Automatic registration is expected to begin later this year - but are there exceptions?

Failing passage of the bill or other relevant legislative changes, draft registration becomes automatic for 18-year-olds in ...

Young, eligible men will be automatically registered for the military draft pool starting in December as part of a measure tucked into the annual defense policy bill Congress signed into law late last ...

As the war in Iran continues to rage on for the 19th day and the toll on American service members' lives ticks up, so do questions about troops on the ground and the Trump administration's comments ...

As the Iran war continues — despite a recent fragile ceasefire — concerns are popping up the United States may reinstitute the draft. Those eligible, along with their friends and family members, are ...

Apr 17, 2026, 1:36am HST Updated: Apr 17, 2026, 2:42am HST Getty Images (Douglas Sacha) For one South Carolina mother of two sons, the administrative change to automatic Selective Service registration ...

Mothers out there are worried that we’re going to have a draft” Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo told Karoline Leavitt.

Wed, April 8, 2026 at 8:56 PM UTC The Selective Service System, or military draft, was established in 1917 by President Woodrow Wilson after the U.S. entered World War I. Under federal law, most males ...