Selective Service Draft Update

So adamant was the denial that Flahavan, a bit beleaguered, had his staff members post an unplanned update Friday morning at the top of Selective Service's Web site: 'No Draft on Horizon!' What triggered all this was a Hearst wire service article noting the fact that the Selective Service was making plans for a 'mock' draft exercise that would use computerized models to determine how, if necessary, the government would get some 100,000 young adults to report to their local draft boards. The mock computer exercise, last carried out in 1998, is strictly routine, Selective Service officials said, and it would not actually be run until 2009 — if at all. The exercise has been scheduled several times in the past few years, only to be scuttled each time because of budget and staffing problems, and Flahavan said he wouldn't be surprised if it was canceled this time around, too. With President Bush saying that he wants to increase the size of the Army and Marine Corps, the military strained near the breaking point, and the secretary of Veterans Affairs suggesting publicly this week that a reconstituted draft could 'benefit' the country, even the notion of a mock exercise seemed to strike a sensitive nerve. Since the start of the war in Iraq, some Democrats and Internet bloggers have been stirring up talk of a 'secret plan' by the Bush administration to resume the draft, and the mere mention of the idea summons Vietnam-era images of birthday-generated draft lotteries and draft evaders fleeing to Canada.

Flahavan, an associate director of the Selective Service who has worked there for nearly two decades, has seen fears of a draft flamed before — most notably at the start of the Persian Gulf War in 1991 and the start of the Iraq war in 2003, as anxious parents would call to ask what effect their son's heart murmur would have on his draft status. He said he understood the anxiety caused by this week's latest round of reports, even if he found the whole thing somewhat irksome. 'People think, 'Aha, they're having an exercise, dusting off the plans, a draft must be right around the corner,' he said. The reality, said Flahavan, who spent most of Friday tamping down the fears, is that 'this is much ado about nothing. None of that is accurate. Ca Ipcc Sm Notes. There is no change.'

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White House officials did their part to dampen the speculation as well. 'The president's position has not changed,' said Trey Bohn, a spokesman for the White House. 'He supports an all-volunteer military, and the administration is not considering reinstating the draft.' Although senior military officers agree that the armed forces are stretched, they also agree that a return to the draft is not the best way to fill the ranks. Infinite Stratos Season 2 Ova Sub Indo Mp4. Draftees, they say, are not as motivated as volunteers, and tend to leave as soon as possible, after spending much of their time in costly training.

Re-enlistment rates are much higher among volunteers. Rangel, D-N.Y., has championed the idea of bringing back the draft, calling attention to what he sees as social and economic inequities in the volunteer military. The House rejected his bill in 2004, by 402-2. Rangel has said he will try again, but other incoming Democratic leaders have been decidedly cool to the idea. The exercise planned for 2009 would run computerized models to assign random lottery picks by birthday and simulate the processes for notifying those selected and for lodging conscientious objector claims. Chatfield, director of the Selective Service, said Friday that 'we try to send out a signal of strength that we're prepared.'