Was donald trump ever in the military?

No. Donald Trump was never enlisted in the Army, Navy, Marine Corp, Air Force, or the Coast Guard for any period of time. Donald J. Trump attended the New York Military Academy from age 13 to age 18. The NYMA is a private military prep school. read more

Donald Trump — once a smiling teenage cadet at a military academy — dodged the Vietnam War with student deferments and a boo-boo on his foot, records show. Trump, a gifted athlete and decorated cadet at New York Military Academy in upstate Cornwall in the 1960s, sidestepped the draft with four deferments and a medical disqualification for bone spurs in his foot. read more

Donald Trump’s Registration Card. After his 18th birthday in June 1964, Donald J. Trump registered with the Selective Service, as did all men his age. It was the summer after his graduation from New York Military Academy and Mr. Trump recalled filling out his papers with his father, Fred Trump, at the local draft office on Jamaica Avenue in Queens. read more