What is Selective Service and who is required to register?
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the first answer is very wrong on the 18th birthday every man is required to go to the post office and register. unless he is active duty.the selective service is a thing set up to know who is old enough to be drafted should a draft be put into effect.its highly unlikelt thgat there will be a draft but its still a law
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for California reserves here's what they say\nMEMBERSHIP INELIGIBILITY:\nApplicants ineligible for enlistment or appointment include:\n \n  1. Convicted felons.\n  2. Persons adjudged a youthful offender.\n  3. Persons on parole or probation.\n  4. Individuals with a RE-4 reenlistment code on their DD 214.\n  5. Persons with prior service whose discharge was other than "Honorable."\n  6. Persons adjudged as a security risk.\n  7. Conscientious objectors.\n  8. Persons not meeting current height/weight standards, chart (CA SMR Reg 600-9)\n  9. Active members of any component of the U.S. Armed Forces.\n      (Members of the U.S. Armed Forces Retired Reserve are eligible and encouraged to join)\n10. Individuals convicted of offenses involving moral turpitude.\n11. Individuals with significant medical disqualifications (i.e. diabetes, epilepsy, etc.) or any medical\n      condition that is likely to limit full service in the CA SMR.\n12. Individuals receiving medical disability annuity. (Contact SMR Headquarters for percentage\n      allowances.)\n13. Persons required to register for the Selective Service, but have failed to do so.
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Compulsory enrollment, especially for the armed forces; draft.\nA monetary payment exacted by a government in wartime.\n\nThe site gives a lot of detail and examples as well.
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You can start with the U.S. Constitution. It will tell you what powers each branch has, how each branch is selected, and who qualifies for each branch.
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The current system would not draft females.  The government would have to change the current statutes to do that.  They could require males to serve.  \n\n-------\nHere is a brief overview of what would occur if the United States returned to a draft: \n\n1. CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT AUTHORIZE A DRAFT \nA crisis occurs which requires more troops than the volunteer military can supply. Congress passes and the President signs legislation which starts a draft. \n\n2. THE LOTTERY \nA lottery based on birthdays determines the order in which registered men are called up by Selective Service. The first to be called, in a sequence determined by the lottery, will be men whose 20th birthday falls during that year, followed, if needed, by those aged 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25. 18-year-olds and those turning 19 would probably not be drafted. \n\n3. ALL PARTS OF SELECTIVE SERVICE ARE ACTIVATED \nThe Agency activates and orders its State Directors and Reserve Forces Officers to report for duty. See also Agency Structure. \n\n4. PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND MORAL EVALUATION OF REGISTRANTS \nRegistrants with low lottery numbers are ordered to report for a physical, mental, and moral evaluation at a Military Entrance Processing Station to determine whether they are fit for military service. Once he is notified of the results of the evaluation, a registrant will be given 10 days to file a claim for exemption, postponement, or deferment. See also Classifications.\n\n5. LOCAL AND APPEAL BOARDS ACTIVATED AND INDUCTION NOTICES SENT\nLocal and Appeal Boards will process registrant claims. Those who pass the military evaluation will receive induction orders. An inductee will have 10 days to report to a local Military Entrance Processing Station for induction. \n\n6. FIRST DRAFTEES ARE INDUCTED \nAccording to current plans, Selective Service must deliver the first inductees to the military within 193 days from the onset of a crisis.
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Presently the United States does not have a draft. All individuals over the age of 18 are required and suppose to register. I am not sure that even that is being enforced.\n\nPrsently you are not required to enlist unless you want since the military is now an all volunteer force.\n\nWhen we did have a draft, based on your age and draft status you were issued a draft number. There were several ways to avoid the draft of which the primary one was to attend college, you had to be enrolled, your enrollment status was checked and  verified.  The other most popular was was a medical deferrement, where it ws determined that you were not medically able to perform the duties of a military person. Some medical deferrements were temporary. For the ones that had permanent medical problem you were classified 4F and undraftable.\n\nIf you did not want to be drafted you were required to attend a college for education, but your status changed if you were found not attending college as you stated, some that did not attend college but lied and said they were were, at times, placed at the head of the line and given a lower draft number ensuring that they would be drafted.\n\nSome that did not want to attend college or be drafted left the country. Most of them that left the country went to Canada. That was the chioce they made, not to be available for the draft nor attend college to eliminate being drafted. They were called draft dodgers and was subject to arrest upon returning to the United States no matter their age.\n\nIn my opinion they had a perfect out by attending college for 4 years after which they would have had a diploma. At the age you would have been by the time you got your degree around 21-22 and possibly married which you could get another deferrment for being married and having to take care of your family. Even if you were not married and you were still drafted after finishing college, with your degree you could go into the service as an officer. I fail to see the reason for being a draft dodger, except you did not want to be responsible. \n\nYou could have attended college and bettered yourself instead of leaving the country.\n\nI hope this has been of some help to you, good luck
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You must register.  \n\nThere is no draft at this time so you don't have to worry.
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I'd rather have ppl in the military who  WANT to be there, not someone who is FORCED to be in the service.\n\nAll males when they turn 18 are required to register for the draft. If a draft is called, and the male is chosen, he is then required to report for duty. In that sense, his service is mandatory.\n\nFurther, a mandatory service goes against everything the US fought for back in the Revolutionary War. Those ideas are still highly valued.
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No.  the US is currently a voluntary army.\n\nUS males 18 - 25 have to sign up for 'Selective Service', which basically states that if a Draft is re-enacted, they they can be drafted.
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Here I am again.... I'm not a Democratic nor a Democrat follower. What you are siting is 2003/2004. bill. Did it come to be law...No. \n\nWhat I find a little odd is that you don't advocate the selective service. I have always believed most, not all, of our young people would benefit from serving our country  in the military. Women and Men should have to register at their 18th birthday. NOT just our young men. You see anything wrong with that?\n\nI know you are a Vet.....so why not our young?\nLinda
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All males in the United States (who are citizens) must register for selective service at the age of 18. There is no requirement for females. You can register at your local Post Office. Joining isn't a bad idea either, I am in the Air Force and would reccommend it to just about anyone!
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No, they put you where they want you.  They will also fill the empty slots with draftees, such as no one joins to be a photographer, well, besides Al Gore.  The only way to guarantee where you go is to enlist and sign a contract.  If you get drafted, there really is no telling where you will end up.
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For more than 50 years, Selective Service and the registration requirement for America's young men have served as a backup system to provide manpower to the U.S. Armed Forces.\n\nPresident Franklin Roosevelt signed the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 which created the country's first peacetime draft and formally established the Selective Service System as an independent Federal agency.\n\nFrom 1948 until 1973, during both peacetime and periods of conflict, men were drafted to fill vacancies in the armed forces which could not be filled through voluntary means.\n\nIn 1973, the draft ended and the U.S. converted to an All-Volunteer military.
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Oddball has a good answer, but remember that the lottery didn't start until 1970.  From 1965-1969 it was goofy system that depended on the "quota" your local board had to meet.  Draft resistance slowed after the lottery was started because people believed it to be more fair (uniform over the nation) than the "quota" system.\n\nUnder the "quota" system each Local Board had to provide a specific number of "bodies" for "selective service."  My hometown was trisected by three boards, Downey (124), East LA, and South LA.  Each had a different quota and different rules!  This meant that the same kid might be "exempted," or "deferred," or "inducted" depending on which side of the street he lived on. At least the lottery was uniform.
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I think they are planing on it.  When I changed my address on my DL and registered to vote they also had me sign up for Selective Service.  They even asked my mom to do it.  Go figure.  :)
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yes all males in the us must register for selective service at age 18 if you dont you may not qualify for some types of goverment aid.
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Usually, it's the parliamentarian. If you don't have a parliamentarian (get one next year), then someone like the sargeant at arms or someone who has a formal position of enforcing the rules. You could just randomly select individuals from the organization body to make up the "constitution committee" which would be more constitutional and democratic.