Reply #8: If a draft happens, they will NOT have a choice [View All]

[MADem]

They can APPLY to other branches, but those branches can say no. In that case, it's off to the Army, unless a Marine comes into the processing station, and starts picking people out of line (One-Two-Three-MARINE!). This actually happened at one Armed Forces Entrance and Examining Station (AFEES--they are now called MEPS--Military Entrance Processing Station) during Vietnam, and the soon-to-be recruits rioted when they realized what was happening, and they all scattered, so the guy couldn't tell which sheep he had designated for slaughter (they were all long haired hippies and looked alike, standing there in their BVDs). The Marine ended up locking the door and lining them up, and pulling the USMC fodder out of line. Talk about a "Life Sucks, and then you die" kinda day....