Can eunuchs be drafted?

[happousai (imported)]

The US government reserves the right to draft any man who's in the right age range if they want to go fight a war. Although they haven't actually done this for ~30 years (since the Vietnam war), but they still reserve the right.

I was wondering, can eunuchs be drafted?

[Riverwind (imported)]

I think you would be found 4F or medically unfit for duty.

Now If there were a war and a young man was of draft age I dont think the avrage young man would have himself castrated to avoid service. 4 years vrs Lifetime as eunuch.

[happousai (imported)]

Make that 4 years, plus the possibility of being killed in action.

[Mac (imported)]

I do not know if being a eunuch is grounds for rejection. When I got my induction physical, you lined up naked in front of the doctor for the first part of it. This included checking to see if you had two balls. The poor guy who had only one was embarassed and ridiculed in front of all but i don't know if he was rejected.

[Sherry (imported)]

The US government reserves the right to draft any man who's in the right age range if they want to go fight a war. Although they haven't actually done this for ~30 years (since the Vietnam war), but they still reserve the right.

I was wondering, can eunuchs be drafted?

In the USA, they still have to register if between the ages of 18 and 25. The Selective Service says about transsexuals:

http://www.sss.gov/qa.htm#quest35

How does the Military Selective Service Act apply to individuals who have had a sex change?

Individuals who are born female and have a sex change are not required to register. U.S. citizens or immigrants who are born male and have a sex change are still required to register. In the event of a resumption of the draft, males who have had a sex change can file a claim for an exemption from military service if they receive an order to report for examination or induction.

I don't think they wrote anything about non-transsexual men without testicles.

I guess there's no telling for sure whether or not they would exempt us until a draft was actually invoked. Keep in mind the attitude of modern society toward eunuchs and castration. In the event of a draft, I fear the government might not be so willing to exempt us, because I would not count on them to respect us.

The idea of military service would terrify me. If they demanded that I defer transition for service, a sissy like me would never make it through training. I think I would more likely be killed by transphobic comrades than by enemy fire. If not, I would not have the courage to stay on the front line anyway

I did wonder about this after 911. I really worried back in 1990 because I was only 23 at the time of the Gulf War. Many now tell me that I am too old to be worrying about this, but the US government drafted all the way up to age 45 during WW2, so I'm not completely safe yet.

I do respect all of you who served in the military, whatever your country, because that is something I would not have the courage to do.

[Andrew (imported)]

I do respect all of you who served in the military, whatever your country, because that is something I would not have the courage to do.

Thank you. I was in the US NAVY 1963-1973, during the Vietnam War. The training I received as an Electronics/Computer Technician has been my main source of employment all my life.

Now back to the subject. I seem to remember that my father told me that, in WW-II, they did not draft men who were unable to get an erection. I am not sure if he was serious or kidding. But I think you could get exempted precisely because, as a eunuch, you would be very different and subject to harrassment. Also, you might have problems passing the physical, given that many eunuchs tend to be flabby.

[Mac (imported)]

In the USA, they still have to register if between the ages of 18 and 25. The Selective Service says about transsexuals: ... U.S. citizens or immigrants who are born male and have a sex change are still required to register. In the event of a resumption of the draft, males who have had a sex change can file a claim for an exemption from military service if they receive an order to report for examination or induction.

On the other hand, it would be rather interesting if she (he?) reported for induction. Can you imagine the commotion it would create when they had to stand nude (as a group) in front of the medical examiner?

I wonder if female inductees are subjected to the same humiliation.

[Riverwind (imported)]

No I think that humilation is reserved for the private, even the guys going in as officers are exempt from that. I remember regestering for the draft on my 18th birthday, I still had a month to go before finishing High School anyway 7 days later I got my draft notice. It was for March so I went into the USAF in Feburary. F. . K the Army, everybody drafted went to basic then to Nam. I figured a safe 4 was better then a real uncertin 2. 1965 - 1968. I still go with my feeling on this, at that time if you said you were gay you were exempt, I think being a eunuch would be the same.

[Paolo]

Shit, I couldn't even join the local base of Air Guard here when I was 18, back in my young, stupid, misguided conservative days of yore ... because I was allergic to most everything and had a bad knee and 20/400 uncorrected eyesight ... I had two halfway good balls back then, though ... didn't seem to matter.

[stevesd (imported)]

I served 20 years in the US military Service. In my induction, all the guys woere boxer shorts! You had the turn your head and cough routine as well with a finger up your ass!

There was one guy admitted to the Navy that had one Testicle,

I have known men who have had testicular cancer and having one testicle left and had a prostitic one replaced. Having both testicles removed I would think would disqual you from military service. During the Gulf War, The Iraq Army often castrated many civilians - We talked to lots of the castrated men. I often feared of being castrated that way in a violent way, in the USMC the Intel units are trained to castrate as part of getting inforamtion from prisioner's. There are other ways to get information,

they even threaten castration in SERE school, which is like a 7 day POW camp they run military people through. They even have a water board where they put water up your nose to get information, that was done in Viet Nam!

Stevesd//