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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(14,695 posts)
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 09:12 PM Apr 8

Eligible US men will be automatically registered for military draft pool beginning in December

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15717471/Eligible-US-men-automatically-registered-military-draft.html

The rule change was submitted by The Selective Service System, which maintains a database of Americans who would be eligible for the draft, on March 30.

'This statutory change transfers responsibility for registration from individual men to SSS through integration with federal data sources,' the agency's website said.

It adds that the rule change remains under review by regulatory affairs and is awaiting finalization.

The Daily Mail has reached out to the Pentagon and the White House for comment.

The last time that the US conducted a draft was in the early to mid-1970s for the highly controversial US involvement in the Vietnam War.

Despite no active draft, men between the ages of 18 and 25 had still been required to register with the Selective Service System should one be activated.
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Eligible US men will be automatically registered for military draft pool beginning in December (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd Apr 8 OP
Kick SheltieLover Apr 8 #1
Can bone spurs be inherited? Sneederbunk Apr 8 #2
We just won the midterms in a landslide. Scrivener7 Apr 8 #3
Trump recruiting poster Norrrm Apr 8 #4
Syphilis? displacedvermoter Apr 8 #5
100% curable with penicillin. ShazzieB Apr 9 #23
His father is in the Tertiary stages of the disease, displacedvermoter Apr 9 #24
He would be too proud to admit it and none of his "doctors" would tell him. Like Mao and the little girls he infected. Dave Bowman Apr 9 #26
That would be a good protest sign! Bayard Apr 8 #15
Been there, done that, don't want to do it again. MarineCombatEngineer Apr 8 #6
I wonder if Hegseth will be disdainful of nonwhite enlistees BlueWaveNeverEnd Apr 8 #7
Well, he sure is disdainful of non white officers, especially if they're female, MarineCombatEngineer Apr 8 #8
That's historically been the case Akakoji Apr 9 #25
YUP popsdenver Apr 9 #28
Thank You. Talitha Apr 8 #10
My relative got a draft notice from the Army one morning in the mail.................. Lovie777 Apr 9 #27
Heads up, Canada. You will be needing additional immigration staff. wnylib Apr 8 #9
Seems rather benign. Having to register seemed a little weird EdmondDantes_ Apr 8 #11
Here's the kicker that Dems shouldn't miss maxrandb Apr 8 #12
K&R Bayard Apr 8 #14
Do you not need to show any form of ID when you report for duty? pcdb Apr 9 #19
That's not the point maxrandb Apr 9 #20
If we use it, this is great messaging. Now hopefully we'll get some bots out there to spread exactly that message Scrivener7 Apr 9 #21
Failing to register is already a Federal felony MichMan Apr 8 #13
Say what???!!! yellow dahlia Apr 8 #16
BIG BROTHER will register you for the draft FOR you !!!! Jack Valentino Apr 9 #17
Every male for the last 45+ years had to do it anyway ITAL Apr 9 #18
Change SSS to SS - that's what they are being recruited into. mdbl Apr 9 #22

Norrrm

(5,350 posts)
4. Trump recruiting poster
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 09:33 PM
Apr 8

Someone commented that the Army upped their enlistment age to 42 so Eric can now enlist.
He has a college degree so make him an officer.



Dave Bowman

(7,329 posts)
26. He would be too proud to admit it and none of his "doctors" would tell him. Like Mao and the little girls he infected.
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 04:58 PM
Apr 9

MarineCombatEngineer

(18,163 posts)
6. Been there, done that, don't want to do it again.
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 10:33 PM
Apr 8

The draft for the Vietnam War was started in '64 and lasted until '75.
I knew I was going to be drafted so, in '64, I went down to the local USMC recruiting office and volunteered, that way I got to choose my MOS and the rest is history.

MGySgt. Dware (Ret.)
USMC '64-'99
Semper Fi.

I would discourage anyone from enlisting in the military while this criminal cabal is in power.

MarineCombatEngineer

(18,163 posts)
8. Well, he sure is disdainful of non white officers, especially if they're female,
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 10:39 PM
Apr 8

he probably views non white enlistees as nothing more than cannon fodder for him and Trumpedo's illegal wars.

Akakoji

(545 posts)
25. That's historically been the case
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 04:50 PM
Apr 9

This has to be pinned on every GOP House, Senate, State House, State Senate member now.

popsdenver

(2,461 posts)
28. YUP
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 07:04 PM
Apr 9

What McNamara did during Vietnam.....he told the recruiters and draft boards to focus on Blacks. He also lowered the minimum IQ by 20? Points........He told Johnson that he desperately need 200K-250K immediately in late 67 and Johnson agreed to it.....

Lovie777

(23,353 posts)
27. My relative got a draft notice from the Army one morning in the mail..................
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 05:23 PM
Apr 9

during the Vietnam war. His father on that same day took him to the Navy recruitment center. Boot camp was at Camp Pendleton, and he served for 4 years on San Clemente Island.

Father-in-law just graduated from High School in Los Angeles in 1963. Didn't get along with father and a police officer said maybe he should join the arm forces. He joined the Marine Corp and was at Camp Pendleton before going to Camp Lejeune. After boot camp they ship his unit to Vietnam. He was a Marine Corp Radio Man. Saw heavy combat, in 1967 they flew him to SF Airport, the first thing he did after departing the plane, he kissed the ground.

Both right now are shaking their heads in total disgust at the current government.

maxrandb

(17,476 posts)
12. Here's the kicker that Dems shouldn't miss
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 10:59 PM
Apr 8

They won't require you to show a birth certificate!

They won't require you to provide proof of citizenship!

Nope! They will just automatically register you for war!

They know who you are! They know when you were born!

But, if you want to VOTE?...PAPERS PLEASE!!!

The adds against this "save our Retrumplican asses" voter suppression bill almost write themselves.

pcdb

(129 posts)
19. Do you not need to show any form of ID when you report for duty?
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 01:16 AM
Apr 9

How would the military know you are who you say you are?

maxrandb

(17,476 posts)
20. That's not the point
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 07:50 AM
Apr 9

They are "registering" for the draft automatically.

Ask them to do the same for voting and watch the hem-hawing as they try to explain why they can't do that.

The "save our Retrumplican asses cushy government jobs" bill is 100% about suppressing the vote. The fact that they won't allow automatic registration for voting, but will for this is all the proof you need.

Scrivener7

(59,908 posts)
21. If we use it, this is great messaging. Now hopefully we'll get some bots out there to spread exactly that message
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 08:08 AM
Apr 9

directly to every young man aged 18 to 25. And their mothers.

MichMan

(17,291 posts)
13. Failing to register is already a Federal felony
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 11:05 PM
Apr 8

Punishment is a fine of up to $250,000 and/or 5 years in jail.

Jack Valentino

(5,162 posts)
17. BIG BROTHER will register you for the draft FOR you !!!!
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 12:12 AM
Apr 9

(I suppose that will save everyone from being prosecuted for 'failure to register' !!)

President Jimmy Carter reinstated registration for the draft early in 1980,
in response to the Russian invasion of Afghanistan---
but one of his greatest moral failures---- !!!

(and further enflamed my personal romantic and ideological efforts
supporting Ted Kennedy for the 1980 Democratic presidential nomination,
who quickly came out against it!)

LATER in that campaign, GOP candidate Ronald Reagan ALSO
spoke out against re-instating draft registration----
but once elected, his administration actually PROSECUTED some registration resistors,
an apt demonstration of "Republican LIES".....


I was legally required to register for the draft in that first year of the Reagan administration,
as I had just turned 18 years old....

After much reflection, I DID register, but added a sticker to my registration document
which said that I was doing so "under protest"...

Later, I changed addresses several times before I was 26,
but NEVER updated my address with Selective Service,
which was technically a violation of federal law.... but fuck Reagan!












ITAL

(1,351 posts)
18. Every male for the last 45+ years had to do it anyway
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 12:19 AM
Apr 9

Or were supposed to. Of course by doing it this way they obviously have shown they can automatically register everyone to vote at 18 too.

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