As men of a certain age know, the Selective Service has not been voluntary. Draft Director Curtis W. Tarr spins one of the two Plexiglas drums in Washington on Feb. 2, 1972 as the fourth annual ...

As the federal government moves toward automatically registering men ages 18 to 25 for the Selective Service System, a ...

As the Iran war continues — despite a recent fragile ceasefire — concerns are popping up the United States may reinstitute the draft. Those eligible, along with their friends and family members, are ...

KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) - Men ages 18 to 25 will no longer have to register with the Selective Service System for a potential military draft after December. The automatic registration was included in ...

A new rule passed by Congress last year will automatically register eligible men in the Selective Service, or military draft system, instead of requiring them to register themselves. Under federal law ...

For decades, eligible men were required to register for selective service. Now, the military draft system is slated to change.

The unwillingness of young people to be drafted won't become visible until after the country is militarily overcommitted.