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In time of war, they train as medics or are used in offices.

If you are Amish, and don't use electricity and can prove it, not just try and get out of the draft, you don't go in. I don't think they take orthodox Jews either, because they won't use electricity either on the Sabbath.

You say an excuse? That's not quite the way its looked at. Their particular beliefs are one that would disrupt military order and they have to be verifiable. Quakers don't believe in violence and were very useful as medics, and Reform and Conservative Jew do enlist and are draftable.

Getting a CO is not an easy way to do things.

You get drafted, by the way, and you show up for your physical, you just aren't taken in.

Conscientious Objectors at the instant are not given the prospect to be purely medics. they are given the prospect to pick a activity that would not in the present day help wrestle operations and/or would not violate their ideals (this would incorporate being a medic yet isn't unique to being a medic). those jobs are issues like Chaplain's assistant, a table clerk, a static task to a state area accountability or as in WWII Conscientious Objectors like the Amish have been drafted into Federal service doing civil initiatives like highway development and damn development in the U. S.. No male who meets the age requirement is exempt from being drafted except they are medically disqualified yet there are waivers of direction in case you're in college case in point and various of alternative waivers. As for detention center, draft dodgers are infrequently sent to detention center. they are arrested and sent to the closest armed forces base and "out processed" from the armed forces if the conflict they have been drafted in is over. the armed forces would not pursue draft dodgers, somewhat they are frequently arrested for something else or are stopped via the police for minor site visitors violations and a history examine identifies them as draft dodgers. as quickly as you in-technique the armed forces the penalty for desertion in a time of conflict could be death however the final individual performed for desertion became into in 1945.

Yes. So was the case during the Civil War where Quakers (pacificts) would refuse to fight. Of course, one would have to prove you are actually such a religion.

I knew some Amish that were exempted. I also knew some that served too. They said that without fighting, they could be forced not to practice their religion of choice

You would have to apply for conscientious objector status. It would have to be decided by your local draft board.

Nope. Wont hold.

It would probably depend on what country you live in.

no

of course it can.

sometimes