Selective Service

By completing a registration form at the post office, by having a faculty or staff member help him to register through the High School Registrar Program, by completing a Selective Service registration card he may get in the mail or by registering instantly online through the Selective Service System's website or by telephone if you receive a Selective Service registration card in the mail with a PIN number allowing telephone registration.

Applicants for Federal student aid, Workforce Investment Act benefits, U.S. citizenship and those men seeking employment with most agencies of the Federal Government must be registered.

A man who is convicted of failure to register may be fined up to $250,000, imprisoned for up to five years or both.

The Military Selective Service Act refers to “male persons” in setting forth who must register. Congress did not act on President Carter’s request to change the wording of the law to include women. The Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of male only registration.