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Selective Service Registration - Who Must Register

  • When you register with the Selective Service, you're helping ensure a secure future for your community and the United States of America.

    While there is currently no draft, registration with the Selective Service System is the most publicly visible program during peacetime that ensures operational readiness in a fair and equitable manner. If authorized by the President and Congress, our Agency would rapidly provide personnel to the Department of Defense while at the same time providing an Alternative Service Program for conscientious objectors.

    Federal Law requires nearly all-male US citizens and male immigrants, 18 through 25, register with Selective Service.

    Registration for Men 18-25

    Selective Service registration is required by law as the first part of a fair and equitable system that, if authorized by the President and Congress, would rapidly provide personnel to the Department of Defense while at the same time providing for an Alternative Service Program for conscientious objectors. By registering, a young man remains eligible for jobs, state-based student aid in 31 states, Federally-funded job training, and U.S. citizenship for immigrant men.

    Click here to view and print Who Must Register Chart