Beginning Dec 2026, all male US citizens and immigrants aged 18 through 25 will be automatically registered into the US Selective Service System (SSS) for potential military conscription.
Eligible men will be automatically registered into the U.S. military draft pool by December.
-- Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) Apr 9, 2026 at 10:53 AM
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Currently, the system requires self-registration for almost all male US citizens and immigrants aged 18 through 25 within 30 days of their 18th birthday, with late registration available until an individual turns 26.
"If you are a military veteran or a military reservist, you are still required to register. However, if you served in the Armed Forces and are 26 or older, but failed to register, your DD Form 214 is evidence that your failure to register was not knowing and willful."
Males that have never self-registered into SSS.gov have been prohibited from state-based aid in 31 states, federal employment, security clearances, and access to Workforce Innovation and Opportunity programs.
The draft ended in the waning days of the costly and wasteful Vietnam War on 27 January 1973.
Source: sss.gov
The US Congress inflicted this on to the American people when draft-dodger Dummkopf Trumpf signed the NDAA into law in Dec 2025 for FY2026.
Silver-spooned slumlord Republican Dummkopf Trumpf avoided being drafted for military service in the Vietnam War five times: Draft Dodger
