US men to be automatically registered for military draft pool

The rule change will allow men to be automatically registered (Picture: Shutterstock)

The US military has made a major change to its draft process in the backdrop of the Iran war.

From December, eligible men between the ages of 18 and 25 will be automatically registered into a military draft pool.

Last month, the White House appeared to refuse to rule out that a draft for the Iran war was an option.

However, the rule change, spearheaded by the Selective Service System, reads: ‘This statutory change transfers responsibility for registration from individual men to SSS through integration with federal data sources.’

The SSS keeps a database of all eligible Americans who could serve in the military, but the new rule change

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