Selective Service

[MyManGoofy!]

Well - tomorrow my son turns 18. Which means he needs to register for Selective Service. So, we went to the website to do it online and got a message that he was already registered. He tells me he did not do it before now. Is there any other way to get registered besides the website?

 

[JR6ooo4]

I think when you register to vote or get a drivers license.

Mikeeee

 

[minniecarousel]

Or through his high school. You never know what you give permission for when you attend public school!

 

[GeorgeG]

Just guessing, but it may be tied to his drivers license.

 

[chisnpeke]

You can register to vote and sign up for selective service when you get your driver's license.

 

[JCJRSmith]

Or you could do it the old fashioned way -when I registered I did it at the post office.
Ain't no school like the old school

 

[DaddyDon]

I had to laugh a lil when i saw this post.I had allreay did my stent in the USAF and had my dd214 in hand(discharge papers) When one day i get a letter telling me i had not registered and if i did not i would be turned over to the local provost marshall...Good ole uncle sam you can do your time but he still wants a peice of you... To make a long story short, i shot back a letter telling them they could contact the record"s dept in ST Louis...I still ended going to the post office and filling out one of those cards....

 

[GeorgeG]

I had to laugh a lil when i saw this post.I had allreay did my stent in the USAF and had my dd214 in hand(discharge papers) When one day i get a letter telling me i had not registered and if i did not i would be turned over to the local provost marshall...Good ole uncle sam you can do your time but he still wants a peice of you... To make a long story short, i shot back a letter telling them they could contact the record"s dept in ST Louis...I still ended going to the post office and filling out one of those cards....

This made me think a bit (it sometimes hurts to do that at my age).

I first registered for the draft almost 45 years ago. I remember getting a new draft "classification" after getting out of the navy that designated me as having prior service. I don't remember the exact classification, but I was still officially registered. I have to wonder if I am still officially registered, since I do not remember ever "unregistering." I wouldn't mind, but I'd be willing to bet I couldn't pass the physical.

 

[bballmom56]

Wouldn't he have received his selective service number in the mail?

 

[MyManGoofy!]

Or through his high school. You never know what you give permission for when you attend public school!

You know that is true. I did not think about that.

I did see that anytime my son has to change an address - he has to update SS. I so do not remember either of my brothers doing this - ever!