Selective Service System

The Selective Service System has been around for many years now and at one point in time benefited our country greatly, but that benefit is over now. The selective service system is outdated, unconstitutional, an unnecessary burden, costly, and the use of another draft is unlikely. Abolishing the obsolete Selective Service system would help resolve these issues. The fact that the Selective Service System is vastly outdated, creates perfect conditions for the rest of the previously mentioned issues to arise. According to, Selective Service Acts, an article written by Michael Ray, In 1917 the Selective Service act, what we now call the Selective Service System was implemented. When this was enacted all men who were considered “able-bodied”

Many of these people fear that the standards that are set for women to enlist in the army are too low and that they will not be able to perform on satisfactory levels on the battlefield. The dominant argument is that women are not capable of the same physical feats as men. This argument is expressed in an article, The Truth About Women in Ground Combat Roles, written by Daniel Davis, he states, “There are currently no women in the National Basketball Association, the National Football League, Major League Baseball, the National Hockey League or other professional sports leagues. The reason for their absence has nothing to do with discrimination but is flatly rooted in the fact women biologically are not able to perform physically to the same level as men.” (Davis, 2016) Though, it can be argued that some men are not physically fit enough to go into war, and even with training would not reach the same physical peak as other men. If the worry is about having people who are physically fit enough to go into war, this cannot be controlled if the Selective Service System is used. Although there are certain physical requirements in place, it has been found that when drafts were previously used the standards of physical fitness were severely dropped so they were able to accept more men. All in all ending the use of the Selective

In an article, Military Draft Unlikely for “War” On Terrorism, written by Carter Yang, Experts agreed in 2001 that it was very unlikely for a draft to be reinstated in order to fight the war against terrorism. Analyst Anthony Cordesman stated, "What we need are truly well-trained professionals capable of operating very high-technology equipment, and the fact is that draftees can't provide those capabilities." Similarly Kurt Campbell, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense stated, "But in a sophisticated military organization … it takes a couple of years just to understand your job." Another reason why a draft is unlikely, is because an uncontrolled large-scale war is also unlikely.(Yang, 2001) After the greatest tragedy that has occurred on American soil, a military draft was seen as unlikely, and never instated. There has been a major change in technology and weapons that require a vast amount of training. If untrained and uneducated people are sent into a war that they are not prepared for, there can be no expectation of success. The war that was fought in the middle east carried on longer than any other war in American history, but it did remain controlled and maintained in the middle east. Since 2001 there has not been another terrorist attack as devastating as what happened on September 11th. There is no reason for the Selective Service System to stay in place if