Originally Posted by LarryBible

It was a desirable way to satisfy the military obligation of the time without leaving your life and your world for a minimum of two years.

Would YOU rather have had a few months away from home then doing a weekend a month and a few weeks a year as opposed to two years or more of complete interruption in your life?

In spite of lots of jokes about NG and ER while in the military, these guys were anything BUT cowards. The cowards went to Canada.