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GrhmLz · 04-26-2004, 12:00 PM

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Originally posted by pacifierrocks:
<STRONG>Ok, i know that men have to do that registering thing so that they can be drafted if the situation ever came, but i kinda skimmed over all the posts. so are women included on this?

i'm not really worried myself. i'm the right age, but as far as i know the wrong gender. but if women were being drafted too, i doubt i'd pass the physical. exercise induced asthma. but if it were to happen i would be annoyed. i don't really have a plan for where my life is going right now, but military never entered my mind.</STRONG>

This is what i wanted to know. I read that gender and higher education exclusions would be eliminated. What about the other exlusions that I know of? Will they still stand? I happen to be a very bad asthmatic myself and when a recruiter called me after high school, they told me I was automatically disqualified for this reason. Will certain medical exclusions still stand? And how about the exclusion for single parents? Or when a boy is the only son in the family to carry on the last name of the family? I know this is jumping the gun because nothing has happened yet but I was just curious to know.

Also, I was thinking about married parents and their children. What if both parents are between the ages of 18-26? Where are their children suppose to go if family members are unwilling to take on the responsibility? Will they only allow one of the two parents to go? I heard some small talk around school about this new draft. I just hadn't read the article nor did I know all the details.