Politics

Louisiana teens getting driver's license also register for selective service

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. During the recently concluded presidential campaigns, the major candidates repeatedly said they had no plans to resume compulsory military service. Selective Service is the agency charged with collecting names and information about all 18-year-old American and immigrant men for possible conscription. Posted by Editor at November 30, 2004 06:49 AM