(November 21, 2016 at 10:19 am)Excited Penguin Wrote:(November 20, 2016 at 6:18 pm)Sterben Wrote: If your last born male of your direct family you can not be drafted. It's a rule that has been in effect since WW2, when the Solomon brothers all died during. Since there was no males to carry the family line. If you watch the film Saving Private Ryan, all his brothers died in combat; so he was being sent home on that clause.
That's a myth. It doesn't work like that. You can avoid being drafted only if there's a military death in your immediate family.
https://www.sss.gov/About/Return-to-Cons...iving-Sons
I stand corrected. Well in that case, I'll just fail every test and get sent home in case of a draft.
