Selective Service

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In addition to strength, stamina and ergonomic shoes, a job with the postal service requires a clean record, two years of safe driving, and a selective service registration.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2022

I was sent to wait out the remainder of the day before being taken back to my local selective service board and returning home to Southern Maryland.

From Washington Post • Mar. 5, 2022

He said he voted against including women in the draft and said he thinks selective service as a whole is outdated, but it was not worth sinking the entire bill over.

From Washington Times • Sep. 23, 2021

During the years in which the draft operated, it was largely conducted through hundreds of local selective service boards.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2016

Faced with chronic opposition to the program and the exigencies of the cold war, the administration quietly shelved universal training and concentrated instead on the reestablishment of the selective service system.

From Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by MacGregor, Morris J.