You know, in reading this thread, it's almost like Google, Duck Duck Go, or even WebCrawler were never invented. I think I'm going to make a search site called "MUSS.com". It will stand for "Make Up Some Sh--" and every time someone posts something that just comes out of thin air, with no basis in facts, or even merely just fact adjacent will pay me royalties.
The last time the draft was called in the United States was 7 December 1972. The last draftees reported for duty on 30 June 1973. The requirement to register ended in 1975... UNTIL 1980.
President Carter signed a proclamation requiring draft registration in July of 1980.
The requirement was for males aged 18 - 25 as well as specific "skills based" health care occupations to register. Gosh, even Wikipedia has this info.
Here's another fact... ever applied for a government job? Many government job applications require proof that if you are the correct age (i.e. you turned 18 after 1980) you've registered... even if you served in a military service. Fortunately, the Selective Service Agency has a database, and you can type in your information, and get your registration number. This includes the ability to research registrations from the 1980s. I know this works, I just used it to look up mine, and see that I registered two weeks before my 18th birthday. They want to see that, not your service history, retirement papers, DD-214, whatever. The only time a DD-214 will help is if you served on active duty continuously from the age of 18 to the age of 26. Because those individuals are specifically not required to register, they can use this as proof of an exemption. What if you were on active duty when you turned 18, but got out, say, when you were 23 or 24? You were required to register when you left active duty.
And yes, they've recently passed a law enabling automatic registration for the draft. This new law can be found in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2026.
It's almost like you can't find this info on a site like sss.gov.
Now, about that "Mission Accomplished" sign George Bush hung up. I think you can find it in the category "Things That Didn't Happen the Way You Were Told They Happened". In point of fact, it was the crew of the Aircraft Carrier that hung the sign, indicating that they had accomplished their mission. He had no idea that sign was there when he called the ball, and never took credit for it.
Will anything magical happen at the 60 day point? Well, the President has already said he believes the WPA is unconstitutional (and he's not the first) so there's that card yet to be played.
The Russian aircraft were near (about 450 km) Newfoundland in 2010, and were intercepted by CF-18s from Quebec. Others more recently have been intercepted near British Columbia, by both US and Canadian aircraft.
I'm in violent agreement that it made no sense to put so many people in the same room for a WHCA dinner. But I also believe that if they hadn't been there, the rumor mill would be talking about "what are they afraid of...?" I also note with contempt that the same people who are lamenting the fact that an American citizen was able to get that close to the proceedings only to hit the last security wall would be apoplectic if the USSS were inspecting them in their rooms... or preventing the hotel from renting rooms. "No Kings..." indeed.
I'm sure I've missed other nonsense... but I think this is enough for now.
