Selective Service registration is required for anyone ages 18 to 25, and will be performed automatically with any online Driver License service. For more information, please visit the official Selective Service System web site.
If convicted, registration resisters could be sentenced to up to 5 years in prison and a $250,000 line. But very few, if any resisters will get such a stiff punishment, even if prosecutions are resumed. Even if you are caught, there's a good chance you won't be prosecuted.
While there isn't currently a draft in place, Congress and the president can reinstate the draft and force male citizens to serve in the military in the event of a national emergency or war that all-volunteer military can't adequately support. Here's what you need to know about the military draft.
All male U.S. citizens and immigrant non-citizens who are between the ages of 18 and 25 are required by law to have registered within 30 days of their 18th birthdays, and must notify the Selective Service within ten days of any changes to any of the information they provided on their registration cards, such as a ...
An American may be drafted into military service only if Congress has initiated legislature to re-institute a draft. It is not required for a war to exist, but it is highly unlikely that the US would institute a draft unless the threat to our country were huge, imminent, and existential.
Having certain criminal records can disqualify you from military service. Felony convictions lead to automatic disqualification. Examples include assault, robbery, and . Some misdemeanor offenses, like domestic violence or drug possession, also result in disqualification.
In the US, there are just over a million players at the high school level. Of those, 73,712 make it to the NCAA level, representing just 7.3% of the talent pool. At any one time, just over 16,000 are draft eligible, which is only 1.6% of that college player pool. And then only 259 players will be drafted.
Acute or organic diseases of the brain or spinal cord; of the heart or lungs; of the liver or spleen; of the kidneys or bladder, which have so seriously impaired his general health as to leave no doubt of the man's incapacity for military service.
You aren't automatically registered for selective service or to vote just by getting your driver's license. Some states do voting registration this way, but most don't.
The message regarding Selective Service is displayed for anyone under the age of 26. Selective Service registration is required for anyone ages 18 to 25, and will be performed automatically with any online Driver License service. For more information, please visit the official Selective Service System web site.