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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So where would you move if a draft is implemented?

Would US territories be part of a draft? Puerto Rico? St. Thomas? [/quote]

There will be no draft. There are enough people who did nothing in high school or were born into poverty and don't have any options so they sign up for a government job called the military.[/quote]

What an ignorant generalization.[/quote]

Tell me how it isn't so. Who, officers and a small minority aside, serves in the US military? What is the demographic - not the outliers - what is the predominant demographic? Prove to me that I'm ignorant.[/quote]

Well, you have to basically pass an IQ test to get into the military, so that will weed out a lot of the really stupid folks.  It's been estimated based on AFQT scores that the average IQ for enlisted is around 105; or better than 65% of the people in the US.  Enlisted in the military aren't the dregs of society you seem to think they are; they're just average folks (above average actually) that happen to want to serve their country.   [/quote]

Thank you, pp.  This is true.  My son, college educated, decided to enlist after college.  Why?  He wanted to serve his country and by enlisting, he was able to choose the MOS he wanted.  Had he gone in as an officer, that wouldn’t have happened.  There are lots of others like him.  [/quote]

[quote]Education Level. The majority (83.2%) of officers have a Bachelor’s or higher degree.[b] Few
enlisted members (6.5%) have a Bachelor’s degree or higher, while most (92.5%) have a high
school diploma and/or some college experience but less than a Bachelor’s degree.[/b][b] Compared
to 1995, the percentage of total Active Duty members who have a Bachelor’s and/or an
advanced degree has decreased for officers (from 89.6% in 1995 to 83.2% in 2013), but has
increased for enlisted personnel (from 3.4% in 1995 to 6.5% in 2013). [/quote]

http://download.militaryonesource.mil/12038/MOS/Reports/2013-Demographics-Report.pdf

The military doesn't attract the best and the brightest.  It's easier to target kids with no direction and few skills.  easier to mold them through group think[/quote]

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