Selective Military Draft

Despite the fact that there were previous war military drafts in the United States, the first peace draft was sanctioned by Congress in 1940. Later, the draft was deferred in 1973 when the United States transformed to an all-volunteer military and finally, through a Presidential Proclamation, draft registration requirement was dismissed in 1975 but later renewed in 1980. Currently, the Selective Service System, together with the draft registration and local draft panels, remains as a contingency should a military draft ever be necessary, but the country has no active military draft at this time. The military draft requires that almost all male U.S. citizens and foreign male living in the United States who are between 18 to 25 years register with the Selective Service (Tritten). The senate has the power to redefine the qualified persons as it deems suitable. Presently the excluded group of people are the men who are already serving on active military duty, certain institutionalized people, and other noncitizens. The general rule, according to Tritten, is that any male noncitizen who migrates into the United States before his 26th birthday must register with the Selective Service. The exempted ones are the men who live in the
According to Schaeffer-Duffy (7), the Selective Service System is an independent agency of the United States government that conserves data on those possibly subject to military conscription. Essentially all male U.S. citizens and male immigrant non-citizens between the ages of 18 and 25 are expected by law to register within thirty days of their eighteenth birthday. They are also required to notify the service of any changes regarding any changes in information initially provided. The registered individuals are therefore eligible for selection during armed forces selection