Originally Posted by Kestrel

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.