How to Avoid the Draft or National Service

By RUMORMILLNEWS.COM

No dodging. Just refuse to volunteer. Here's how --

I hope that you will not be offended if I tell you how the "draft" works. I
realize that most people THINK they know how it works, but in most cases
they are in error. And you can avoid the worry when 'College and Canada will
not be options [because] in December 2001, Canada and the U.S. signed a
"smart border declaration," which could be used to keep would-be draft
dodgers in.'

Being willing (and eager) to fight for one's country when it is truly in danger is
one thing. Having the courage to refuse to fight in immoral and/or
unconstitutional "wars" is quite another matter, I believe. No need to "dodge"
the ball if they're not allowed to hit you with it, if you merely 'take your stand'
and refuse to VOLUNTEER!
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1. Mr. A receives a "draft notice" and is told to report on a certain date to

a certain place where he receives his physical and mental tests...then
he is classified with a number indicating whether he is A1 (first
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channelid=127&contentid=1799&page=2 ...all the way down to 4F
(unfit for duty).
2. Mr. A is told that he is to report for "induction" into the military and to
appear at a certain military base for that purpose on a date specified.
3. By "LAW" he must appear there...or a warrant for his arrest will be
issued.
4. Assuming he reports as directed he will have another brief physical
and tests and then is told to "line up on the yellow line (painted on the
floor)
5. A Recruiting Officer will then tell all those "joining the army (or
whatever) to take one step forward...(Oh, oh, THOSE WHO DID THIS
JUST "VOLUNTEERED!")This is done so that no one can "legally" claim
they were "forced into involuntary servitude!" "RAISE YOUR RIGHT
HAND AND SWEAR ALLEGIANCE." (almost everyone does!...thinking it
must be REQUIRED!): "I, (name) do solemnly swear that I will bear true
faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America
and will defend it against all enemies foreign and domestic, and will
obey the orders of the President and the officers appointed over me, so
help me God."
6. Those who "voluntarily" stepped forward CANNOT NOW CLAIM THEY
WERE "DRAFTED"...they stepped forward voluntarily and took the Oath
voluntarily!
7. Assume Mr. B was smarter than Mr. A and HE DID NOT STEP FORWARD
AND THEREFORE DID NOT TAKE THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE. (the
recruiter will probably say something like this: "what's the matter with
you, don't you know what' step forward' means?" Mr. B responds, "sure
I do, but I AM NOT VOLUNTEERING TO SERVE IN THE MILITARY...If you
want me you must 'take me' against my will by force!"
8. All of those who "volunteered" will now be excused from the
room...and the Mr. B will be cajoled with persuasive arguments...at
 first...then, when nothing works to change his mind he will be called
names and insulted, possibly even assaulted by one or more military
people present there as witnesses.
9. IF Mr. B does not weaken, stands his ground, eventually the tormentors
will give up and have him arrested on some charge. However, there is
NO lawful way that they can MAKE him go into the military...because of
the Constitutional prohibition against "involuntary servitude"...which is
why NO ONE IS TRULY EVER "DRAFTED" AND MUST BE "SEDUCED "
INTO VOLUNTEERING!

D. R. Graham Ret. Sci. Instr. & Ret. Mil. Off'r, AUS

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One thing to say at this point is what the cops are coached to say on the
witness stand: "Am I ordered?"

If the recruiter says No, then obviously you're OK. If the recruiter says Yes,
then "By what authority do you, a military officer, order me, a civilian?" If the
recruiter says anything else, repeat the question until you get Yes or No.

If the recruiter says "I order you by the authority of the United States
Government" then "Which clause of the Constitution gives you, a military
officer, the right to order me, a civilian?"

Another thing to say is: "Am I free to go?" If the recruiter says Yes, then
obviously leave. If the recruiter says No, then "Am I under arrest?

Am I your prisoner? Am I kidnapped? If I'm not free, then what am I?" and
again, keep repeating the question.

Another thing to say is: "I want an attorney."

Another thing to say is, of course, nothing at all. I think I would go with "Am I
free to go?" because if you get to Yes, then you can leave and he would look
bad ordering an arrest. If you ask the question three times and don't get a
yes or no, then "Well I must be free to go, because I asked you three times
and you won't tell me I'm not." Then I would slowly turn around and leave,
and if he keeps trying to interact I would just keep repeating the question.

Here's an excerpt from a book:

“The Army induction officer instructed the draftees to "take one step
forward" as their names were called, and said that step would signify their
induction into the Army. When reluctant Willie's name was called, he
answered present, but did not step forward. After the ceremony, he went
home instead of to camp. When the MP's came for him, he went to court for a
writ of habeas corpus to retain his freedom. "The officer himself," Willie
argued, "said the step forward is what would make me a soldier. As I didn't
take the step, I'm still a civilian and the Army has no claim on me."

Counsel for the Army replied, "The Army isn't being run by childish games.
Willie and a hundred others appeared to be inducted, and he was inducted
before the whole group as any fool there could plainly see." Willie retained
his civilian status. The court ruled that the draft law required some definite
ceremony to transform a civilian into a soldier. As the Army decided to have
one step forward constitute the ceremony, and Willie didn't take the step, he
wasn't a soldier.” - U.S. Court of Appeals, 1954
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How To Stay Out of the Military (Draft Resistance)

by DAVID WIGGINS

The legal requirement to register for the draft demands a decision: give up
your freedom and your conscience, or conscientiously resist. All the good
reasons that would prevent a free man from volunteering for military service,
also apply to resisting the draft. How in a "free country" can the first
requirement of a young man, when he comes of age, be to sign up to accept
orders to kill for the state in an organized way?

There is never a need to compel a free man to take up a cause that is both
necessary and just; but a man who is drafted is never free, and thus his
cause can never be assumed to be either necessary or just. The draft is not
simply an academic interest. There is not enough military manpower to
sustain the commitments the President has already undertaken. We
constantly hear that our troops are "stretched too thin." To assist the United
States, both the President and Secretary of State have made serious requests
for significant military manpower contributions from other nations.

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These requests have largely fallen on deaf ears. The President has repeatedly
stated he will not "back down" meaning, we must assume, that the military
forces will continue to be "thinly stretched." Where will they find relief? It
appears they are looking at young Americans who are free to volunteer for
military duty, but in good conscience, choose not to do so.

With certain exceptions, all men residing in the United States are required to
register for the draft within 30 days of their 18th birthday.

The obligation of a man to register is imposed by the Military Selective

Service Act, which establishes and governs the operations of the Selective
Service System.

In addition to the Military Selective Service Act, the "Health Care Personnel
Delivery System" was authorized by Congress in 1987 to deal with large-scale
casualties that outstripped the active-duty military's ability to handle them.

If implemented, the bill would require a mass registration of male and female
health care workers between the ages of 20 and 45. At this time; however,
the Selective Service has no statutory authority to draft medical personnel.
That authorization would be provided by legislation to be introduced and
passed in Congress at the time of a national defense mobilization. That "M-
Day" legislative package has not been made available for public comment or
congressional debate. See the Center on Conscience and War’s "Health Care
Professionals and the Draft" for details regarding the Health Care Personnel
Delivery System.
The Pentagon is considering other "special skills" drafts, to include military
linguists, computer experts, or engineers, which could arise from other
immediate needs.
"We're going to elevate that kind of draft to be a priority," said Lewis
Brodsky, acting director of the Selective Service System.

A bill before the House Armed Services Committee would require the
induction of young men into the military "to receive basic military training
and education for a period of up to one year."

Representatives Nick Smith and Curt Weldon sponsored the bill, called the
"Universal Military Training and Service Act," introduced last fall. The
measure is currently before the Armed Services Committee. Youth &
Militarism Magazine, published by the American Friends Service Committee,
contains an excellent article, "It’s Not Your Father’s Draft," describing this
proposed draft.

DECIDING WHAT TO DO

Deciding what to do when faced with Registration or the Draft can be a

difficult and life-altering decision. If you choose to resist, it is helpful to keep
two things in mind:

First, if you stand by your convictions, you cannot lose, and the government
cannot win. The government may handcuff you or lock you up, but they
cannot make you fight. If you give up any freedom, it is completely on your
terms. In contrast, if you allow yourself to be coerced into military duties you
risk death, disease, and disability, all for a cause you do not believe in.

Second, if you choose to resist, you will be treated as an adversary by the

government. The government is no longer your friend - if it ever was.

You can expect the Selective Service to use every legal method and
argument at their disposal to get you to abandon your convictions and to
follow orders.

Keep records carefully, and make your own file of every transaction with the
Selective Service, including phone calls.

Do not rely on oral promises from Selective Service officials.

Put things in writing, and attach receipts and even envelopes to the
correspondence in your file.
A second set of those records should be in the custody of someone you can
rely on to forward copies as needed.
When you make a record of a transaction with Selective Service, you should
send a copy to Selective Service for inclusion in your file with the Area Office.
When local boards become operational, you can see and copy information in
your file.
You can authorize others to do so on your behalf.
Send your letters and claims to Selective Service by Certified Mail, Return
Receipt Requested.
Observe all deadlines scrupulously.
Be sure to include your Selective Service number.
Sign and date all papers submitted.
Get help. Check out how the counselor you are consulting was trained.
Most attorneys know nothing about Selective Service law; ask their
qualifications. Draft counselors will tend to know about qualified attorneys.
There are two qualified national counseling organizations: The Center on
Conscience & War (CCW), and the Central Committee for Conscientious
Objectors (CCCO).
CHOOSING NOT TO REGISTER
On a percentage basis, not registering is the most likely way to prevent you
from being drafted. The book Chance and Circumstance states:

• That between 250,000 and 2 million males did not register for the draft
during the Vietnam War.
• According to reports from the Selective Service System, forty percent
of the men who are required to register for the draft don't register in
the sixty-day time period required by law.
• At least one or two percent still haven't registered by the time they are
twenty.
• At age 26 they are no longer allowed to register. Thus, the number of
permanent non-registrants increases daily.
• There is a known minimum of at least 300,000 people, perhaps a
million, who are becoming permanent non-registrants.

If you refuse to register with Selective Service, you'll receive threatening

letters, at first politely reminding you to register, then threatening
prosecution, finally informing you that your name has been turned over to
the Department of Justice for possible prosecution.

These sound scary, but they're mostly bluff. No one has been formally
charged since 1986.

In the early 1980s, 21 men were indicted for refusal to register: 19 of those
21 were public resisters. Wherever there were trials, the rates of registration
actually went down. This resistance halted prosecutions.

PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO REGISTER

The penalty for failing to register can be up to five years in jail and/or a fine
of up to $250,000. In peacetime, with registration only, the regular maximum
penalties are four months and/or $2500. If you don't register, you become
ineligible for federal student aid, federal job training or civil service
employment. Below, is a summary of the penalties you will face:

STUDENT FINANCIAL AID

Men, born after December 31, 1959, who aren't registered with Selective
Service won't qualify for Federal student loans or grant programs. This
includes Pell Grants, College Work Study, Guaranteed Student/Plus Loans,
and National Direct Student Loans.

CITIZENSHIP
The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) makes registration with
Selective Service a condition for U.S. citizenship if the man first arrived in the
U.S. before his 26th birthday.
FEDERAL JOB TRAINING
The Workforce Investment Act (formerly called the Job Training Partnership
Act JTPA) offers programs that can train young men for jobs in auto
mechanics and other skills. This program is only open to those men who
register with Selective Service. This applies only to men born after December
31, 1959.

FEDERAL JOBS
A man must be registered to be eligible for jobs in the Executive Branch of
the Federal government and the U.S. Postal Service. This applies only to men
born after December 31, 1959.

Some states have added additional penalties for those who fail to register.
See State Legislation.
A tactic used by many states is to require driver license applicants to
register. These states require a consent statement on all applications or
renewals for driver’s permits, licenses, and identification cards. The
statement tells the applicant that by submitting the application he is
consenting to his registration with the Selective Service if so required by
Federal law.
Transmission of applicant data to the Selective Service is accomplished
electronically through an existing arrangement each state has with the data
sharing system of the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators.
As of August 28, 2003, 32 states, 2 territories, and the District of Columbia
have enacted driver's license laws supporting SSS registration. They are:
(1) Enacted and Implemented - Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware,
Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Missouri, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode
Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, and the
District of Columbia;
(2) Enacted But Not Yet Implemented - Arizona, Kentucky, Maryland, North
Carolina, South Carolina, and Wisconsin
AID FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT REGISTER

The good news is that there are alternative funds for financial aid for those
who cannot register for war because they believe registration is wrong.
A few colleges will provide scholarships to make up for the government
money denied. Mennonites, the Church of the Brethren, Quakers,
Presbyterians and Lutherans have such limited assistance funds to support
non-registrants in their own groups.
There is a general fund, the Fund for Education and Training (FEAT), which
supports those who do not qualify for the other programs. FEAT also would
aid those who are denied job-training programs for refusing to register for the
draft.

APPEALING THE PENALTIES FOR FASILURE TO REGISTER

A non-registrant may not be denied any benefit if he can "show by a
preponderance of evidence" that his failure to register was not knowing and
willful.
You will have to describe, in detail, the circumstances you believe prevented
you from registering and provide copies of documents showing any periods
when you were hospitalized, institutionalized, or incarcerated occurring
between your 18th and 26th birthdays.
If you are a non-citizen, you may be required to provide documents that show
when you entered the United States
The benefit agency official handling your case, not the Selective Service, will
determine whether you have shown that your failure to register was not a
knowing and willful failure to register.
The final decision regarding your eligibility for the benefit that you seek will
be made by that same agency, (for example, for student financial aid, this
would be the Department of Education.) With some agencies, an appeals
process is available.

REGISTERING LATE, CHANGE OF ADDRESS

Legally, at any moment until your twenty-sixth birthday, Selective Service
must accept your draft registration card. Some young men delay registration
until the year in which they turn 21, or even until just before turning 26. This
method takes advantage of the way the draft lottery works.
A lottery based on birthdays determines the order in which registered men
are called up by Selective Service. The first to be called, in a sequence
determined by the lottery, will be men whose 20th birthday falls during that
year, followed, if needed, by those aged 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25. In other
words, under present law, which might change with a new draft, Selective
Service would first select randomly among those who turned 20 in the
calendar year of the call-up. In practice, while it's possible that a draft could
move beyond the age-20 selection group, the odds are against it.
It is important to remember that, once registered, even if it is the day before
your 26th birthday, you are once again eligible for federal and state
assistance.

CHANGE OF ADDRESS
Registrants are required to notify Selective Service within ten days of any
changes to any of the information provided on the registration card, such as
a change of address.
According to the Center on Conscience and War, very few registrants are
doing so. A registrant must report changes until January 1 of the year he
turns 26. To notify Selective Service, mark your change(s) on the Change
Information Form attached to the Registration acknowledgment Card and
mail it to Selective Service, or complete a Change of Information Form, SSS
Form 2, which you can obtain at any U.S. Post Office or U.S. Embassy or
Consulate office.
You may also notify Selective Service of any change by letter, but be sure to
include your full name, Social Security Account Number, Selective Service
Number, and date of birth, as well as your new mailing address
If the registrant forgets to notify the Selective Service of any address
changes, or if the Selective Service loses that notification, the Selective
Service may have difficulty finding and notifying the registrant of induction in
case of a draft.
If you don't register before you turn 26, you will not be allowed to register,
even if you change your mind. You'd then be permanently barred from such
benefits, unless Congress or the courts act to change the law. A person who
fails to register by age 26 may use the same appeals process as described
above, under the section "Choosing To Not Register."

REGISTERING BUT RESISTING INDUCTION

If you decide to register:
Find a post office for your registration that has an accessible photocopier.
Print in legible black ink across the middle of the registration form: I AM A
CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR TO WAR IN ANY FORM. This is not a classification,
but it may help you later to document your position as a CO.
Selective Service makes no record of this declaration in its computer files, but
they do make a microfilm record of the registration card. You should make a
copy of your card for your file.
Make a photocopy of your registration form for your own records. Date it, fold
and seal it, and mail it to yourself. The postmark confirms the date.
Put a complete statement of your conscientious objector beliefs on file with
your religious body, the CCW, the CCCO, or any other counseling agency.
After registration, Selective Service will send a "registration
acknowledgement" letter, which repeats the information the registrant gave
on the form and supplies a Selective Service Number.
If any of the information is incorrect, the registrant may return the
accompanying Form 3B to correct any mistakes. The registrant can retain this
letter, Form 3A, as proof of his registration.
Before anyone can be drafted, Congress and the President would have to
enact legislation authorizing new draft calls. If this happens, one can apply
for various postponements and reclassifications to delay induction, or to
avoid it entirely.

FILING FOR POSTPONEMENT OR RECLASSIFICATION

Selective Service regulations are filled with loopholes, postponements, and
reclassifications for those who will not or cannot be drafted.
A registrant can file a claim only after receipt of an order to report for
induction and before the day he is scheduled to report (this means within 10
days). If you were called up, you would receive an induction notice requiring
you to report on a certain date not less than 10 days from the date of the
notice, to a Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) unless you filed a
claim for exemption or deferment.
Filing a claim involves no more than checking a box on a form, and
submitting it to the Selective Service.
After the Selective Service receives the claim, they will send you more forms
to complete. You must apply for any and all exemptions for which you think
you may qualify, and/or for classification as a conscientious objector.
A registrant automatically gets his induction delayed if he files a claim for
reclassification. He is also entitled to file for a postponement if he is a student
or if he has an emergency beyond his control, such as a serious illness or
death in his immediate family. The induction date will be postponed until the
draft board evaluates the validity of the claim.
The Selective Service publishes a booklet titled "Information for Registrants"
which lists each category of claim for postponement of induction into the
armed forces and each type of reclassification to become exempt from the
draft. Under each heading (accessible by the web) is a detailed description of
the qualifications and requirements for each category. The major headings
are listed below.
Postponements
Student Postponements
Emergency Postponements
Religious Holiday Postponements
Other Postponements
-State or National Examination Scheduled
-Military Academy Acceptance
-Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Applicant
-Acceptance for Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Program
Reclassifications
Members of the Armed Forces of the United States, the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration or the Public Health Service (Class 1-C)
Deferment of Certain Members of a Reserve Component or Students Taking
Military Training (Class 1-D-D)
Exemption of Certain Members of a Reserve Component or Student Taking
Military Training (Class 1-D-E)
Conscientious Objectors Available for Noncombatant Military Service Only
(Class 1-A-O)
Conscientious Objectors to All Military Service (Class 1-O)
Conscientious Objectors to All Military Service (Separated from Military
Service) (Class 1-O-S)
Registrant Deferred Because of Study Preparing for the Ministry (Class 2-D)
Registrant Deferred Because of Hardship to Dependents (Class 3-A)
Registrant Deferred Because of Hardship to Dependents (Separated from
Military Service) (Class 3-A-S)
Registrant Who Has Completed Military Service (Class 4-A)
Registrant Who Has Performed Military Service for a Foreign Nation (Class 4-
A-A)
Official Deferred by Law (Class 4-B)
Alien or Dual National (Class 4-C)
Treaty Alien (Class 4-T)
Minister of Religion (Class 4-D)
Registrant Exempted from Service Because of the Death of His Parent or
Sibling While Serving in the Armed Forces or Whose Parent or Sibling is in a
Captured or Missing in Action Status (Class 4-G)
Registrant Not Acceptable for Military Service (Class 4-F)
For a hard copy of the above information, write to Consumer Information
Center, Pueblo, CO 81009, and ask for "Information for Registrants." Enclose
$1 for processing, payable to Superintendent of Documents. The CCCO, CCW
and other counseling agencies will probably also have copies of this
document available.

CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS
Conscientious Objection is the category of reclassification of most interest to
the majority of draft resisters. In fact, every draft resister is a conscientious
objector in his own way.
According to the Selective Service, a conscientious objector is one who is
opposed to serving in the armed forces and/or bearing arms on the grounds
of moral or religious principles.
Beliefs which qualify a registrant for CO status may be religious in nature, but
don't have to be. Beliefs may be moral or ethical, but according to the
Selective Service, a man's reasons for not wanting to participate in a war
must not be based on politics, expediency, or self-interest.
In general, the man's lifestyle prior to making his claim must reflect his
current claims.
Be aware that, while similar, regulations regarding Conscientious Objection
differ for members of the military forces. For more information on claiming
Conscientious Objector status while a member of the Armed Forces, see
"Advice For Conscientious Objectors in the Armed Forces" by Robert Seeley
on the CCCO website.
Conscientious objectors should begin to document their claims well in
advance of being drafted since otherwise, their time will be very limited. COs
should have prepared in advance a file which documents their beliefs.
At the minimum, this file should include the photocopy of the registration
card, a comprehensive statement of beliefs, and letters of support for this
statement. The CCW website has articles with detailed instructions on how to
prepare your statement of beliefs and letters of support.
There, you may also sign on to the Conscientious Objector Affirmation. Such
evidence can be presented to the local board that will hear the claim for a CO
classification. Compiling this file should be done with supervision from a
qualified draft counselor or agency such as CCW or CCCO.
If you have one, get on record with your religious organization, especially if
there is an official registrar.
File a provisional version of your claim with them and/or with the CCW or
CCCO.
Request an analysis of your claim with your counselor.
Arrange for letters of support (signed and dated) and documentation of your
belief and a life-style consistent with your claim. Arrange for witnesses and
an advisor in advance of your hearing.
If you don't have legal advice, get it. Keep your own file about your beliefs
about war and the draft. Keep records of all transactions with the Selective
Service System. Many local peace centers have information.
The Center on Conscience & Warfare (CCW) provides a counseling service by
mail and phone, and publishes aids for thinking out what you believe and
what to do. So does the CCCO, the Central Committee for Conscientious
Objectors.
Be sure to learn the procedure for obtaining conscientious objection status.
In general, once a man gets a notice that he has been found qualified for
military service (i.e., receives an induction letter), he has the opportunity to
make a claim for classification as a conscientious objector (CO).
If a registrant believes he can qualify for Class 1-O, he should complete the
Claim Documentation Form, Conscientious Objector (SSS Form 22), provided
by his Area Office and return the form to the Area Office with documents and
written statements to support his claim. Form 22 asks the applicant to
answer three questions.
Describe your beliefs that are the reasons for your claiming conscientious
objection to combatant military training and service or to all military training
and service.
Describe how and when you acquired these beliefs
Explain what most clearly shows that your beliefs are deeply held. You may
wish to include a description of how your beliefs affect the way you live.
You should begin preparing answers to these questions as soon as you decide
to claim Conscientious Objector status. The Center on Conscience and War
provides an excellent worksheet to help you.
A registrant making a claim for Conscientious Objection is required to appear
before his local board to explain his beliefs. Claimants for hardship or
ministerial classification may also request a personal appearance.
At a personal appearance you will have at least twenty minutes, and may
present up to three witnesses. You may be accompanied by an advisor, and
may request that the meeting be open. You cannot use a recorder at the
meeting; but you can submit your own summary within five days after the
hearing.
If a claim of conscientious objector status is granted, Selective Service
regulations state that the registrant must perform alternative service. Of
course, one may also choose to resist or refuse alternative service for
reasons of conscience.
Likely Alternative Service jobs are in the fields of conservation, caring for the
very young or very old, education, or health care. Length of service in the
program will equal the amount of time a man would have been assigned to
the military.

APPEALING A CLAIM THAT IS DENIED

The local board will decide whether to grant or deny a CO classification based
on the evidence a registrant has presented. If your claim is rejected, you will
receive a new induction date. The CCCO, CCW, and others can help you find
lawyers and/or counselors to help you through the lengthy appeals process.
The board must give reasons for rejection of your claim. You may appeal a
Local Board's decision to a Selective Service District Appeal Board. If the
Appeal Board also denies your claim, but the vote is not unanimous, you may
further appeal the decision to the National Appeal Board

REFUSING INDUCTION
You do, in good conscience, object to Registration and the Draft. This does
not change simply because the Selective Service denies your claim. Since
there is currently no draft, there are no rules governing those who refuse
induction.
Historically, draft resisters have been prosecuted and penalized in some
manner. You can expect the same.
If you choose to refuse induction or were successful using one of the methods
described above, you will join a long line of conscientious objectors proud to
have defended their freedom to make their own conscientious decisions, and
your freedom to do the same.
For their stories, check out one of the many books currently available on
conscientious objectors and conscientious objection. If you let your
conscience be your guide, not your fear or doubt or uncertainty, you will
always make a good decision, you will always be free, and you will never
regret it.
Contact Information
Center on Conscience & War (NISBCO)
1830 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20009
202-483-2220
800-379-2679
Fax: 202-483-1246
nisbco@nisbco.org
Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors (CCCO)
1515 Cherry St., Philadelphia, PA 19102
215-563-8787
Fax 215-567-2096
info@objector.org
CCCO West
630 20th Street Oakland, CA 94612
510-465-1617
Fax 510-465-2459
info@objector.org
References
Organizations
The Selective Service System
The Center on Conscience & War (CCW)
The Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors (CCCO)
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
Articles
"Medical Workers Face Military Draft" WorldNet Daily
Appendix 1: SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
Here is a brief overview of what would occur if the United States returned to a
draft:
1. CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT AUTHORIZE A DRAFT
A crisis occurs which requires more troops than the volunteer military can
supply. Congress passes and the President signs legislation that starts a
draft.
2. THE LOTTERY
The lottery would establish the priority of call based on the birth dates of
registrants. The first men drafted would be those turning age 20 during the
calendar year of the lottery. For example, if a draft were held in 1998, those
men born in 1978 would be considered first. If a young man turns 21 in the
year of the draft, he would be in the second priority, in turning 22 he would
be in the third priority, and so forth until the year in which he turns 26 at
which time he is over the age of liability. Younger men would not be called in
that year until men in the 2025 age group are called
3. ALL PARTS OF SELECTIVE SERVICE ARE ACTIVATED
The Agency activates and orders its State Directors and Reserve Forces
Officers to report for duty. See also Agency Structure.
4. PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND MORAL EVALUATION OF REGISTRANTS
Registrants with low lottery numbers are ordered to report for a physical,
mental, and moral evaluation at a Military Entrance Processing Station to
determine whether they are fit for military service. Once he is notified of the
results of the evaluation, a registrant will be given 10 days to file a claim for
exemption, postponement, or deferment. See also Classifications.
5. LOCAL AND APPEAL BOARDS ACTIVATED AND INDUCTION NOTICES SENT
Local and Appeal Boards will process registrant claims. Those who pass the
military evaluation will receive induction orders. An inductee will have 10
days to report to a local Military Entrance Processing Station for induction.
The registrant appeal process begins when a registrant is dissatisfied with his
Local Boards decision about his reclassification request and initiates an
appeal. The first line of appeal is to the District Appeal Board. In the case of
non-unanimous decisions of the District Appeal Board, the registrant may
appeal to the President through the National Appeal Board.
6. FIRST DRAFTEES ARE INDUCTED
According to current plans, Selective Service must deliver the first inductees
to the military within 193 days from the onset of a crisis.
September 16, 2003
*** David Wiggins is a West Point (United States Military Academy)
distinguished graduate and an honors graduate of New York Medical College.
He left the Army as a Conscientious Objector, resigning his commission as an
Army Captain on the Iraqi front lines during Operation Desert Storm. He is
currently an Emergency Physician.
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