NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — A new federal law tied to Selective Service registration is stirring up concern online, with some young men wondering whether the U.S. could be moving closer to a military draft.
But a retired Army recruiting official in Tennessee says that is not what this law does.
The Selective Service System (SSS), which maintains the database of men eligible for a draft, states on its website that under the new, “streamlined” registration process, responsibility for registering will shift “from individual men to SSS through integration with federal data sources.”…