Draftees don't really have an abbreviation. If a draft were to be implemented, they would come in as a Private, Private First Class, or Specialist, depending on certain factors. If they held a four year university degree, they'd be eligible to enter as a Specialist (E4). Three to four years of Junior ROTC, a two year university degree, or attaining the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts would make them eligible to come in as a Private First Class (E3). One of two years of JROTC, and they'd be eligible to enter as a Private (E2). Otherwise, they'd just enter as a Private (E1). The abbreviations are as follows:
The Army consists of four components - Regular Army, Army Reserve, (Army) National Guard, and the Army of the United States. Draftees are placed in the Army of the United States, the abbreviation for which is AUS.
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Americans were drafted into the Vietnam War in 1965.
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They had been drafted.