Selective Service

[FishRanger]

I had already enlisted 6 months before I turned 18.

[Free Boer]

Turned 18 at Bragg. Didn't have to register for any selective service, I was already serving.

[golddigger14s]

I had already enlisted 6 months before I turned 18.

Good to have you make a guest appearance!

[Old Jim]

I registered in 1958 and joined the Navy a couple months later. I came home on leave 3 1/2 years later and got a draft notice. I went to the selective service office and told them they could not draft me as I had already re-enlisted. There were a bunch of funny looks on a few faces.

[Benja455]

I signed up when I turned 18 and registered to vote - senior year of high school.

[DocNugent]

Signed up for the draft on/around 25 Feb 64 (18th birthday); enlisted 7 Dec 65 (about six months before the USAR in Vancouver Barracks was full).

[codfather]

Turned 18 in 1974 and did not sign up for the draft.Have never heard nothing about it.

[spikedzombies]

Turned 18, signed up for SS, voting and a few other things immediately..

[Unicorn]

Whether you joined the military or not you need to have registered. It's a requirement for some things like the student loans mentioned. Also if you need a security clearance most of the time.

[BadKarma]

Whether you joined the military or not you need to have registered. It's a requirement for some things like the student loans mentioned. Also if you need a security clearance most of the time.

I got my TS no problem. I ASSUMED entering the military took care of SS. Never needed a student load though.

[deadshot2]

Not only did I sign up as required (frigging High School sent a list of all 18 Year Old males to the local draft board) but also got my "notice to appear" in May 1965. Just in time for all the "fun".

[Dazzel's Owner]

yup- signed up for selective service in '80, joined up and did 20 years, retired & still working for the man (Uncle Sam that is...) in another capacity...

Am wondering when the lawsuit to force women to sign up will occur......

[chasehooks]

Too long ago to remember but if my memory serves right I didn't have to (or I might have and just don't remember since it wasn't a big deal having already signed my delayed entry papers). Turned 18 in 1977 and the draft had been over for a few years. I'd signed up delayed entry while I was a Junior in High School. Didn't matter though since come graduation, and time to go in, I'd been in a motorcycle accident and was in a cast from my toes to my crotch. Took 2 years before the Army would take me after that.

[lightning]

Lost (won?) the draft lotto in 1971. I was #198. I was also a sole surviving son as both older brothers were in the Army. Dad convinced me not to enlist even tho I had auditioned and been accepted into the Army Band.

[TINCANBANDIT]

signed up in 1988......I still have the card somewhere