Writing.

First draft since 1942 was held in the US on December 1, 1969. I’m imagining that young men who got the pole position and knew they’d be drafted and sent to Viet Nam might have enlisted to get some leverage in deciding what their branch of service and duties were. I remember the services advertising it that way (although I also remember men saying afterwards that those pre-enlistment deals were often ignored… but I digress.)

If an 18 year-old decided to enlist in the Air Force, what would he have gone through before being shipped out? I know that the training time was pretty minimal, since they were doing one one-year tours.

Any info would be helpful.

Topics: writing, history, Vietnam, military, draft, armed forces, 1969