Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Federal Law requires nearly all male US citizens and male immigrants, 18 through 25, register with Selective Service.
U.S. immigrants are required by law to register with the Selective Service System 30 days after their 18th birthday or 30 days after entry into the United States if they are between the ages of 18 and 25.
The Selective Service System (SSS) is an independent agency of the United States government that maintains a database of registered male U.S. citizens and other U.S. residents potentially subject to military conscription (i.e., the draft).
Selective Service bases the registration requirement on gender assigned at birth and not on gender identity or on gender reassignment. Individuals who are born male and changed their gender to female are still required to register.
The selective service is a government bureau separate from the Defense Department whose mission statement is: "To register men and maintain a system that, when authorized by the...
Selective Service assigns a number to each person who registers. Learn how to check your registration, look up your number, and get proof that you registered.
The Selective Service program sets up a fair way to register eligible men for military service. Military service in the U.S. is voluntary. But most young men must register with Selective Service.