How did you deal with the draft?

[Etymology gaslight]

Did you cut yourself?

Did I cut myself ?

 

[Unkotare]

Did I cut myself ?

You said you fell into a window. Did someone defenestrate you?

 

[Etymology gaslight]

You said you fell into a window. Did someone defenestrate you?

I'd say
come back
when you're feeling better.
We'll chat.

 

[the watcher]

How I dealt with the draft in 1965 when I was 17 might be a lot different if I were 17 today. You have to look through the lens of the time period. It was just 2 years after JFK was murdered and LBJ went all in for Viet Nam, and no one thought he was anyone's friend. Most of my parents' friends were veterans of ww2,, (less than 20 years ago, and they were proud of their time) and there was still a lot of confidence in the government, which started to fade around 1967, as the truth started coming out. I enlisted in the Navy in 1965 and went to electricians school then the nuclear power program. I still believed we were a good country; I still do but that we have lost our way. I never looked down on protesters, but didn't wear my uniform at home either, but served as best I could. I was actually in the DC police cadet program in high school, and probably could have gotten a deferment id I wanted, but like I said, things were different. I do believe that bringing back the draft would be a good thing if for no other reason than to get kids away from home and the bad influences they are around and give them some perspective. I don't know how I would advise an 18-year-old today.

 

[Etymology gaslight]

How I dealt with the draft in 1965 when I was 17 might be a lot different if I were 17 today. You have to look through the lens of the time period. It was just 2 years after JFK was murdered and LBJ went all in for Viet Nam, and no one thought he was anyone's friend. Most of my parents' friends were veterans of ww2,, (less than 20 years ago, and they were proud of their time) and there was still a lot of confidence in the government, which started to fade around 1967, as the truth started coming out. I enlisted in the Navy in 1965 and went to electricians school then the nuclear power program. I still believed we were a good country; I still do but that we have lost our way. I never looked down on protesters, but didn't wear my uniform at home either, but served as best I could. I was actually in the DC police cadet program in high school, and probably could have gotten a deferment id I wanted, but like I said, things were different. I do believe that bringing back the draft would be a good thing if for no other reason than to get kids away from home and the bad influences they are around and give them some perspective. I don't know how I would advise an 18-year-old today.

This is a wonderful post thank you
and thank you for your service.

I have two navy
Vietnam friends one
was on the SS Hope
the other on the Forrestal.
James Forrestal
was the Secretary of the Navy WW2

My friend
was a brown shirt plane
captain was just coming on duty when it happened.

John McCain was waiting to take off.
It was a dark day for the United States Navy
But here we are today.

What our service people
go through is incredible.

No other organization in the history of mankind
has risen
to such occasions as our military.

I hope people remember that
as they enjoy their very freedom provided by our military.

This will be the greatest flag Day military parade in history
that I can tell you.