Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Would Deaf People Be Drafted?

If they brought back the military draft, would deaf people be drafted? Probably not, because the last time I checked, disabled people were not drafted. However! Times have changed since the Vietnam era; today's modern warfare is largely driven by technology and other efforts that do not require the ability to hear. So, could deaf people be drafted?

8 comments:

Todd said...

You might want to take a looksee at this AllDeaf thread;

Deaf Employees in Armed Services

Anonymous said...

Also, if I understand it correctly, drafting is not limited to able bodied males. They will draft males (females? I don't know if laws has changed already?) who isn't ideal material for soldiers to do work that benefit the war effort (e.g. production worker? resource coordinator?), and are not necessarily a member of Armed Forces, though they do work for Armed Forces.

Anonymous said...

I would love to serve my country. I would love to be in the Elite Special force in the Sniper Unit. Something that I have dreamed since i was a boy..

maybe I should invest in that .50 caliber rifle :)

Todd said...

I picked the wrong AllDeaf thread to link to; this is the correct one:

We Need Draft Reinstated?

If you're curious, check out reply #34 and onwards, for the perspective on whether disabled people should serve or not.

Anonymous said...

Doubt... deaf people are not that stupid like hearing who think war is the answer to solve They(hearing) just born to fight all the time dunno. Hey all those years they (hearing) think deaf are dummy LOOK who is talking.. need proof ?.... look at WWl and WWll, Vientam, Middle East . They all are hearing.

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Anonymous said...

The New York School for the Deaf had a rifle team and they were the best shooters. Deaf shooters were send to World War 1 and all (50?) of them were killed in combat. They were killed within days(?).

I think there is a story somewhere inside Jack Gannon's "Deaf Heritage" book.

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Anonymous said...

They could serve at Ft. Stewart or Ft. Benning that has accommodations for the deaf.