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He said he voted against including women in the draft and said he thinks selective service as a whole is outdated, but it was not worth sinking the entire bill over.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

The first concerns the selective service act which expires next June 30th.

From State of the Union Address by Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David)