normiss 635 #51 January 24, 2017 It has been my understanding that once you requested and then summarily granted a deferment, you no longer participated in the numerical lottery. No? I have always understood that was the entire meaning of the deferment. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,463 #52 January 24, 2017 QuoteIt has been my understanding that once you requested and then summarily granted a deferment, you no longer participated in the numerical lottery. Right. I think he was saying that if he had been participating in the lottery (and they called his number) he would have gone. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
winsor 187 #53 January 24, 2017 billvonQuoteIt has been my understanding that once you requested and then summarily granted a deferment, you no longer participated in the numerical lottery. Right. I think he was saying that if he had been participating in the lottery (and they called his number) he would have gone. My number was 346, and I did not participate in the lottery. I was already a SP-4. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 635 #54 January 24, 2017 Which is a laughable dismissal of the fact that he clearly wouldn't - otherwise why put in for the deferral? "Yeah, I dodged the draft, but I would have happily gone if I hadn't." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,463 #55 January 24, 2017 >Which is a laughable dismissal of the fact that he clearly wouldn't - otherwise >why put in for the deferral? Probably because he had a family and a (very new) wife and didn't want to go. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 635 #56 January 24, 2017 At least his feet didn't hurt. Three times. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites