How the U.S. Military Draft Works

Stuff You Should Know

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🗓️ 2 August 2018

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

The U.S. military draft is far more interesting than you'd think. The process of conscription can get quite complicated, but we're here to clear it up for you. We'll also talk a bit about whether or not this could ever happen again.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
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0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
0:17.7	Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.
0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:31.2	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know from house stuffworks.com.
0:41.6	Hey and welcome to the podcast.
0:43.0	I'm Josh Clark and there's Charles W. Chuck Bryant and there's Jerry over there.
0:46.6	So this is Stuff You Should Know, Military Edition.
0:50.4	Actually, what bureaucracy edition than anything else?
0:54.4	Yeah and I found this for a bureaucratic episode.
0:59.0	I found it way more interesting than I thought I would.
1:01.8	Those usually turn out to be more interesting than you'd think.
1:04.3	You know?
1:05.3	Yeah.
1:06.3	I can't think of one that we've done bureaucracy than the bureaucracy suite that wasn't like.
1:11.1	This is surprisingly interesting.
1:12.9	Yeah.
1:13.9	This is pretty good.
1:14.9	Yeah.
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