Gap years and draft deferment

I am not betting on the draft either, and if there was one it is likely that the draft would not give the deferrments that were so common in the 1960’s. I suspect the poster, hearing some of the more beligerent talk during the campaign, might be assuming that the US is going to get into a lot more wars and need all the soldiers for it. Only other people proposing it were those upset at how many ways soldiers were fighting in and wanted the draft, with the thought that if anyone with a kid 18 or older faced fighting they wouldn’t be so happy sending people to war …

But I doubt it, the military themselves don’t want it, they prefer professional soldiers motivated to be doing what they are, not a bunch of complaining draftees:).