MILITARY SERVICES | SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM
Selective Services System Data Management Center, Po Box 94638, Palatine, IL 60094
Eligibility
Required documents
Hours
Languages
English
Application process
Call for services
Fees
None
Service area
United States
Description
The Selective Service System and the registration requirement for America's young men provide our Nation with a structure and a system of guidelines which will provide the most prompt, efficient, and equitable draft possible, if the country should need it. Registration is a way government keeps a list of names of men from which to draw in case of a national emergency requiring rapid expansion of our Armed Forces. By registering all young men, the Selective Service ensures that a future draft will be fair and equitable
To register: Post offices and high schools may have the form, also available online at www.sss.gov. Submit by mail to Selective Service System, Registration Information Office, PO Box 94638, Palatine, IL 60094-4638.
What's Here
Providing organization
SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM
Male US citizens and male immigrants, who are 18 through 25, are required to register with Selective Service, which is used if Congress and the President determine manpower is needed in a national emergency.