There hasn’t been a draft in the U.S. since the Vietnam War, and it would take an act of Congress to enact one.

Learn the latest 2026 U.S. military draft disqualifications and exemptions, including medical fitness standards, ...

With conflict in the Middle East, some people might have questions about registering for Selective Service. So what exactly ...

Congress has tweaked how the government builds its Selective Service rolls, but the shift is about who shows up in federal records, not about pulling anyone into uniform. Any return to compulsory ...

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a measure to automatically register men for the Selective Service, updating ...

Is the draft coming back? Who is required to register for the Selective Service? Here's how a US military draft would work and who would be exempt.

WASHINGTON, D. C. - The Selective Service System has summoned volunteers who serve on its Ohio draft boards for a training session this weekend, but that doesn’t mean the United States is ...

Whether the Military Selective Service Act, which allows the President to require young people to register for the draft only if they are men, discriminates on the basis of sex. On January 8, 2021, ...