Young, eligible men will be automatically registered for the military draft pool starting in December as part of a measure tucked into the annual defense policy bill Congress signed into law late last ...

Failing passage of the bill or other relevant legislative changes, draft registration becomes automatic for 18-year-olds in ...

If you've seen headlines about young Americans being automatically registered for a U.S. military draft, don't worry: there's no indication it has anything to do with the war in Iran. There's no ...

The unwillingness of young people to be drafted won't become visible until after the country is militarily overcommitted.

A new rule passed by Congress last year will automatically register eligible men in the Selective Service, or military draft system, instead of requiring them to register themselves. Under federal law ...

On December 18, 2025, President Donald Trump signed the fiscal year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law, and tucked inside that sweeping piece of annual defense legislation was a ...

The decision by the federal government to automatically register eligible people with the Selective Service System starting in December is raising concerns about whether a military draft is on the way ...

Registration with the Selective Service System has been mandatory for decades, however the US military draft will soon become an automatic registration process by the federal government for young men.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As of December 2026, young men will no longer be required to register with the Selective Service System (SSS) for a possible ...

As of this writing, the U.S. Selective Service System, the federal agency that manages the draft and its registration, is in the process of changing its process so that eligible men are automatically ...