Government looking at military draft lists
/ It's taken one year, seven months and 19 days of combat in Iraq
for the Lone Star State to lose 100 of its own. Texas is the second
state, after California, to lose 100 service members, according to The
Associated Press. With continuing war in Iraq and U.S. armed forces
dispersed to so many other locations around the globe, Americans may be
wondering if compulsory military service could begin again for the
first time since the Vietnam War era. The Selective Service System
(SSS) and the U.S. Department of Education now are gearing up to
compare their computer records, to make sure all men between the ages
of 18 and 25 who are required to register for a military draft have
done so. The SSS and the education department will begin comparing
their lists on Jan. 1, 2005, according to a memo authored by Jack
Martin, acting Selective Service director. [more]
