US Moves to Auto-Register Men for Selective Service Starting December

Starting in December, the federal government will stop waiting for young men to sign themselves up for the military draft list. Instead, it will register them automatically using existing federal records such as Social Security data, a shift that touches a system nearly every American man encounters at age 18. The change comes from the National Defense Authorization Act, signed into law in December 2025, which requires the Selective Service System to replace its decades-old self-registration process by December 18, 2026… Continue Reading ⬇️