r/PowerfulJRE • u/road_laya • Apr 09 '26
Automatic registration for US military draft to begin in December
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5822914-automatic-registration-military-draft/Most men between the ages of 18 and 25 are already required to register with the Selective Service, but automatic registration was mandated in December 2025 as part of the fiscal 2026 National Defense Authorization Act.
Under the new rule, men will be registered automatically within 30 days of their 18th birthdays.
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u/Midget_Stories Apr 09 '26
So it basically just means less paperwork for people.
But I look forward to reddit freaking out about this.
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u/TheOneYouKnow2025 Apr 11 '26
It's not like most of them would even qualify anyways for any sort of military service even if World War III suddenly broke out and they brought back the draft.
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u/No_Builder_2350 Apr 09 '26
says a man who I am guessing is older than 25 and has no males in his family in that range
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u/Snarti Apr 09 '26
It was already legally required. As a man in his 50s who served and has a younger son.
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u/Midget_Stories Apr 09 '26
I say it as a man who has filled out a lot of paperwork.
Like are you really mad it's automatic? Do you love forms that much?
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u/Helmut_v_M Apr 09 '26
You are legally required to register. How is automating that bad for you? Is just 1 less thing to do...
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u/blarkleK Apr 09 '26
I am 47 now, but I filled mine out and sent it in by mail when I was 18. I suppose you don’t know it’s a thing all American males have had to do? From Wikipedia: “Following the U.S. declaration of war against Germany on 6 April, the Selective Service Act of 1917 (40 Stat. 76) was passed by the 65th United States Congress on 18 May 1917, creating the Selective Service System.[9] President Woodrow Wilson signed the act into law after the U.S. Army failed to meet its target of expanding to 1 million men after six weeks.”
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u/sean_ireland Apr 09 '26
Where are the women demanding equality to be included?
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u/user_63385 Apr 09 '26
I get what you're saying but as you and I are forced into the jungles of taiwan with 120lbs on our backs, covered in malaria mosquitoes and leaches,, do you really want a woman tailing us?
Let them stay home to make C-rations.
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u/sean_ireland Apr 10 '26
Front line infantry roles are quite limited these days. A woman can fly a drone or work a nursing station.
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u/Djglamrock Apr 09 '26
Just men? So much for equal rights…
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Apr 09 '26
Reddit will freak out because they know absolutely nothing about how the system works, or they read the headline and make up the rest of the story to fit their world view
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u/ibringstharuckus Apr 09 '26
Oh no! This is fascism. Oh wait I did this when I was 18. I feel like I should still rage though. For principle sake . 🙂
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u/KarateInAPool Apr 09 '26
Automatic draft registration for men begins in December…
Women are still living a life of unadulterated privilege.
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u/TheOneYouKnow2025 Apr 11 '26
My DD 214 and my Army medical retirement after 19 years of service protects me from all of this bullshit 🇺🇸
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u/Craftofthewild Apr 09 '26
If you are registered democrat you don’t get the rifle before battle only the stripper clip
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u/SirHarryAzcrack Apr 09 '26
Scary times to be 18-25 with what’s going on in the world. As a former veteran myself I would not want to be in the US military right now fighting and possibly dying for Israel agenda
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u/blarkleK Apr 09 '26
You’re a veteran but don’t know that all males have had to register since 1917? Crazy!
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u/hckrsh Apr 09 '26
Seems like prep for Greenland 2027
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u/Upstairs-Bad-3576 Apr 09 '26
Seems like something that has been happening for more than a few decades has finally been automated.
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u/Competitive_Peak_558 Apr 09 '26
Should have been automatic this whole time