Every year, Congress must pass the federal defense policy bill known as the National Defense Authorization Act. The annual bill proposes policy for the Department of Defense and guides the military ...

U.S. service members – Photo: Scandinavian Backlash, via Unsplash. The U.S. Selective Service says that transgender women must still register for the military draft, regardless of whether they have ...

The number of people who remember the days of draft boards dwindles with each passing month, but for about a day this week, we thought we might have a hot story about their return. Sometimes, a tip ...

The Selective Service System is a means by which the United States maintains information on those potentially subject to military conscription. Most male U.S. citizens between the ages of 18 to 25 are ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (PIX11) – Israel, Iran, Russia, and ...

Whether the Military Selective Service Act, which allows the President to require young people to register for the draft only if they are men, discriminates on the basis of sex. On January 8, 2021, ...

Amid escalating tensions in the Middle East and sudden U.S. involvement in conflicts in the region, more Americans have started to wonder -- both quietly and publicly -- "Is there going to be a draft ...

Under current federal law, only men are required to register for the draft. The Supreme Court upheld 50 U.S.C. § 3802(a) in Rostker v. Goldberg (1981). At the time, women could not serve in combat ...