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 ...
The Selective Service System, which costs more than $31 million per year, has largely been defunct since 1973.
As concerns about a US military draft spread online and across campuses amid President Donald Trump's war in Iran, students and parents are asking the same questions: could high school seniors or ...
Eligible men in the U.S. will automatically be registered for the military draft beginning in December, according to the federal agency that oversees draft registration. The Selective Service System ...
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 ...
On May 18, 1917, President Wilson signed the Selective Service Act of 1917 by which the United States raised an army for ...