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Originally posted by Ideal08
Here are my questions for if and when the draft is put into place:
What is the age range for males who must enlist in the draft?
Do you think that they will make it apply for women, too?
What, if any, circumstances allow you to avoid the draft?
What is the penalty for not enlisting?
Did Muhammad Ali actually go to jail for not enlisting in the draft?
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Having feared being drafted during the Persian Gulf War, I took the liberty of studying draft law (or conscription, as it is legally named) to know the ins and outs of the subject.
Males 18-25 must register for the draft. However, males 18-31 can be drafted, however it must be by Order of Call, which is a priority pecking order age grouping of men to be drafted. Volunteers go first, as well as those who opted for being drafted in lieu of incarceration time. Then the Age 20 Selection Group (all those who actually TURN 20 in a given calender year--thus 19 year olds can be drafted in this group). Then the Ages 21-31 selection groups (all other selection groups must be completely depleted before another group can be called. Lastly, the age 19 and 18 Selection groups--should a draft call ever reach this point, the world would have to be in VERY serious trouble. In the past draft calls seldom, if ever, got past the Age 21 Selection Groups.
I don't find it likely that the draft would ever call for women to serve, however with women demanding equality in the military, it would not be surprising if the draft did extend to include women.
The remaining questions I will answer in a separate post, b/c it is rather lengthy.