Support The Military Draft
According to the United States Constitution there are only three reasons to go to war:
1. To repel invasion
2. Suppress insurrection
3. Execute the laws
In regards to Iraq we have met all three:
1. To stop terrorism and possible threats against the United States
2. We are now on a Global scale and Saddam is rebelling against laws established by the U.N.
3. Since we have international treaties, we must help execute the laws
REFORANDUM FOR ALL AMERICANS
FROM: STEVEN L. JOHNSON
SUBJECT: SUPPORT FOR A TWO YEAR MILITARY DRAFT FOR ALL HIGH SCHOOL GRADS AND NON-GRADS 18-22 YEARS OF AGE REGARDLESS OF SEX
POINTS OF INTEREST:
A. WE DON'T NEED A DRAFT BECAUSE THERE IS ALREADY ENOUGH AMERICANS SIGNING UP/IF A WAR TAKES PLACE WE WILL NEED MORE AMERICANS
B. WE HAVE ENOUGH AMERICANS EVEN IF WE GO TO WAR/ IN WAR NOTHING IS CERTAIN
C. ANTI-AMERICAN SENTIMENT IS TAKING PLACE ALL OVER THE WORLD (THEY WANT TO KILL YOU AND YOUR FAMILY)/ANTI-WAR PROTESTS ARE TAKING PLACE HERE IN AMERICA BY THE PEOPLE THAT MAY DIE IF THE WAR COMES HERE
D. ALMOST ALL COUNTRIES TRAIN THEIR CITIZENS THROUGH THE MILITARY AFTER HIGH SCHOOL/THEY ARE PREPARED, ARE YOU TRAINED IN URBAN WARFARE OR CHEMICAL WARFARE OR BE ABLE TO REACT WITH EMERGENCY TRAINING
E. BERKLEY UNIVERSITY STUDENTS FOUND POWER FROM THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT/SPARKED THE "60'S" REVOLUTION OF ANTI-WAR PROTESTERS THAT WANTED TO END THE WAR IN VIETNAM OR SHUT-DOWN AMERICA, IT CAUSED US TO LOSE THE WAR IN VIETNAM, AND THROUGH THE GENERATIONS WE NOW HAVE DISRESPECTFUL CHILDREN AND FEARFUL PARENTS
F. CHURCH, FAMILY AND SCHOOL ARE TO TRAIN OUR CHILDREN/THE NUMBERS ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN, THERE IS MISTRUST AND LACK OF FAITH IN THE CHURCH AND AGAIN PARENTS ARE FEARFUL TO DISCIPLINE THEIR CHILDREN AND THE SCHOOLS DO NOT RECEIVE ENOUGH "ASSISTANCE" TO REACH THE MASSES, A FRIEND OF MINE SAID IT WAS A SHAME THAT IT WOULD TAKE A DRAFT TO CORRECT THINGS BUT NECESSARY
Since being out of the military, I find the disobedience of children and some adults almost repulsive, there seems to be a movement of anarchy which is being viewed as a freedom. In looking back at history the only thing that sticks out is Berkley University and the movement after the Civil Rights movement. The "60's" were a so-called generation of peace and love and self-discovery, but lacked in rules, regulations, and education to create productivity. The main mission of the start of the "60's revolution" was to stop the war in Vietnam. The bottom line was to end the war or shut down America. This is the most negative statement I have ever heard.
Support of fellow Americans is what wins wars, if Americans supported the war effort we would of won the Vietnam War. This negative sentiment of a relaxed generation has filtered down to their children and now children's children. The baby boomer generation is now growing old, and now must rely on a generation that either does not care or only cares for themselves. Not only must there be care for the aged but also care for the land in which we live, they must defend the United States of America. There will be new Senators, Congressmen, and the voters to elect them, so we must create a foundation of dedication that can once again change the face of a nation but in a positive manner.
I am in full support of a "draft". There is opposition to the draft, then again because of lack of understanding there is opposition to war. There has to be balance between war and peace through education. What I propose is a draft for all high school graduates both male and female because both need the education and non-grads 18-22 years of age to serve not one year but two years of active military service. They will of course be given college incentive and even college credit for service. This will give a foundation of education, knowledge of government, and protection from threat. There is Anti-American sentiment growing in the world, most countries train their citizens in combat fundamentals and are prepared, are we prepared for Iraq, N. Korea, Russia, China, other Arab nations?
I am not in support of a militant society, but a society that is given a core of dedication, to stand up and both fight and defend and to do what is right in all things, again there must be balance. In this balance there are two resolutions that need to be viewed and will be included here. One view is of Rep. Ron Paul who is in support of H. Con. Res. 368 which expresses the sense of Congress against reinstating a military draft. The other view is the Universal Military Training and Service Act of 2001 (Introduced in House) HR 3598 IH. I have read both of these views and the view of Rep. Ron Paul is strong in using the words of Webster against Conscription.
Webster's fear and concern was the power of the Government at all times, in peace as well as in war, and how it was to be exercised under all circumstances, according to it's mere discretion. He was fearful that an uncontrolled power of military conscription was an error or mistake. However, Webster thought that if a man believed he was defending his country or helping his country to be a better nation, then he should obey every rightful command of the Government. But, if a man didn't want to protect his country, or fight for his family, was forced to serve and than died, it would be considered murder. During the time of Webster, and the threat of the British, the American people at that time was not eager to rebel against the new government, there was no need for the draft because the people already had the sense to defend their freedoms from the oppressors which were the British. Of course during a time that everyone was in agreement of freedom it would be wrong to make or force a person to serve in the military as if one was a slave. During that time in history, "the draft" was during the act of war in which 1 in 25 men would be taken or forced to serve with the possibility of serving for life. I am not asking for life except to give for the freedoms of others. I am asking only two years of education, and lifetime of pride. In this time however, there is confusion, lack of education, relaxed attitude towards rules and regulations, and in essence it would be a threat to National Security if we did nothing.
To all Americans who serve the system, it may not be the perfect system, but a system that has proven to work, regardless of corruption that has taken place through the generations. My name is Steven L. Johnson and I served in the military in the United States Air Force, and my enlistment was not perfect, however, I found that the core of the military is necessary in these times. Since Sept. 11, 2001 you would think that we would do more or take things more seriously. Not the Government, but the American people. The responsibility must be placed on us, we must do what is right, or we will perish.
May 20, 2002
Say No to Conscription
by Rep. Ron Paul
I hope my colleagues who believe that the current war on terrorism justifies violating the liberty of millions of young men by reinstating a military draft will consider the eloquent argument against conscription in the attached speech by Daniel Webster. Then-representative Webster delivered his remarks on the floor of the House in opposition to a proposal to institute a draft during the War of 1812. Webster's speech remains one of the best statements of the Constitutional and moral case against conscription.
Despite the threat posed to the very existence of the young republic by the invading British Empire, Congress ultimately rejected the proposal to institute a draft. If the new nation of America could defeat what was then the most powerful military empire in the world without a draft, there is no reason why we cannot address our current military needs with a voluntary military.
Webster was among the first of a long line of prominent Americans, including former President Ronald Reagan and Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, to recognize that a draft violates the fundamental principles of liberty this country was founded upon.
In order to reaffirm support for individual liberty and an effective military, I have introduced H. Con. Res. 368, which expresses the sense of Congress against reinstating a military draft. I urge my colleagues to read Daniel Webster's explanation of why the draft is incompatible with liberty government and cosponsor H. Con. Res. 368.
ON CONSCRIPTION (By Daniel Webster)
During America's first great war, waged against Great Britain, the Madison Administration tried to introduce a conscription bill into Congress. This bill called forth one of Daniel Webster's most eloquent efforts, in a powerful opposition to conscription. The speech was delivered in the House of Representatives on December 9, 1814; the following is a condensation:
"This bill indeed is less undisguised in its object, and less direct in its means, than some of the measures proposed. It is an attempt to exercise the power of forcing the free men of this country into the ranks of an army, for the general purposes of war, under color of a military service. It is a distinct system, introduced for new purposes, and not connected with any power, which the Constitution has conferred on Congress.
But, Sir, there is another consideration. The services of the men to be raised under this act are not limited to those cases in which alone this Government is entitled to the aid of the militia of the States. These cases are particularly stated in the Constitution - 'to repel invasion, suppress insurrection, or execute the laws.'
The question is nothing less, than whether the most essential rights of personal liberty shall be surrendered, and despotism embraced in its worst form. When the present generation of men shall be swept away, and that this Government ever existed shall be a matter of history only, I desire that it may then be known, that you have not proceeded in your course unadmonished and unforewarned. Let it then be known, that there were those, who would have stopped you, in the career of your measures, and held you back, as by the skirts of your garments, from the precipice, over which you are plunging, and drawing after you the Government of your Country.
Conscription is chosen as the most promising instrument, both of overcoming reluctance to the Service, and of subduing the difficulties which arise from the deficiencies of the Exchequer. The administration asserts the right to fill the ranks of the regular army by compulsion. It contends that it may now take one out of every twenty-five men, and any part or the whole of the rest, whenever its occasions require. Persons thus taken by force, and put into an army, may be compelled to serve there, during the war, or for life. They may be put on any service, at home or abroad, for defense or for invasion, according to the will and pleasure of Government. This power does not grow out of any invasion of the country, or even out of a state of war. It belongs to Government at all times, in peace as well as in war, and is to be exercised under all circumstances, according to its mere discretion. This, Sir, is the amount of the principle contended for by the Secretary of War (James Monroe).
Is this, Sir, consistent with the character of a free Government? Is this civil liberty? Is this the real character of our Constitution? No, Sir, indeed it is not. The Constitution is libeled, foully libeled. The people of this country have not established for themselves such a fabric of despotism. They have not purchased at a vast expense of their own treasure and their own blood a Magna Carta to be slaves. Where is it written in the Constitution, in what article or section is it contained, that you may take children from their parents, and parents from their children, and compel them to fight the battles of any war, in which the folly or the wickedness of Government may engage it? Under what concealment has this power lain hidden, which now for the first time comes forth, with a tremendous and baleful aspect, to trample down and destroy the dearest rights of personal liberty? Sir, I almost disdain to go to quotations and references to prove that such an abominable doctrine has no foundation in the Constitution of the country. It is enough to know that that instrument was intended as the basis of a free Government, and that the power contended for is incompatible with any notion of personal liberty. An attempt to maintain this doctrine upon the provisions of the Constitution is an exercise of perverse ingenuity to extract slavery from the substance of a free Government. It is an attempt to show, by proof and argument, that we ourselves are subjects of despotism, and that we have a right to chains and bondage, firmly secured to us and our children, by the provisions of our Government.
The supporters of the measures before us act on the principle that it is their task to raise arbitrary powers, by construction, out of a plain written charter of National Liberty. It is their pleasing duty to free us of the delusion, which we have fondly cherished, that we are the subjects of a mild, free and limited Government, and to demonstrate by a regular chain of premises and conclusions, that Government possesses over us a power more tyrannical, more arbitrary, more dangerous, more allied to blood and murder, more full of every form of mischief, more productive of every sort and degree of misery, than has been exercised by any civilized Government in modern times.
But it is said, that it might happen that any army would not be raised by voluntary enlistment, in which case the power to raise armies would be granted in vain, unless they might be raised by compulsion. If this reasoning could prove any thing, it would equally show, that whenever the legitimate powers of the Constitution should be so badly administered as to cease to answer the great ends intended by them, such new powers may be assumed or usurped, as any existing administration may deem expedient. This is a result of his own reasoning, to which the Secretary does not profess to go. But it is a true result. For if it is to be assumed, that all powers were granted, which might by possibility become necessary, and that Government itself is the judge of this possible necessity, then the powers of Government are precisely what it chooses they should be.
The tyranny of Arbitrary Government consists as much in its means as in its end; and it would be a ridiculous and absurd constitution which should be less cautious to guard against abuses in the one case than in the other. All the means and instruments which a free Government exercises, as well as the ends and objects which it pursues, are to partake of its own essential character, and to be conformed to its genuine spirit. A free Government with arbitrary means to administer it is a contradiction; a free Government without adequate provision for personal security is an absurdity; a free Government, with an uncontrolled power of military conscription, is a solecism, at once the most ridiculous and abominable that ever entered into the head of man.
Into the paradise of domestic life you enter, not indeed by temptations and sorceries, but by open force and violence.
Nor is it, Sir, for the defense of his own house and home, that he who is the subject of military draft is to perform the task allotted to him. You will put him upon a service equally foreign to his interests and abhorrent to his feelings. With his aid you are to push your purposes of conquest. The battles which he is to fight are the battles of invasion; battles which he detests perhaps and abhors, less from the danger and the death that gather over them, and the blood with which they drench the plain, than from the principles in which they have their origin. If, Sir, in this strife he fall--if, while ready to obey every rightful command of Government, he is forced from home against right, not to contend for the defense of his country, but to prosecute a miserable and detestable project of invasion, and in that strife he fall, 'tis murder. It may stalk above the cognizance of human law, but in the sight of Heaven it is murder; and though millions of years may roll away, while his ashes and yours lie mingled together in the earth, the day will yet come, when his spirit and the spirits of his children must be met at the bar of omnipotent justice. May God, in his compassion, shield me from any participation in the enormity of this guilt.
A military force cannot be raised, in this manner, but by the means of a military force. If administration has found that it can not form an army without conscription, it will find, if it venture on these experiments, that it can not enforce conscription without an army. The Government was not constituted for such purposes. Framed in the spirit of liberty, and in the love of peace, it has no powers which render it able to enforce such laws. The attempt, if we rashly make it, will fail; and having already thrown away our peace, we may thereby throw away our Government.
I express these sentiments here, Sir, because I shall express them to my constituents. Both they and myself live under a Constitution which teaches us, that 'the doctrine of non-resistance against arbitrary power and oppression, is absurd, slavish, and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind.''' With the same earnestness with which I now exhort you to forbear from these measures, I shall exhort them to exercise their unquestionable right of providing for the security of their own liberties.
Ron Paul, M.D., represents the 14th Congressional District of Texas in the United States House of Representatives.
Universal Military Training and Service Act
of 2001 (Introduced in House)
HR 3598 IH
107th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3598
To require the induction into the Armed Forces of young men registered under the Military Selective Service Act , and to authorize young women to volunteer, to receive basic military training and education for a period of up to one year.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 20, 2001
Mr. SMITH of Michigan (for himself and Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To require the induction into the Armed Forces of young men registered under the Military Selective Service Act , and to authorize young women to volunteer, to receive basic military training and education for a period of up to one year.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE- This Act may be cited as the `Universal Military Training and Service Act of 2001'.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS- The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
Sec. 3. Basic military training and education.
Sec. 4. Period of basic military training and education.
Sec. 5. Educational services and prorated Montgomery GI Bill benefits.
Sec. 6. Role of Selective Service System.
Sec. 7. Induction of conscripts and acceptance of volunteers.
Sec. 8. Deferments and postponements.
Sec. 9. Exemptions.
Sec. 10. Military training in branch of member's choice; conscientious objection.
Sec. 11. Pay and allowances.
Sec. 12. Discharge following training .
Sec. 13. Relation to authorized end strengths for active forces.
Sec. 14. Conforming amendments.
Sec. 15. Transitional provision.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act :
(1) The term `armed forces' means the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard.
(2) The term `basic military training and education' means a program consisting of--
(A) basic training established by the Secretary concerned for members of the armed forces inducted as conscripts or accepted as volunteers pursuant this Act ;
(B) educational services described in section 4; and
(C) such specialty training as the Secretary concerned considers appropriate.
(3) The term `between the ages of 18 and 22' refers to men who have attained the 18th anniversary of the day of their birth and who have not attained the 22d anniversary of the day of their birth.
(4) The term `Director' means the Director of the Selective Service System.
(5) The term `local board' means a county local board or intercounty local board established by the President under section 10(b) of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 460(b)).
(6) The term `Secretary concerned' means the Secretary of Defense, with respect to the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force, and the Secretary of Transportation, with respect to the Coast Guard.
(7) The term `United States', when used in a geographical sense, means the several States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam.
SEC. 3. BASIC MILITARY TRAINING AND EDUCATION.
(a) OBLIGATION FOR YOUNG MEN- It is the obligation of every male citizen of the United States, and every other male person residing in the United States, who is between the ages of 18 and 22 to receive basic military training and education as a member of the armed forces unless the citizen or person is exempted under the provisions of this Act .
(b) ACCEPTANCE OF YOUNG WOMEN VOLUNTEERS- Female citizens of the United States, and other female persons residing in the United States, who are between the ages of 18 and 22 may volunteer for enlistment in the armed forces to receive basic military training and education under this Act . At the discretion of the Secretary concerned, the Secretary concerned may accept such volunteers to receive such training and education.
SEC. 4. PERIOD OF BASIC MILITARY TRAINING AND EDUCATION.
(a) GENERAL RULE- Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person inducted as a conscript or accepted as a volunteer pursuant to this Act shall receive basic military training and education as a member of one of the armed forces for a period of not less than six months, but not more than one year, as established by the Secretary concerned.
(b) EXTENDED TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FOR HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS- A person inducted as a conscript or accepted as a volunteer pursuant to this Act who has not obtained a high school diploma or its equivalent, shall receive basic military training and education as a member of one of the armed forces for an additional period of up to six months after the completion of the period established for members of that armed force under subsection (a). The Secretary concerned shall assist such members in earning the equivalent of a high school
diploma while receiving their basic military training and education.
(c) OTHER GROUNDS FOR EXTENSION- At the discretion of the Secretary concerned, the period of basic military training and education for a member of the armed forces under this Act may be extended--
(1) with the consent of the member, for the purpose of furnishing hospitalization, medical, or surgical care for injury or illness incurred in line of duty; or
(2) for the purpose of requiring the member to compensate for any time lost to training for any cause.
(d) TRANSFER TO NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS- The Secretary concerned may enter into a cooperative agreement with another Federal agency, a State or political subdivision of a State (including a State Commission on National and Community Service maintained by a State pursuant to section 178 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12638)), and other entities carrying out a national service program described in section 122 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12572) to provide for a transfer of a person receiving basic military training and education, upon completion of the initial military training component of the training , to complete the remainder of the person's required service in a national service program.
(e) EARLY TERMINATION- The period of basic military training and education for a person shall be terminated before the end of such period under the following circumstances:
(1) The voluntary enlistment and service of the person in any of the regular components of the armed forces for a period of at least two years. The period of basic military training and education actually served by the person shall be counted toward the term of enlistment.
(2) The admission and service of the person as a cadet or midshipman at the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, the United States Air Force Academy, the Coast Guard Academy, the United States Merchant Marine Academy.
(3) The enrollment and service of the person in an officer candidate program, if the person has signed an agreement to accept a Reserve commission in the appropriate service if such a commission is offered upon completion of the program.
(4) Such other grounds as the Secretary concerned may establish.
(f) TREATMENT OF BASIC MILITARY TRAINING AND EDUCATION- For purposes of computing the years of service of a member of the armed forces, any period during which the member received basic military training and education shall be counted.
SEC. 5. EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND PRORATED MONTGOMERY GI BILL BENEFITS.
(a) INSTRUCTION AS PART OF MILITARY TRAINING - As part of the basic military training and education provided under this Act , the Secretary concerned shall include instruction in physical fitness, international relations, military tactics, homeland security, United States and world history, vocational training , and such other topics as the Secretary considers appropriate.
(b) MONTGOMERY GI BILL BENEFITS- Upon the successful completion by a person of basic military training and education as a member of one of the armed forces, the person shall be entitled to the program of educational assistance provided under chapter 30 of title 38, United States Code, on a prorated basis corresponding to the period of basic military training and education completed by the person.
SEC. 6. ROLE OF SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM.
(a) IN GENERAL- The Selective Service System shall administer all matters in connection with the induction of persons subject to the obligation to receive basic military training and education under section 3(a) and the registration, examination, classification, allocation, delivery, and maintenance of records, of such persons.
(b) LOCAL BOARDS- Under rules and regulations promulgated by the Director, the local boards shall have the power within their respective jurisdictions to hear and determine, subject to the right of appeal to appeal boards authorized by the Military Selective Service Act , all questions or claims with respect to determinations of dependency, inclusion for, or exemption or deferment from induction or allocation for basic military training and education under this Act .
SEC. 7. INDUCTION OF CONSCRIPTS AND ACCEPTANCE OF VOLUNTEERS.
(a) IN GENERAL- Every person subject to induction for basic military training and education under section 3(a), except those whose training is deferred or postponed in accordance with this Act , shall be called, inducted, and delivered by his local board to the armed forces for such training at the time and place specified by the Director.
(b) AGE LIMITS- No person may be inducted for basic military training and education under section 3(a), or accepted as a volunteer under section 3(b), who is not between the ages of 18 and 22.
(c) SCHEDULES FOR INDUCTION AND ACCEPTANCE OF VOLUNTEERS- Each Secretary concerned, in consultation with the Director, shall determine schedules to be used for the induction of persons and the acceptance of volunteers under this Act and the number of persons to be inducted or accepted pursuant to such schedules. The Secretary concerned may phase in, over not longer than a 10-year period, the induction of persons subject to the obligation to receive basic military training and education.
(d) VOLUNTARY INDUCTION- A person subject to basic military training and education under section 3(a) may volunteer for induction at a time other than the time at which the person is otherwise called for induction.
(e) EXAMINATION; CLASSIFICATION- Every person subject to basic military training and education under section 3(a) and every person volunteering for basic military training and education under section 3(b) shall, before induction or acceptance, be physically and mentally examined, and the appropriate local board shall classify the person.
SEC. 8. DEFERMENTS AND POSTPONEMENTS.
(a) HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS- A person who is pursuing a standard course of study, on a full-time basis in a high school or a similar institution of learning shall be
entitled to have his induction under section 3(a) postponed until he obtains a high school diploma, ceases to pursue satisfactorily such course of study, or attains the age of 20, whichever occurs first.
(b) HARDSHIP AND DISABILITY- Deferments from basic military training and education may be made for extreme hardship or physical or mental disability.
(c) TRAINING CAPACITY- The Secretary concerned may postpone or suspend the induction of persons or the acceptance of volunteers under this Act as necessary to limit the number of persons receiving basic military training and education to the maximum number that can be adequately trained.
(d) TERMINATION- No deferment or postponement of induction for basic military training and education under this Act shall continue after the cause of such deferment or postponement ceases to exist.
SEC. 9. EXEMPTIONS.
(a) ACCEPTED BY ARMED FORCES- No person may be inducted or accepted as a volunteer for basic military training and education unless the person is acceptable to the Secretary concerned for training . The same health and physical qualifications applicable under section 505 of title 10, United States Code, to persons seeking original enlistment in a regular component of the armed forces shall apply to persons to be inducted or accepted under this Act .
(b) OTHER MILITARY SERVICE - No person shall be liable for induction under section 3(a) who--
(1) is serving, or has served honorably for at least six months, in any of the armed forces on active duty; or
(2) is or becomes a cadet or midshipman at the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, the United States Air Force Academy, the Coast Guard Academy, the United States Merchant Marine Academy, a midshipman of a Navy accredited State maritime academy, a member of the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps, or the naval aviation college program, so long as he satisfactorily continues in and completes two years training therein.
SEC. 10. MILITARY TRAINING IN BRANCH OF MEMBER'S CHOICE; CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION.
(a) SELECTION BY MEMBER- Subject to such limitations and standards of qualification and selection as may be established by the Secretary concerned to ensure a proper balance of trained manpower between the ground, air, and naval arms, each person inducted or accepted as a volunteer under this Act shall be entitled to request and receive training in the service of the person's choice.
(b) CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS- (1) Any person who claims, because of religious training and belief (as defined in section 6(j) of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 456(j))), exemption from combatant training included as part of the program of basic military training and education and whose claim is sustained by the local board shall, when inducted, participate in basic military training and education that does not include any combatant training component. The person may be transferred to a national service program, as provided in section 4(d).
(2) A person claiming exemption from combatant training under this subsection shall, if such claim is not sustained by the local board, be entitled to an appeal to the appropriate appeal board established under the Military Selective Service Act . Each person whose claim for exemption from combatant training because of religious training and belief is sustained shall be listed by the local board on a register of conscientious objectors.
SEC. 11. PAY AND ALLOWANCES.
A person inducted or accepted as a volunteer under this Act and receiving basic military training and education shall be considered to be on active duty for purposes of pay and allowances under title 37, United States Code, except that the monthly basic pay of the person may not exceed 35 percent of the basic pay of an enlisted member in a regular component in the pay grade E-1 with less than four months of service .
SEC. 12. DISCHARGE FOLLOWING TRAINING .
Upon completion or termination of the obligation to receive basic military training and education, a person shall be discharged from the armed forces and shall not be subject to any further training or service under this Act . Nothing in this section shall limit or prohibit the call to active service in the armed forces of any person who is a member of a regular or reserve component of the armed forces.
SEC. 13. RELATION TO AUTHORIZED END STRENGTHS FOR ACTIVE FORCES.
The authorized end strengths for active duty personnel of the armed forces do not include persons inducted or accepted into the armed forces to receive basic military training and education.
SEC. 14. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) TITLE 10- (1) Section 505(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(A) by inserting `(1)' after `(c)'; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
`(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a person inducted or accepted into the armed forces to receive basic military training and education pursuant to the Universal Military Training and Service Act of 2001.'.
(2) Section 691 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
`(g) The numbers specified in subsection (b) do not include persons inducted or accepted into the armed forces to receive basic military training and education pursuant to the Universal Military Training and Service Act of 2001.'.
(b) MILITARY SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT - (1) Section 4 of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 454) is amended by inserting after subsection (g) the following new subsection:
`(h) RELATION TO OTHER INDUCTION AUTHORITY- This section does not apply with respect to the induction of persons into the Armed Forces to receive basic military training and education pursuant to the Universal Military Training and Service Act of 2001.'.
(2) Section 17(c) of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 467(c)) is amended by striking `now or hereafter' and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting `inducted pursuant to the Universal Military Training and Service Act of 2001.'.
SEC. 15. TRANSITIONAL PROVISION.
A person who has obtained a high school diploma or its equivalent before January 1, 2003, shall not be subject to the obligation under section 3(a) to receive basic military training and education under this Act .
I HOPE YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO READ EVERYTHING AND MAKE A FIRM CLEAR CHOICE, FOR THE SAKE OF THE CHILDREN AND THE GENERATIONS TO COME.
CONTACT YOUR CONGRESSMEN AND SENATORS AND MAKE A POSITIVE CHANGE, ONE OF SUPPORT AS AMERICANS.
AGAIN THE CHANGES I WOULD MAKE TO THIS WOULD BE A TWO YEAR DRAFT BOTH MALE AND FEMALE.
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