• Mitt Romney has not served in the military.

• Before joining college, Romney had received a deferment from the draft as a Mormon
'minister of religion' for the duration of his missionary work in France, which lasted two and a
half years.  At the time, there was an agreement of sorts between the church and the Selective
Service allowing exemptions from the draft for missionaries.

• Before and after his missionary deferment, Romney also received nearly three years of
deferments for his academic studies 

• In April 1965, Romney registered with the Selective Service but was not considered readily
available for military service until December 1970.  When he became eligible for military service in
1970, he drew a high number in the annual draft lottery and at that time no one drawing higher than
195 was drafted.

• Romney once disclosed in an interview that he would have served if he had been drafted. 

• Romney said that he was supportive of his country and "I longed in many respects to
actually be in Vietnam and be representing our country there and in some ways it was frustrating not
to feel like I was there as part of the troops that were fighting in Vietnam."

• It is a fact that none of Romney's five sons have ever served in the military and when
questioned about this, Romney said that his sons were showing their patriotism by "helping me get
elected".

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