{"id":84486,"date":"2019-01-25T13:13:47","date_gmt":"2019-01-25T17:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=84486"},"modified":"2019-01-25T12:14:38","modified_gmt":"2019-01-25T16:14:38","slug":"proposal-for-women-registering-for-the-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=84486","title":{"rendered":"Proposal for Women Registering for the Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_84525\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-84525\" style=\"width: 428px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-84525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/female-recruits-1800-08-aug-2017.jpeg-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"428\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/female-recruits-1800-08-aug-2017.jpeg-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/female-recruits-1800-08-aug-2017.jpeg-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/female-recruits-1800-08-aug-2017.jpeg.jpg 621w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-84525\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Female Marine Recruits. AP Photo by Bruce Smith.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Previous attempts, to get women to register for the draft hit a road block. A key argument against this earlier proposal was that women didn&#8217;t serve in combat roles. Now that women are able to serve in combat roles, that earlier argument is being challenged.<\/p>\n<p>If that proposal is accepted and made law, women who are 18-25 would be required to register for the draft.<\/p>\n<p>Women registering for the draft was just one of the items considered. A panel is looking at recommendations to get more Americans to do public service.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">From\u00a0 Military.com:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Panel members said that, in visiting 24 sites around the country, they found alarming misunderstandings of military and public service among students as well as shortfalls in civic education &#8212; knowledge they say is essential to raising interest in public service.<\/p>\n<p>According to the panel, young people who receive quality civics education are four times more likely to engage in public service, but education is sorely lacking. One survey said just 26 percent of Americans can name all three branches of government.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Did they mean, &#8220;&#8230;Just 26 percent of Americans can name all three chambers of government&#8221;? We&#8217;ll let a certain young &#8220;green initiatives&#8221; New York Representative handle that. In the meantime&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>This study appears to be in an exploratory stage. Many have argued that young Americans could participate in some good public service in order to improve their citizenship. This could be military service, civilian federal service, or a volunteer service like the Peace Corps.<\/p>\n<p>During the colonial period, they had this partially addressed through a need for collective defense&#8230; militia training. The idea was that once a male reached a certain age, he was required to muster with his local militia, and be subject to inspection, conducting drills, etc.<\/p>\n<p>You can read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/2019\/01\/23\/proposal-could-require-women-register-draft.html\">here<\/a>:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Previous attempts, to get women to register for the draft hit a road block. 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