As soon as they received their draft notice in the mail.
I'm not an American, but my understanding was the US can NOT have a peacetime draft due to something in the Constitution. Knowledgable Americans,please augment this.
During the Viet war..."draft" meant forcing men into the military. Draft=Conscription. Conscription CAN also occur during peacetime.
American public opinion opposed it. Screw e2020 !
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The draft was ended at the end of th eVietnam war, because the peacetime army got the manpower it needed from volunteer enlistment.
The draft in the US for World War II began in September 1940 with the Selective Training and Service Act. The first peacetime draft in American history, it was later expanded after the US entered the war in 1941.
There is one more that i know of and it's called the Miracle years.
To keep the numbers up, so when the time comes to deploy..they can deploy.
Yes, until the end of the Viet War, then it went away.
Juliet Reeve has written: 'Sourcebook on peacetime conscription' -- subject(s): Draft
In October 1940, the Selective Training and Service Act was enacted in the United States, requiring all men between the ages of 21 and 36 to register for the draft. This marked the first peacetime draft in American history and laid the foundation for the conscription of troops during World War II.