SUBSIM Radio Room Forums - How many of you have served in the Armed Service?

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Originally Posted by Platapus (Post 1975185)

Depends on how you define it?

Absent of a draft, one could assume that everyone who chooses not to volunteer for service can be a conscientious objector.

It is tough being a conchie when there is no draft.

Not really you can be a conscientious objector only thing is you make that choice way back at MEPS when you first enlist after that is very hard to change it from what I understand.
After that point you talk to your CO and a shrink. and go through some lengthy process this is to keep someone from not deploying because they "suddenly had a change of heart" which i agree with if you are truly a conscientious objector you have felt that way all of your life.

At least when I enlisted at some point on some paper work here or there they did ask that question.I never meet anyone in the Air Force that was a conscientious objector though.

Conscientious objectors have even be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_...tious_objector)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Doss

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_G._LaPointe,_Jr.