Selective Service System
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SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM
National Headquarters, Arlington, VA 22209-2425
Phone, 703-605-4000
Director Gil Coronado
Deputy Director (vacancy)
Executive Director Willie L. Blanding, Jr.
Chief of Staff Lt. Col. Rogelio Rodriguez, USAF
Special Assistant Archibald J. Kielly
Inspector General Alfred Rascon
Financial Manager Joseph S. Tropea
Counselor and General Counsel Henry N. Williams
Director for Information Management Norman W. Miller
Director for Operations Col. Justo Gonzalez, USA
Director for Resource Management Carolyn Zamora
Director for Public and Congressional Affairs Lewis C. Brodsky
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The purpose of the Selective Service System is to be prepared to supply to the Armed Forces human resources adequate to ensure the security of the United States, with concomitant regard for the maintenance of an effective national economy.
The Selective Service System was established by the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. app. 451-471a). The act authorizes the registration of male citizens of the United States and all other male persons who are in the United States and who are between the ages of
18\1/2\ and 26. The act exempts members of the active Armed Forces and foreign diplomatic and consular personnel from registration and liability for training and service. Likewise exempted are nonimmigrant aliens. Proclamation 4771 of July 2, 1980, requires male persons born after January 1, 1960, and who have attained age 18 to register. Registration is conducted at post offices within the United States and at U.S. Embassies and consulates outside the United States.
The act imposes liability for training and service in the Armed Forces upon registrants who are between the ages of 18\1/2\ and 26, except those who are exempted 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 one year. Conscientious objectors who are found to be opposed to any 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.
Regional Offices--Selective Service System
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