Is the draft coming back? Who is required to register for the Selective Service? Here's how a US military draft would work and who would be exempt.

There hasn’t been a draft in the U.S. since the Vietnam War, and it would take an act of Congress to enact one.

With conflict in the Middle East, some people might have questions about registering for Selective Service. So what exactly ...

Learn the latest 2026 U.S. military draft disqualifications and exemptions, including medical fitness standards, ...

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a measure to automatically register men for the Selective Service, updating ...

The Selective Service System is designed to draft 100,000 men in 193 days. (U.S. Marine Corps/Cpl. Jordy Morales) When the ...

Congress has tweaked how the government builds its Selective Service rolls, but the shift is about who shows up in federal records, not about pulling anyone into uniform. Any return to compulsory ...

Could the U.S. bring back the draft? Here’s how Selective Service works today, who would be called first and why only about ...

Recent discussions have renewed attention around how the country’s draft registration rules apply to people living in the ...

Whether the Military Selective Service Act, which allows the President to require young people to register for the draft only if they are men, discriminates on the basis of sex. On January 8, 2021, ...

Congress appropriates funds for the SSS through the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act./158 For FY2021, Congress appropriated $26 million, a decrease from the FY2020 ...