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Draft registration for 15-year-olds?(Insider Report)(Brief Article)
"There may be no 'plans' for a national military draft, but that hasn't kept Louisiana from registering teenagers too young to serve in case conditions change," reported the Town Talk of Alexandria, Louisiana, on November 13. Local resident Larry Chevalier "was alarmed when his 16-year-old son Nathan had to register with the Selective Service System in order to get a driver's license." "I just can't believe it," exclaimed Chevalier. "That amazes me."
During its 2003 session, the Louisiana state legislature passed a measure "dictating that all males 15 up to 18 seeking a first-time driver's license or [a state-issued] identification card must register with Selective Service," continued the report. Several other states require young men age 18 and older to register when they apply for a license, but "no other state requires males as young as 15 to register."
Notes Everett Bonner, Louisiana's state director of Selective Service, anyone failing to register is "considered a felon without conviction." Bonner ...
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- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Rosenberg, Eric May 1, 2004 700+ words
...Bureau WASHINGTON -- The chief of the Selective Service System has proposed registering women...to 34 years old, up from 25. The Selective Service System plan, obtained under the...In line with today's needs, the Selective Service System's structure, programs and...
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...It's time to register for selective service." We mothers of sons talk about registration for selective service. We tell each other we needn...for our sons to register for selective service. A mouse click in the den hardly...
