The independent agency wants better tools to evaluate staffing and resource requirements.
As of Dec. 18, this form will likely be no longer necessary because draft-eligible males should start to be automatically registered.
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By Ross Wilkers
Senior Staff Reporter
July 23, 2026 02:00 PM ET
If the military draft were to ever come back, this software would be used to quickly evaluate staffing and resource requirements.
The Selective Service is set to automatically register men in the U.S. between the ages of 18 years and 26 years for the draft…
The proposed timetable for automatic military draft registration came weeks after the U.S. and Israel launched a war against Iran.
The U.S. plans to roll out a system by December that automatically registers men under 26 for the military draft.
The proposed new rule would end decades of mandatory self-registration for Selective Service in the US.
The Defense Department describes it as part of an overall strategy to automate and improve government technology.
