What would the eligible ages be if a military draft were to be reinstated?

Answer 1

That would depend on the law written by Congress enacting a draft.

Since there is no such law - any other answer is pure speculation.

Answer 2

18 to 26
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Before the lottery was implemented in the latter part of the Vietnam conflict, there was no system in place to determine order of call besides the fact that men between the ages of 18 and 26 were vulnerable to being drafted. This lack of a system resulted in uncertainty for the potential draftees during the entire time they were within the draft-eligible age group. All throughout a young man’s early 20’s he did not know if he would be drafted. A draft held today would use a lottery system under which a man would spend only one year in first priority for the draft—either the calendar year he turned 20 or the year his deferment ended, whichever came first. If he was not drafted in his first priority year, he dropped into second priority. In this way he would be spared the uncertainty of waiting until his 26th birthday to be certain he would not be drafted.

Answer 3

18 through 26. At age 26, you are no longer eligible. It would be done by a draft like Vietnam. It used to be done oldest first but it seemed more unfair. Those ages can be changed by Congress if needed (increased in WWII to 17-45).

Answer 4

You will have no choice in the matter as the Presidential Executive Order has already been signed and has become the "law", without the messy annoyance of congressional voting or debate, of course. The new age limit of conscription will also be pushed up to 36 years (update: June 2006. now changed to 42 years ) of age, not 26 years as was the traditional limit. They have now tied in Selective Service Registration with applying for a driver's licence in some 34 states so far.

Answer 5

human beings will consistently combat to safeguard themselves, their residences and their international places. Conscription is a device of tyrants used to throw their electorate into wars that throughout the time of basic terms help agendas. If the government would be unable to make a solid adequate case to get sufficient volunteers to assist an time table, then that time table does not serve the hobbies of the folk and should not be supported in that or any different way. Conscription is diametrically antagonistic to the belief of a unfastened society.

Answer 6

All males and females between the ages of 18 ( out of high school ) and the ages of 26. No deferements for college period.No deferements for anything. If you pass the physical, your in for the min of 2 years. I hope they do it. Maybe some of these high class brats will appreciate what all us old timers went through so they could protest and b***h about this great country.

Answer 7

18

Answer 8

18. There's not going to be another draft. We have a voluntary military force that is plenty large enough. People act like our servicemen & women were kidnapped in the night and forced to join the service.

Answer 9

Since there is no plan to reinstate the draft that question has not been addressed by the ones who would answer it.

Answer 10

Under Bush 18 under , under clinton 8 to 80 seems to work