Is there still a draft? If not, is membership in the National Guard purely voluntary? When you join, do you get 1 day active duty pay for attending a 2 hour meeting? When you sign up, are you told you could be activated and have to into full time service & might be sent into combat? Knowing this, I wonder why people join? I welcome your input.
Originally posted by Jack6874: Is there still a draft? If not, is membership in the National Guard purely voluntary? When you join, do you get 1 day active duty pay for attending a 2 hour meeting? When you sign up, are you told you could be activated and have to into full time service & might be sent into combat? Knowing this, I wonder why people join? I welcome your input.
There is no draft. When you enlist into the Guard, you enlist with the same obligation as if you were going Active Duty. You serve the what ever time you choose whether 1 year trial, 3 year or 6 year enlistment. Do not forget, that the Army does use the "stop loss" policy, that effects all currently serving thier individual enlistments. Under this policy the Army can extend your ETS to cover the duration of the mission plus 90 days once you return back to your home station after the deployment.
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Originally posted by Jack6874: Is there still a draft? If not, is membership in the National Guard purely voluntary? When you join, do you get 1 day active duty pay for attending a 2 hour meeting? When you sign up, are you told you could be activated and have to into full time service & might be sent into combat? Knowing this, I wonder why people join? I welcome your input.
Originally posted by Jack6874: Is there still a draft? If not, is membership in the National Guard purely voluntary? When you join, do you get 1 day active duty pay for attending a 2 hour meeting? When you sign up, are you told you could be activated and have to into full time service & might be sent into combat? Knowing this, I wonder why people join? I welcome your input.
Weren't you paying attention to Sgt. Hulka?? "Son, there ain't no draft no more."
"Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go." -- William Feather
All military service is purely voluntary. There is no draft. Yes, I could be called up (deployed) for a year or more, away from my family, my full-time job and sent into combat where I can be killed. I do this because I love my country, I love our freedom and am willing to do my small part to ensure our freedom. I am honored to serve.
