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What to know about selective service's switch to automatic registration
Most male U.S. citizens ages 18-25 are required to register with SSS, though there has not been an active military draft since 1973, according to the agency's website.
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Melina Khan, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
If smaller-scale transits resume, Premier Alliance carriers may start by transporting smaller volumes or deploying selective services to test conditions, according to Pai.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 29 Dec. 2025
Norway and Finland are among the few countries with selective service systems that draft women as well as men, though Denmark recently joined them.
—Joshua Keating, Vox, 18 June 2024
Later that year, Republican Richard Nixon won the White House, further escalated the U.S. involvement in Vietnam and started the selective service draft.
—Nik Popli, TIME, 9 May 2024
The last meeting of the SBC occurred in 2019, and there was both a resolution on women not being included in the selective service, which would determine who would be eligible for a military draft in the U.S., and one against the teaching of critical race theory.
—Ryan Burge, The Conversation, 11 June 2021
Additionally, the justices declined for now to take up a challenge to the male-only registration requirement for the military draft -- meaning that even though the draft is not implemented, only men will still be required to register for the selective service.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 8 June 2021
During the civil rights era, their parents represented the Rev. James Groppi, one of the leaders of Milwaukee's fair housing marches; and the Rev. Michael Cullen, a member of the Milwaukee 14 who stole draft records from the city's selective service office and set them on fire.
—Gina Barton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2021
Security is not a public good but, rather, a selective service.
—Bilal Y. Saab, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2015
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Melina Khan, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
If smaller-scale transits resume, Premier Alliance carriers may start by transporting smaller volumes or deploying selective services to test conditions, according to Pai.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 29 Dec. 2025
Norway and Finland are among the few countries with selective service systems that draft women as well as men, though Denmark recently joined them.
—Joshua Keating, Vox, 18 June 2024
Later that year, Republican Richard Nixon won the White House, further escalated the U.S. involvement in Vietnam and started the selective service draft.
—Nik Popli, TIME, 9 May 2024
The last meeting of the SBC occurred in 2019, and there was both a resolution on women not being included in the selective service, which would determine who would be eligible for a military draft in the U.S., and one against the teaching of critical race theory.
—Ryan Burge, The Conversation, 11 June 2021
Additionally, the justices declined for now to take up a challenge to the male-only registration requirement for the military draft -- meaning that even though the draft is not implemented, only men will still be required to register for the selective service.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 8 June 2021
During the civil rights era, their parents represented the Rev. James Groppi, one of the leaders of Milwaukee's fair housing marches; and the Rev. Michael Cullen, a member of the Milwaukee 14 who stole draft records from the city's selective service office and set them on fire.
—Gina Barton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2021
Security is not a public good but, rather, a selective service.
—Bilal Y. Saab, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2015
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“Selective service.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/selective%20service. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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