• Mike Huckabee had not voluntarily signed up for military service and came of age as draft was ending. A brief explanation on why a stint in the army is missing in Huckabee?s resume, states the reason as 'flat feet'.
• Huckabee had all the traits of a natural leader and longed to be of service to his people but his flat feet became a roadblock. "These flat feet have bothered me all my life" he is quoted as saying.
• When he was a freshman in college, Huckabee had enrolled in the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) and looked forward to serving in combat. On noticing his flat feet, the ROTC Director discouraged him from joining the army. Huckabee remembers, "He told me there was no point in my continuing because the army wouldn't have me anyway."
• The Vietnam War came to an end, thus ending Huckabee's desire to pursue a career in the military. Perfectly understanding that every chapter in his life had been God's doing, Huckabee is a wee bit cheerless when he says, "My flat feet ended what I'm sure would have been a heralded military career in the post-Vietnam 1970s."
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