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Parents

Information for Parents and Guardians

Registration with the Selective Service is not only important for the safety of our country, but it ensures that your son has every opportunity to succeed in life by getting the benefits linked to registration. This includes:

  • Access to many student loans, scholarships, and grants 
  • More than 2.7 million federal, state, and local government jobs 
  • Free job training under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) 
  • A streamlined process for citizenship

Registration is not the same as enlisting with the US Armed Forces, and, as there is no draft at present, he will not automatically be inducted into the military.

However, this means he is not currently able to be classified. Classification, such as Conscientious Objector or Disabled classifications, only apply in the event of a draft.

Congress and the President require men to register and the Selective Service System is kept in a standby status, just in case a future crisis necessitates a return to the draft. Learn more about the Sequence of Events if we were to ever return to a draft.

Return to the Draft

Men With Disabilities

If your son is not confined to an institution or homebound (completely bed bound), he is required to register.

  • If a man is placed in a hospital, nursing home, long-term care facility, or mental institution on or before his 18th birthday, had no breaks of institutionalization of 30 days or longer, and remained institutionalized until his 26th birthday, he is not required to register.
  • If he is confined to home, whether his own or someone else’s (including group homes), on or before his 18th birthday and cannot leave the home without medical assistance (for example, by ambulance, or with the help of a nurse or EMT), and remained homebound until his 26th birthday, he is not required to register.

 

You may assist your son in registering with the Selective Service System.

Please contact DMCSupport@sss.gov if you believe your son is exempt from registration. Do not send us PII (ie. birth certificate, social security number) via email.