> During a draft they would, but right now in times of "peace" the military can be choosy. No, even when there's a draft they don't accept people with certain

> During a draft they would, but right now in times of "peace" the military can be choosy. No, even when there's a draft they don't accept people with certain medical problems. Someone who requires special meals to get enough calories to do his job would more than likely tax military logistics more than his labor is worth while deployed. Edit: I guess people don't like the above idea, but it's true: http://aaugusti.umwblogs.org/hist-375-military-history/#_ftn1 http://aaugusti.umwblogs.org/hist-375-military-history/#_ftn... > Michael was a young man during the era of the Vietnam War. He was given the lottery draft number nine and had to get a physical to proceed with the draft process. Michael attempted to use an allergy to wool as an excuse to get out of the draft. He was told to wear wool socks to see if the allergy was true. Under the socks, Michael used a solvent to create a rash to the wool. He tried several times before an Army doctor issued him as medically ineligible for service.