1 May 2023 8:38 pm
why was the lottery cutoff about 125 then?Xavier_Onassis » 01 May 2023, 8:32 pm » wrote: ↑ When unemployment is low, then the Air Force has to lower its standards to keep all the positions properly staffed. The military has always been the employer of last resort for many years. This is not only the pilots, but also the mechanics and maintenance people.
The main reason Nixon was forced to put an end to the Vietnam War was that the smarter people of military age were refusing to report for the draft. Some went to Sweden, others went to Canada and there were many other ways to beat the draft. What was left were semi lierate and illiterate country boys known as "MacNamara's Morons"
they could've upped the lottery numbers to get all the warm bodies they needed.