Verizon customers can check messages without their cell phone. NA/AbleStock.com/Getty Images. Verizon Wireless is a leading competitor in mobile technology. From Internet to multiple forms of messaging, a Verizon customer can stay in contact with colleagues, friends and family.
End of Vietnam draft January 27, 1973 - Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces the draft is ended in favor of voluntary enlistment. Nixon changed the draft to a lottery in '71. + 108 others found this useful.
More than 40 years since America's last draft, failing to register for selective service can mean missing out on crucial benefits. Draft Director Curtis W. Tarr spins one of the two Plexiglas drums in Washington on Feb. 2, 1972, as the fourth annual Selective Service lottery begins.