military draft

wasn't that the army reserve programs?

I found this.  Hope it helps.

Hey Joe couldn't they still use good story tellers for moral?

Edited by chaskaduo - 24 Apr 2020 at 9:23am

My draft # was 6. I was going 1 way or another. I had graduated from computer processing school and tried to enlist in the army as a programmer. No way did they want a programmer. They wanted boots on the ground. I had been driving a truck, they didn't want one of those either. During basic, I found myself in the back of a 2.5 ton truck on my way to special forces, one of 3 guys of several hundred guys in basic. Oh well. Wound up finishing up in Germany as a mechanic. 77th HEMC detachment B Mannheim Germany. Another guy and I were issued a Jeep and done a lot of traveling making modifications to m88's, 578's, armored personnel carriers, etc. Best German Beer --- Monninger Export In Glass bottles. The stuff in a can tastes like American beer.

Edited by HD6GTOM - 24 Apr 2020 at 11:15am

Grayray wrote: I found this.  Hope it helps. https://www.vietnamlotteryfate.com/selective-service-classifications

Thanks GR, I found that last night when this came up, but it doesn't really say what the parameters are to get a 1-Y, but I think I figured it out.
I think 1-Y was those who's lottery no. was higher than the highest no. called for the given year.
This all came up because I was watching Ken Burns Vietnam documentary, and was reminiscing. I couldn't remember my draft lottery number, so I looked it up on the net. (170) then, out of curiosity, I looked up the highest number drawn that year (195). So OK, but I was never called. Now, I will admit several, well, more than several alcohol influenced brain suppression years about that time, so, my memory is fizzy. I could not explain why I was not called. I do remember receiving a 1-Y classification....but I don't know why.
This morning I was discussing with my bride, she double checked my 'research' and discovered that they actually only called up to 121 that year, not 195. In '69 the lottery was conducted for all men born '44 to '50, and 195 of 366 were called. In 1970 lottery was for '51, an 121 of 366 were called.

LouSWPA wrote: Grayray wrote: I found this.  Hope it helps. https://www.vietnamlotteryfate.com/selective-service-classifications Thanks GR, I found that last night when this came up, but it doesn't really say what the parameters are to get a 1-Y, but I think I figured it out. I think 1-Y was those who's lottery no. was higher than the highest no. called for the given year. This all came up because I was watching Ken Burns Vietnam documentary, and was reminiscing. I couldn't remember my draft lottery number, so I looked it up on the net. (170) then, out of curiosity, I looked up the highest number drawn that year (195). So OK, but I was never called. Now, I will admit several, well, more than several alcohol influenced brain suppression years about that time, so, my memory is fizzy. I could not explain why I was not called. I do remember receiving a 1-Y classification....but I don't know why. This morning I was discussing with my bride, she double checked my 'research' and discovered that they actually only called up to 121 that year, not 195. In '69 the lottery was conducted for all men born '44 to '50, and 195 of 366 were called. In 1970 lottery was for '51, an 121 of 366 were called.

I don't even remember what my number was, as I enlisted before it came.  I joined the Navy and as fate would have it, I got sent to Nam right out of boot camp.  There were four of us that enlisted from La Crosse and the other three guys went home for Christmas and then to the East coast, to the ship yards in Philly.  We graduated boot camp on December 21st and they flew me straight to the West coast and then to Japan to board the ship.  Well, they weren't in port, so they flew me to the Philippines to get on board.  Guess where the ship was headed.  yep, to the gun line off the coast of Nam.

Draft was long over when I enlisted in 1979. I did recieve a card reminding me it was mandatory to signup for selective service and not doing so could have criminal consequences. Mom forwarded it to me when I was in basic training. My TI laughed an said it was a big F-up he'd take care of it. Nearly 20 years later I recived another notification. Came from the Marine Corp. it wasn't to late I should join and meet my selective service obligation. I'm guessing 79 and 99 looked similar on the written records. I called the number and it was a recruiter, I told him I had to decline his offer since I already had 19 years in the airforce and was due to retire. I did not get to retire since I was deployed and stop loss my retirement was denied. Three times I was stop lossed and 6 years later I retired. They did ask me to extend again even though I was past high year tenure. My commander said he could get a waiver. I didn't except.

Edited by Dakota Dave - 26 Apr 2020 at 10:42am