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The Future of Conscription: Should the USA Bring Back the Military Draft?

Talk of a potential U.S. military draft has resurfaced in recent months, fueled by global instability, recruitment shortfalls ...
The World

Oregon seeks volunteers for Selective Service boards

SALEM, Ore. — As global tensions rise and military recruitment faces challenges, the Oregon National Guard is playing a vital role in supporting the Selective Service System, ensuring the state ...
USA Today

US shouldn't draft women – or men. We need to keep an all-volunteer military.

The House of Representatives recently passed a bill that would automatically register men ages 18 to 25 for the Selective Service, the vehicle for conscripting soldiers if the draft were ever ...
USA Today

Bill proposing women register for draft not signed into law | Fact check

A June 16 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) claims a new demographic is now legally required to register for the Selective Service. "The US Military under Biden has such an incredible ...
JSTOR Daily

Different and Unequal? Breadwinning, Dependency Deferments, and the Gendered Origins of the U.S. Selective Service System

With establishment of the U.S. Selective Service System in 1917, selective draft rules placed consideration of registrants’ economic obligations to their dependents front and center. By observing the ...