military was not receiving enough volunteers and recognized the need to make military service more attractive to well-educated Americans, not just to those who had no other option but enlistment or induction.
Bill Ayers, a UM student activist who was arrested in a sit-in at the Selective Service Office, discussed how conscription can actually benefit society in a interview. First, he argued, because the draft affects the people around an individual, they are more likely to pay attention to the foreign policy decisions being made by the government. Therefore, Americans in the era of the draft were much more actively engaged in politics and in questioning the true consequences of foreign policy decisions.
On December 1, , the first draft lottery since began, but college deferments were kept intact. Anti-war activists recognized the draft lottery system did not produce truly random results. The draft received even more resistance as dissenters became more frustrated with the system.
Finally, Nixon ended the draft in January , but by then the war was almost over. Citations for this page individual document citations are at the full document links. Michael S. It was used again from to raise troops to fight World War II, and then again to meet the needs for the Korean War. Between the end of WWII and the Korean War, men could just be drafted to serve, regardless of the demands of a national emergency.
After Vietnam, President Gerald Ford abolished the draft entirely in but President Jimmy Carter established the draft system in place today as a response to the potential threat posed by the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
President Richard Nixon established a draft lottery in but stopped drafting military-age males in when the US military became an all-volunteer force, but not before an estimated half-million people avoided conscription.
There were two kinds of methods to avoid being drafted when you number was called: illegal and legal. There were a few laws in place relevant to Selective Service meant to keep necessary men in their homes and with their families. Purposely pursuing a legal waiver or deferment for any reason is draft avoidance.
Those who could not meet the criteria for legal would mitigate their responsibilities by illegal means, this is called draft evasion or more popularly known as "draft dodging. Those who received deferments especially politicians and other people who like to closely associate themselves with the military will fervently argue there is a distinct difference. Here are 11 ways people beat the draft in the s. Jehovah's Witnesses, Mennonites, the Amish, and Quakers are all considered Peace Churches who are opposed to any kind of military service.
They were allowed to serve in other ways, however, but in a civilian capacity. Dishonest conscientious objection would be illegal. You can still be awesome as a CO, by the way. Clergymen and missionaries were also exempt from the draft, which is how Mitt Romney deferred while spending two years in France as a Mormon missionary. The military is surprisingly strict about the medical conditions of those it enlists, even if they really need the manpower.
Gastritis, ulcers, hepatitis and anemia are all common, treatable conditions the military will flat-out reject you for having. Diabetics are out, too. During the Vietnam draft, people would stay awake for days ahead of their medical screening, do a lot of illegal drugs, or otherwise make themselves appear generally unhealthy to avoid being draft.
Ask Ted Nugent about doing meth and crapping his pants to avoid the draft. Men with children and families who depend on those men for their livelihood are in a lower draft priority than single men or childless husbands.
And if you're not a homosexual, pretend to be! In the s and s, it was perfectly fine to both ask and tell. If men out to dodge the draft were afraid they wouldn't be asked, they would wear women's underwear to the medical exams. Upwards of 40, draft dodgers fled to Canada between and Many stayed in Canada after the war's end, and some even stayed after President Carter pardoned them all on his first day in office. Those who stayed became Canadian citizens.
Student deferments were very common ways of beating the draft, though many students were really in school to be in school and not simply to avoid Vietnam.
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