Depends on your MOS....I've been looking seriously at the USCG, but most of their rates cut off at age 28 (with some waiverable up to age 30). I hopefully will be done with my degree by then :hs:

Anyways, a draft/mandatory service, like a volunteer service, has its advantages and pitfalls. One of the biggest advantages is that it evens out the "burden," if you will....I read somewhere that currently only ~1% of the population has a direct relative serving in Iraq, whereas in WWII this was closer to 14%. And, there is no rationing or anything else going on. The war, for most, doesn't affect our lives at all...mandatory service would change a lot of that.