Did you register with the Selective Service?

[DadSmith]

Yes I did but they don't want me now

 

[actaeon277]

I enlisted in the army when I was 17.

After I got out someone told me that I was in trouble for not having registered with selective service.

the bureaucracy must be sacrificed to.

 

[2A_Tom]

the bureaucracy must be sacrificed to.

I never heard anything more about it and I didn't ask.

 

[actaeon277]

I never heard anything more about it and I didn't ask.

I haven't either.

 

[canebreaker]

July 15, 1968

 

[IronsKeeper]

Needed it to get college assistance, and also for my earnest enlistment attempts... and it was still necessary even after my hearing loss DQd me from military service

 

[deingy]

In 67 I got my "Greetings" in response . Signed the line for 4 yrs with the AF. They were drafting Marines then.

 

[HoughMade]

I registered down at the post office in Edwardsburg, MI. My older son registered online. My younger son will as well in a few months.

 

[model1994]

im 27. ive been asked a simple yes/no, but even proof of registration, prior to many 'adult' things. more times than I have the fingers and toes to count...

I kinda wonder how a young male could get away with not registering

 

[2A_Tom]

I kinda wonder how a young male could get away with not registering

Move to Canada.

 

[Mgderf]

I have not registered, but I enlisted before I turned 18.
Enlisted on the deferment program.

Interesting side note, I was part of what was known as the "Hoosier Platoon"
U.S.M.C. recruiters enlisted an entire platoon of Marines in early 1977.
We all graduated high school in May and left for M.CR.D. San Diego in July.
We were all gathered somewhere in downtown Indy and there was a ceremony where the Governor of Indiana presented us as a platoon to our senior drill instructor.
They also presented our drill instructor with an Indiana state flag, and my platoon carried that state flag everywhere we went.

Upon graduation, our names were embroidered on that Indiana state flag and it was presented to the Lt Governor of Indiana.
It supposedly now resides in the Indiana War Memorial.

Never did register, and don't see the point now.

 

[Creedmoor]

I have not registered, but I enlisted before I turned 18.
Enlisted on the deferment program.

Interesting side note, I was part of what was known as the "Hoosier Platoon"
U.S.M.C. recruiters enlisted an entire platoon of Marines in early 1977.
We all graduated high school in May and left for M.CR.D. San Diego in July.
We were all gathered somewhere in downtown Indy and there was a ceremony where the Governor of Indiana presented us as a platoon to our senior drill instructor.
They also presented our drill instructor with an Indiana state flag, and my platoon carried that state flag everywhere we went.

Upon graduation, our names were embroidered on that Indiana state flag and it was presented to the Lt Governor of Indiana.
It supposedly now resides in the Indiana War Memorial.

Never did register, and don't see the point now.

Like a few of us here you most likely fell into the period of no sign up. Most like you just enlisted.

Men born from March 29, 1957 through December 31, 1959, were not required to register with the Selective Service System because the registration program was suspended when they would have reached age 18.

 

[blue2golf]

Yes, 1988.

Enlisted US Army 1990-1995.

 

[OkieGirl]

My apologies on resurrecting a dormant thread BUT had an oddity occur at our house yesterday and thought I would pull out the big spoon and give it a stir...

My adult son registered w/ the Selective Service when he turned 18, that was approx 3 years ago. YESTERDAY he received a letter from them that included his 'official' registration acknowledgement card. It also had a few advertisement documents encouraging him to look into the various careers available in the military.

My spidey senses are freaking out. I've got a second son, newly minted 18 yr old, who hasn't registered yet but will be doing so shortly...but with the military missing their recruitment goals, going completely woke, missing the mark in their preparations for war (because lets face it, they have ONE JOB TO DO and have been running around doing everything BUT that job) I'm a bit on edge. Is this letter just a precursor to a compulsory military service model? I'm completely reading between the lines but it took them three years to send out a registration acknowledgement? And the envelope is packed with 'come work for us' type of materials???

So this is their new advertising campaign? What happens when this doesn't work? We have three sons 22 yrs old and under...after the current administrations near constant disregard for our soldiers AND the traitorous actions of the White House in Afghanistan...I'm not feeding it my children.

 

[BugI02]

I think it was when I was applying for my current job at the VA I had to include my SSS registration number. One of the attachments I sent them was my DD 214... but I still had to give them my SSS registration number.

Government flunkies are nothing if not pigheaded.

When I registered, it was called the draft board

 

[kickbacked]

If I remember right I got a letter in the mail before turning 18. Can’t remember exactly but I think I got a happy birthday letter that came with a Gillette razor and a government lottery ticket for a chance to win a free vacation to any place of the government’s choosing.

 

[armalitesheepdog]

I did. Linwood Square post office 1981.

 

[Creedmoor]

My apologies on resurrecting a dormant thread BUT had an oddity occur at our house yesterday and thought I would pull out the big spoon and give it a stir...

My adult son registered w/ the Selective Service when he turned 18, that was approx 3 years ago. YESTERDAY he received a letter from them that included his 'official' registration acknowledgement card. It also had a few advertisement documents encouraging him to look into the various careers available in the military.

My spidey senses are freaking out. I've got a second son, newly minted 18 yr old, who hasn't registered yet but will be doing so shortly...but with the military missing their recruitment goals, going completely woke, missing the mark in their preparations for war (because lets face it, they have ONE JOB TO DO and have been running around doing everything BUT that job) I'm a bit on edge. Is this letter just a precursor to a compulsory military service model? I'm completely reading between the lines but it took them three years to send out a registration acknowledgement? And the envelope is packed with 'come work for us' type of materials???

So this is their new advertising campaign? What happens when this doesn't work? We have three sons 22 yrs old and under...after the current administrations near constant disregard for our soldiers AND the traitorous actions of the White House in Afghanistan...I'm not feeding it my children.

I truly as an American dont know how gracefully to respond to that statement.


Both of mine enlisted at 17 and 10 months each, they were two years apart and turned 18 on MCRD Parris Island.
Going into the Marine Corps was the bestist thing that my sons or myself ever have done.
My Older son said he wanted to belong to something greater than himself, self-sufficiency and honor.
Its a powerful pull for some young adults.

 

[MindfulMan]

There was a war going on in Vietnam when I registered.

Same ! .... and then I enlisted.

 

[actaeon277]

So this is their new advertising campaign?

Probably this.
They will be making extra calls, going to more job fairs and schools.
Putting A LOT MORE pressure on the recruiters, probably blaming the recruiters.
Cause politicians are NOT gonna blame themselves.