I am disappointed nobody mentioned that 42 is the perfect choice since it’s the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything.
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If the draft comes, I guess this is a perk of having POTS. But I would bet being the only male I've ever met with it, they're going to do all the stupid ass testing because they won't believe my entire medical record
They'll need adults to join to help clean up the fucking mess of epic proportions that the current administration is creating.
Oh thank god I turn 43 next month…really dodged the bullet or draft on that one…
The draft was already authorized to go up to 45, just hasn't been used that high.
I thought it was 44, and I’m seeing examples of that happening back during WW2, such as Pvt. William S. Frederick, Sr.
Along the dusty road to Camp Gruber, forty-four-year-old Pvt. William S. Frederick, Sr., encountered his own son, twenty-year-old Pvt. William S. Frederick, Jr. Both were taxicab drivers from Olean, New York; neither had dependents; and both had been snapped up by their local draft board.
Watch them raise the age again, now it'll probably be up to 55!
I thought I dodged the bullet myself when I learned it was previously up to 35.
"If you're not with us, then you'll die for us and we'll make sure of it!" Their motto, probably.
Welp, do they take a goofy dude near that age that needs to lose some pounds?
That's one way to get in shape. They've had pre-basic programs for that for quite a while now. They'll pay you to do it but I don't think it counts towards your contract time until you make it to basic.
One way to find out. Enlist.
I hope they try and draft my ass. There is no way in hell I'll ever fight for this country again. Been there done that, don't recommend.
Same, even if they let me actively hit a blunt at the range.
Why did Trump get rid of all of that DEI stuff again? Wasn't the claim that it was lowering our standards? So, if that's true, then getting rid of DEI should mean we can meet our hiring quotas while still maintaining high standards, right?
Because if they get rid of DEI and they still had to lower hiring standards for the military, just as they also recently did for the DOJ, then that's pretty conclusive evidence that their objections to DEI were completely about bigotry and not about the competency of the candidates.
oh shit we're going to get drafted aren't we
A draft would be a civil war, especially if they set it at 42.
Nobody would fucking go, and we'd see ICE agents used to round up anyone "military aged" starting in poverty striken neighborhoods and eventually expanding.
trump's dumb enough to try it tho, so we're probably gonna find out.
Lol the draft isn't going to a civil war
You know that at very least Hegseth has been walking around with a half chub at the thought of reinstating the draft. We're talking about invading multiple countries at any given time. All of the strong man dictators that Trump admires are in countries with compulsory military service.Then there's the timing of the announcement that Barron is ineligible to serve because he's too tall or some shit, the press secretary refusing to rule out a draft, and now this. I think they are seriously contemplating the possibility of a mandatory draft in the future.
Then there’s the timing of the announcement that Barron is ineligible to serve because he’s too tall or some shit
I had to look that up. Apparently the limit is 6'8", and they claim he's 6'9". Now, the kid is clearly a tall motherfucker, but how much y'all wanna bet he actually tops out at 6'7"? (6'9" is 205.74cm)
They will give you some free shit and people will flock like sheep. Or they will just snatch you off the street and instead of aligator Alcatraz it will be boot camp
Huh, so their logic is draft me, give me a gun, teach me to shoot, and throw a military parade birthday party.
This is going to be one for the books.
Their logic is to draft you, put you in high vis hand-me -downs that have had their previous holes patched up, and put you on the front lines with rocks until his problem solves itself.
I think I'll go fight for the Canadians in the coming war.
Currently, it's still voluntary, thankfully.
But, I wouldn't be sure considering who we're dealing with.
Voluntary but you cant say no.
Voluntold.
Because of the implication.
MP's looking to enforce a draft will need to wear flak vests. The whole thing, including the bits and bobs that infantrymen typically throw away to save weight.
It's okay, just made a not so subtle reference to fragging. You might be locked up but you won't be murdering some innocent child who was born the wrong color!
That's my plan at least. Lol but the exasperated kind of lol not like a haha yknow
The issue with assuming you can use fragging as an option is how it assumes you'll be near anyone that deserves a fragging. You'll likely be grouped with other drafties.
There was a Vietnam era strategy where enlisting decreased one's chances of being sent to Vietnam.
Whoever is telling me go there, do that. I'm not looking for the General Supreme himself. Fight war not wars you feel me? That hydra may have so many heads you can't count em but I will be goddamned if I won't swing that sword when it's handed it to me :)
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I'm all for the draft on one very strict condition; it has to be truly random with no way for rich kids to get mommy and daddy to buy them out of it or into a cushy assignment. When the rich kids have an equal chance of dying in oil wars, there won't be so many oil wars.
That's a terrible solution to the current problem.
I wasn't really offering it as a solution to the current problem. I'm just saying that I don't believe the current problem would exist if, for the past 10 years or more, rich kids were candidate fodder for the meat grinder.
I can't, my bone spurs hurt.
Is your daddy rich? No? Off to the front with you!
I know someone who is non reenlistable because they got drunk and did a bit of surprise cocaine the day before a surprise piss test. Wonder if they’ll ease the cocaine restriction too.
But you better not be black and not be able to shave down to the skin.
Kicking out all the minorites and then sending the white guys to go die in Iran seems counter productive for their racist goals.
Its not about sending them to die. Its making sure that the military consists of a monoculture of people from similar background that can be used to oppress minorities.
Bring out your morons!
Does he think we're Russia? I don't think the American military has the same problems as the Russian one (besides an absolute monster at the very top)
Does he think we’re Russia?
Literally yes. Russia is MAGA's vision for America.
just wait til they start throwing people at the meat grinder which is Iran. invading that place would be complete insanity.
The waiver was rubber stamps anyways.
They give them out for almost anything, I knew a guy that got one for being forced into being a child soldier in South America before coming to America and joining our military.
And he was already out of bootcamp by the time he got the waiver because his recruiter told him not to mention it to anyone till after lol.
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