Originally posted by Folcwine01:
Originally posted by Sniper_762X51:
[b] There hasn't been a draft in a very long time and I believe there is not even registration for a draft, so where will the Gov get the troops.
http://www.sss.gov/FSwho.htm - Its all persons, legally or illegally in the US, over 18 and not yet 26. There are exceptions to this, but even Consceincous Objectors must register. [/b]I knew I was correct or at least sort of. Draft Registration was Stopped by President Ford.
Unfortunately it was Reinstated by President Carter, which I somehow missed.
On March 29, 1975, President Ford signed Proclamation 4360, Terminating Registration Procedures Under Military Selective Service Act, eliminating the registration requirement for all 18–25 year old male citizens.[8] Following,
on July 2, 1980, President Carter signed Proclamation 4771, Registration Under the Military Selective Service Act, retroactively re-establishing the Selective Service registration requirement for all 18–26 year old male citizens born on or after January 1, 1960.[9] Only men born between March 29, 1957, and December 31, 1959, were completely exempt from Selective Service registration.[10] The first registrations after Proclamation 4771 took place on Monday, July 21, 1980, for those men born in January, February and March 1960 at U.S. Post Offices. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays were reserved for men born in the later quarters of the year, and registration for men born in 1961 began the following week
