Selective Service System

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SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM

National Headquarters, Arlington, VA 22209-2425

Phone, 703-605-4000. Internet, www.sss.gov.

Director William A. Chatfield

Deputy Director S. Eric Benson

Chief of Staff Ernest E. Garcia

Special Assistant Carlo Verdino

General Counsel Rudy Sanchez

Director for Mobilization Willie C. Blanding, Jr.

Director for Public and Intergovernmental Richard S. Flahavan

Affairs

Director for Support Services Edward A. Blackadar, Jr.

Director for Information Technology Scott Campbell

Director for Financial Management William Reese

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The Selective Service System provides manpower to the Armed Forces in an emergency and operates an Alternative Service Program during a draft for men classified as conscientious objectors.

The Selective Service System was established by the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. app. 451-471a). The act requires the registration of male citizens of the United States and all other male persons who are in the United States and who are ages 18 to 26. The act exempts members of the active Armed Forces and nonimmigrant aliens. Proclamation 4771 of July 20, 1980, requires male persons born on or after January 1, 1960, and who have attained age 18 but have not attained age 26 to register. Registration is conducted at post offices within the United States, at U.S. embassies and consulates outside the United States, and online at www.sss.gov.

The act imposes liability for training and service in the Armed Forces upon registrants who are ages 18 to 26, except those who are exempt or deferred. Persons who have been deferred remain liable for training and service until age 35. Aliens are not liable for training and service until they have remained in the United States for more than

1 year. Conscientious objectors who are found to be opposed to all service in the Armed Forces are required to perform civilian work in lieu of induction into the Armed Forces.

The authority to induct registrants, including doctors and allied medical specialists, expired July 1, 1973.

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