Selective Service System?

I totally agree. I can't understand how young men don't know there is still a Selective Service system. One reason would be that their parents don't know, which is a sad state of affairs that speaks to the large gap of understanding between the civilians and the military in this country. You have to wonder if their Dads are even registered.
 
Christcorp said:
And it’s not like if you don’t register you’re breaking the law. It just means you’re not eligible for certain benefits. One being certain educational grants and such. But if you eventually register, pretty much all that is washed clean.

But this is a military forum. Specifically the academies. So once accepted to the academy, selective service enrollment becomes a moot point.
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This is from the SSS website:

"Failing to register or comply with the Military Selective Service Act is a felony punishable by a fine of up to $250,000 or a prison term of up to five years, or a combination of both. Also, a person who knowingly counsels, aids, or abets another to fail to comply with the Act is subject to the same penalties."

It is more than just lost benefits. I understand what you are saying about eventually registering but wanted to add this information so that future readers don't think it is optional.
 
they register them to vote? Backwater land is way ahead of the game. Here in California, my DS said they never said anything to him about registering to vote or signing up for the selective service. I thought with my first kid it made sense he graduated at 17.. but not #2 kid. My #2 kid was just on top of his game for everything he could for the age of 18. I'm certain he has done everything he can legally do turning 18 within the first week of his 18th birthday :rolleyes:. Register for Selective service, CHECK - Register to vote - CHECK - Tattoo - CHECK - Registered Gun Owner - CHECK. I dont even want to know what more he can legally do :confused:
 
Wishful said:
Back in '76 when I turned 18, there was no Selective Service System. Later during the process of joining LE & was asked for my Draft Card, I said I didn't have one because there was no SS then. My investigator looked at me as if I was a perp, but she grudgingly admitted later I was right! Fast forward to October the year my DS turned 18 (in Sept.) & was away at college, I asked him if he registered, he didn't, but the give a 30 day grace period. I guess they know the priorities of most 18 y/o males...;)
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Back in '76, with a #17 lottery number, I walked a block and 1/2 down F St from Thurston Hall and registered at the National Headquarters of the Selective Service. I was a 1A.

Out here in the hinterlands we go to the Post Office for passports and Elvis Commemorative Stamps.
 
New@This said:
This is from the SSS website:

"Failing to register or comply with the Military Selective Service Act is a felony punishable by a fine of up to $250,000 or a prison term of up to five years, or a combination of both. Also, a person who knowingly counsels, aids, or abets another to fail to comply with the Act is subject to the same penalties."

It is more than just lost benefits. I understand what you are saying about eventually registering but wanted to add this information so that future readers don't think it is optional.
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Relax Francis!

I think in this case ignorance is a defense.

But, anyone who applies for an xROTC Scholarship or a spot in an SA AND doesn't see the requirement to register needs to learn some kind of lesson before entering a world where ignorance is not a defense and most life lessons are assumed to have been learned.
 
New@This said:
This is from the SSS website:

"Failing to register or comply with the Military Selective Service Act is a felony punishable by a fine of up to $250,000 or a prison term of up to five years, or a combination of both. Also, a person who knowingly counsels, aids, or abets another to fail to comply with the Act is subject to the same penalties."

It is more than just lost benefits. I understand what you are saying about eventually registering but wanted to add this information so that future readers don't think it is optional.
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Yes, your are correct. I guess I should have prefaced my statement by saying you won’t be prosecuted. Then again, there are plenty of laws on the books still that aren’t upheld. Or down right stupid. E.g. in Florida, and establishment that sells alcohol, can be fined up to $1000 if they participate or allow dwarf tossing contests. In California, if a frog dies during a frog jumping contest, it’s against the law to eat it. In Idaho, cannibalism is against the law, except under life threatening conditions as a means of survival. And in Kentucky, if elected to public office, you have to take an oath stating you’ve never fought in a dual with deadly weapons. And the list goes on. Many of the laws are simply overlooked or eluded to, unless they can’t find another way to prosecute you. E.g. Al Capone sentenced to 10 years for tax evasion because they couldn’t get him on murder or others syndicated crimes.

Point is, you’re not going to go to jail because you didn’t register for selective service. Worse case scenario, they say fine..... register now. And if you’re already in the military, such as 17 year old at the academy or enlisted, you no longer need to register.
 
Our DS received his BWE and his Selective Service registration notice in the mail on the same day. Funny coincidence.
 
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