On Sat, 24 Mar 2018 19:43:19 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 3/24/18 5:16 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 24 Mar 2018 13:29:53 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 3/24/18 1:21 PM, wrote:


BTW the army did draft people in your position, if they had critical
skills. My buddy was drafted within months after graduating because
they wanted computer guys ... and he was married with a kid.
Evidently they had all of the liberal arts people they needed.



Right, because what use would the military have for someone with
language skills in Russian and German, and knowledge of group dynamics
(sociology), and skills to teach English to nincompoops. I'm happy the
military had no use for me.

Evidently not. If they really thought you had something they needed
they would have drafted you. They certainly had no need for a liberal
arts style of group dynamics and the only thing they wanted to say in
Russian is "You better stay in Russia or we will **** you up".


Once again, very few people were drafted. Here are some stats that in
many ways conflict with the pro-military bull**** you and others post he

During the Vietnam War era, between 1964 and 1973, the U.S. military
drafted 2.2 million American men out of an eligible pool of 27 million.
Although only 25 percent of the military force in the combat zones were
draftees, the system of conscription caused many young American men to
volunteer for the armed forces in order to have more of a choice of
which division in the military they would serve. While many soldiers did
support the war, at least initially, to others the draft seemed like a
death sentence: being sent to a war and fight for a cause that they did
not believe in.

https://is.gd/5bHfjG


Less than 10% of the availble pool of 27 million were drafted. Got that?


VIETNAM WAR STATISTICS
IN UNIFORM AND IN COUNTRY...

Vietnam Vets: 9.7% of their generation.


DRAFTEES VS. VOLUNTEERS...

25% (648,500) of total forces in country were draftees. (66% of
U.S. armed forces members were drafted during WWII.
Draftees accounted for 30.4% (17,725) of combat deaths in Vietnam.

SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS...

76% of the men sent to Vietnam were from lower middle/working class
backgrounds.
Thee-fourths had family incomes above the poverty level; 50% were
from middle income backgrounds.
Some 23% of Vietnam vets had fathers with professional, managerial
or technical occupations.
79% of the men who served in Vietnam had a high school education or
better when they entered the military service. (63% of Korean War vets
and only 45% of WWII vets had completed high school upon separation.)
Deaths by region per 100,000 of pupulation: South -- 31%, West --
29.9%; Midwest -- 28.4%; Northeast -- 23.5%.


Courtesy of the VFW Magazine and the Public Information Office,
HQ CP Forward Observer -1st Recon
April 12, 1997

World History Center


It would be more interesting to see the numbers between 1968 and 73
when the draft was really running in high gear. Johnson really cranked
it up. For example in december 1969 the first draw, 195 birthdays were
drawn. That is 53% of all the numbers in the barrel. Assuming
birthdays are fairly equally spread out across the year that was more
than half of the eligible draftees. They did an alphabetical drawing
to determine the induction order of those drawn by birthday.
You know, they write this stuff down.