Is anyone out there that is a draft dodger from the Vietnam Era?
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So are these losers, honeybear...\n\nDick Cheney, Karl Rove, Elliott Abrams, Paul Wolfowitz, \nRichard Perle, John Ashcroft, Dennis Hastert, Bill Bennett, Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Joe Scarborough Sean Hannity, John Bolton, Ken Adelman, Jeb Bush, Tom DeLay, Roger Ailes, Brit Hume, Tony Snow, Alan Keyes, Kenn Starr, Antonin Scalia, Ted Olson, Clarence Thomas, Andrew Card, Don Evans, Michael Ledeen, Marc Racicot, Bob Barr, Newt Gingrich, Trent Lott, Phil Graham, Steve Forbes, Dan Quayle, Tim Hutchinson, Mitch McConnell, Don Nickles, Saxby Chambliss, Mark Souder, Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, Gary Bauer, George Will, Dennis Miller, Ted Nugent, Michael Weiner, Matt Drudge....and George W. Bush...
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he never saw active duty as in overseas active duty. he was a pilot in the texas air national guard. however, he was a pretty slick draft dodger during vietnam.
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I understand exactly what you are experiencing.  I went in in 1966, went to Viet Nam and got out in 1970.  Everything I did for the next two years was hollow.  No sense of urgency, no real need for me, and I missed the JAZZ (to borrow a term from the A-Team).  I ended up going back to the Air Force in 1972.  You may be like I was.  If you are, nothing will fill that void except the military.  You need to be awakened at 0400 because someone needs you.  You need to work two or three back to back shifts because you are the only one with the skills necessary.\n\nThe only thing I really regret is the way the country is going.  There are people here who have no idea what is going on around them but they have the same rights as everyone else.  I was part of the mechanism that insured they could keep those rights.\n\nI have a friend who retired after I did, we communicate on a regular basis.  I have sent him dozens of articles about some dead head or another and all I ask is for him to tell me why we did the time.\n\nI sure this helps.  Best of luck in whatever YOU choose...
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there is sort of a back-door draft going on where they can get people who are out of the military back in, even if they've already served their time.  If a full draft starts, you will see a definite changing of feelings toward the war.
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oh my god please\n\ni dont care what people did 40 years ago\ni just dont give an S if dick cheney or bill clinton dodged some draft from 40 years ago\n\nmilitary should be voluntary then and thats not to deny that lots of people who were drafted didnt do a great job cause they did\n\nbut so what\n\nthe man didnt go to war he stayed home and eventually became a congressman and a secretary of defense and a vice president
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I was a Medic with the 4th Division in Vietnam.\nWe did everything the infantry did until someone was hurt or killed. Myself I'm 100% disabled because of the Vietnam war. I was not only wounded twice but had cancers due to agent orange and PTSD. It was terrible. I not only had to try and patch up my friends but I had to try and find their body parts to ship home to their families.
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there is no draft. maybe he just moved away and told you that he got drafted and you believed him because you are gullable.
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Thank you so much; you seem wise beyond your years! I am a Vietnam Veteran and appreciate your words more than you will ever know. I hope you have a good life and support your local troops wherever they are. You are wished well. God bless you!
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When he was given the chance during Vietnam, he did not either.  He was AWOL drinking with buddies in the National Guard.
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since WWII, we've been drafted, but mostly NA's volunteer for the service.\n\n\nAs a side note, the first N.A. Miss America was on, from New Mexico....now we need one to run for Pres.
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I was a Nam era vet who retired after Desert Storm, I worked with draftees, and I honestly believe that the military is better off without them.  Would you want your son or daughter, or your country, to depend on people who care nothing about any of them?  Draftees tend to do the bare minimum to get by, they don't care about their fellow troops or the mission, it's the volunteers, the true patriots, who get the job done.
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I volunteered to go to 'Nam, why would I (or anyone) try to avoid doing my (our) duty to my (our) country?\nI had a high enough number that I wouldn't have been drafted.\nBy joining, I eliminated the need to draft someone else.\nIt never ceases to amaze me that the ones who do try their hardest to avoid their duty to defend our freedom are the ones that insist on having it the most.
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I would not wait to be drafted.  But I have served my time during the "First Gulf War" and am now considered to old for military service.\n\nIf called back to duty - I would go without question.
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pepper, that is wrong...\n\nIf drafted, you do not have the "choice" not to go. Though no draft has occurred since Vietnam. Today's military is completely voluntary, but the draft is and always will be there as an insurance policy if we are ever in an extremely bad situation. And if drafted everyone called must report. Refusal to report can result in action by the government.\n\nAs a matter of fact, I am one that believes that every able bodied person should serve. I believe it would keep us at a better state of preparedness and that it would cut down things such as unemployment and poverty. People who serve receive training that can be used in the public world as job skills. Self reliability and dicipline are also embraced by military training. Those are things that the younger generation of today is sorely lacking overall.\n\nAs for the actual penalties\n\nWhat is the penalty for not registering?\nIf you do not register, you could be prosecuted and fined up to $250,000 and/or be put in jail for up to five years. Registration is also a requirement to qualify for Federal student aid, job training benefits, and most Federal employment.
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Clinton was elected twice and he was a draft dodger. But these are different times. I do support the war but I want the Pentagon making the decisions about war, not Capital Hill. I thought we learned that lesson in Vietnam?
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wasn't a who, but the time I served in Army/Vietnam
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I assume your Dad was with this unit?\nName:  Bill Bouckaert  \n\nEmail Address: bbilljb@aol.com\n\nDate: 10/03/05\n\nComments: My name is Bill Bouckaert. I was in country from 2/67 till2/68. I was the Commo man for the whole year I was there. Sgt Torre was the Commo Sgt. 66 was our APC,  Rosemarys  Baby. Most of my time was spent at Blackhorse.\nI met a lot of great guys, I enjoy reading all the communication from friends from 30= years ago.\nGod Bless\n\nI hope this will be of some help for you! Our Vietnam Troops served proudly and certainly did not deserve the treatment that some of them recieved when they came home\n\nAn excellent site where you can find any and all info on Vietnam is: http://members.aol.com/TeacherNet/Vietnam.html#Images\n\nAnother site I enjoyed/there are a lot of photos on this site too! :\nhttp://www.woodlot.com/vietnam/html/photo.cfm