Selective Service

Example Sentences

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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

Dowe’s father was a member of the Army Reserves, selective service.

From Washington Times • Nov. 16, 2020

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

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2016

I have described above the process of the execution of the selective service law.

From World's War Events, Vol. II by Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph)