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Originally posted by 4x4fun
I'm officially giving the year 2009 a new name.
When the National Draft starts and because I said it here first, members here at ATS will refer to the year 2009 as "The Year of the Draft" among other things.
Originally posted by Mysterysoul
I think it might be possible that they would begin recalling Retiree's both the medical and Non medical retiree's back in prior to calling up the draft.
Those who did their "20" years and are still physically able to perform their duty within Regulations and those medicaled that could be tweaked to fit within regulations might be called back prior to initiating any kind of Draft. as some people stated it would be political suicide.
I unfortunately fall in the medical retiree category.
Running away to Canada won't work this time around.
Originally posted by highfreq
Well, the way things are shaping up for 2009, it wouldn't surprise me if Congress would have to reinstate the draft.
Universal National Service Act of 2007 (Introduced in House) H. R. 393
To require all persons in the United States between the ages of 18 and 42 to perform national service, either as a member of the uniformed services or in civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security, to authorize the induction of persons in the uniformed services during wartime to meet end-strength requirements of the uniformed services, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the favorable treatment afforded combat pay under the earned income tax credit, and for other purposes.