Were you required to register for the draft?

[Allhallowsday]

Yes, but I drew a high number, and the War in Vietnam was winding down, so they did not need as many draftees as before, so I was never called up. I don't remember when the draft ended, but, I do know that there has been some talk of reviving it, with women, this time, also being elegible for it.

I am quite a bit younger than my older brother, but I remember the lottery and my mother crying when David drew a high number.   
I think the draft ended '73, '74...

[RCMerchant]

I signed a paper with a recruiter- I didn't join or sign up for anything.  But the guy came to my Dad's house. Pushy guys! I wasn't into it! I was 18- I didn't wanna have people boss me around.
At that time I liked guns. I also read SGT.FURY comics as a kid. But I wasn't a kid no more.
There was nobody shooting at me. I didn't wanna shoot nobody either. ( Give me 5 years...then I wanted to kill everybody!  )

I was supposed to register they said at the post office. I never did. That was 1980.
I know the draft wasn't in effect- but you still had to sign up for it! In case they changed their minds, I reckon! 

[Trevor]

There was nobody shooting at me. I didn't wanna shoot nobody either. ( Give me 5 years...then I wanted to kill everybody!  )

There was a war going on in my birth country of Zimbabwe (the former Rhodesia) although I'm not exactly army material, I would have considered it an honor to defend my country. The war ended when I was thirteen (1980) but I did want to join up.

[RCMerchant]

If I had been drafted, I would have went. I wouldn't run.
But it might not have been too cool.Giving me a gun at that time in my life would not have been a good idea.

[ER]

RC's post made me curious about how the Vietnam-era draft worked and so I researched that, then I found this simulator that let you enter your date of birth and it told you if you'd have been drafted, and my birth date came up low....so if I'd been a male living back then, I'd have been called up. Interesting. Thank goodness for my matching chromosomes.

[Olivia Bauer]

No.

Fun fact though. Ted Nugent escaped the draft by intentionally s**tting his pants.

[RCMerchant]

No.

Fun fact though. Ted Nugent escaped the draft by intentionally s**tting his pants.

Ted's an a***ole. I worked for him. He's a hypocrite phony piece of s**t.

[Allhallowsday]

No.

Fun fact though. Ted Nugent escaped the draft by intentionally s**tting his pants.

Ted Nugent is always sh!tting his pants. 

[RCMerchant]

No.

Fun fact though. Ted Nugent escaped the draft by intentionally s**tting his pants.

Ted Nugent is always sh!tting his pants. 

And at the top of his lungs!

[Allhallowsday]

No.
Fun fact though. Ted Nugent escaped the draft by intentionally s**tting his pants.

Ted Nugent is always sh!tting his pants. 

And at the top of his lungs!

snicker... 

[VenomX73]

I did in 1988.

[chainsaw midget]

I enlisted at 18 and served four years in the army.  I spent a few months in Kuwait and was active during 9/11 but otherwise nothing major happened. 

Once my active time was over, I joined the national Guard so i won't be reactivated and sent over seas.  See, when you sign up for the military you sign up for 8 years regardless of what your contracts says.  if you sign up for 4 years, that means four years active and another 4 inactive reserve.  "inactive reserve" can be reactivated anytime they want to and my job was in high demand at the time.  Because I didn't want to go back overseas, I went with the national Guard instead and used that to fufill my other four year obligation. 

[indianasmith]

I registered when I turned 18, but at that point I had already agreed to join the Navy on a Delayed Enlistment Program when I graduated.  I served four years, from '82-86, and enjoyed my time in the service greatly.

[The Burgomaster]

Yes, I had to register. But I joined the army reserve straight out of high school anyway. I spent the summer after I graduated in basic training at Fort Dix, New Jersey. All my friends were back home enjoying the summer while I was learning to read maps and administer first aid and stuff. I hated every minute of it, but in hindsight, I'd do it again. I lost about 20 pounds and was in excellent physical condition. And I learned a lot. I just did it when I was too young to really appreciate it.

[ER]

No, because my chromosomes match. Take that, non-matching sorts!