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Originally posted by kono
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Originally posted by JEL
Hey, To all you guys that served in ANY capacity
THANK YOU!
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I'll second that!!
I had to register for the draft in 77, but was extremely happy that it wasn't active.
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That was another little issue. I enlisted when I was 17 and never registered for the draft.
A year in, I received notice from Selective Service that I was in violation of some regulation or another and was subject to arrest it I did not register immediately.
Navy lawyer (teammate on softball team) just laughed and threw the notice in the trash. Told me not to worry, worse case was that they could force me into the service which is where I was already. Nothing like bureacracy to keep a government afloat
I was in not quite two years when my number was pulled. It was 150 and they only took up to 50 for those born in 1952.
Still wouldn't trade that experience for anything.