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From: mikes@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Michael Squires)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Draft policies
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Date: 8 Dec 90 22:25:33 GMT
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From: mikes@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Michael Squires)
In article <1990Dec7.011754.1253@cbnews.att.com> pjas@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Paul Jasinski) writes:
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>Could someone please send me some of the current draft information.  Most 

My understanding is that there is no college waiver; one can finish out the
semester or the year if one is a senior.  There are age preferences but I've
forgotten them (being 45).

As a CO during the Vietnam War I've noticed that the current draft law was
written in such a way as to make it very difficult to obtain either the
old 1-0 or 1-A-0 statuses.  Formerly people who knew that they would
file could file SS-150 at age 18, which provided some evidence of prior
intent; currently there is nothing in the official record although those
in the peace churches are filing unofficial statments with their pastors
or meetings.  The new law also is written in such a way as to invalidate
(at least at first glance) much of the case law built up during the 
1960's and '70's, which is undoubtedly one of its goals.
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