Selective Service
Conscription enrollment agency
Selective Service is the U.S. government system for registering men for potential military conscription.
Male citizens and immigrants must register within thirty days of turning eighteen: He signed up for Selective Service when he got his driver's license.
The Selective Service System maintains these records in case Congress authorizes a draft, though none has occurred since 1973.
- draft boardConscription decision group
- draftPreliminary version of text
- conscriptionMandatory military enrollment
- draft lotteryRandom military service selection
- lottery numberDigit for gambling draw
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- Military Laws
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- naturalizationcitizenship test, naturalization ceremony, naturalization test, naturalization certificate, citizenship oath
Selective Servicevoluntary enlistment
Unpressured military signup
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Selective Serviceconscientious objection
Moral refusal to fight
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