Commission Issues Verdict: Women, Like Men, Should Have To Sign Up For Draft

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Commission Issues Verdict: Women, Like Men, Should Have To Sign Up For Draft
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Only men between 18 and 25 are required to sign up for the Selective Service System. Now, a congressionally mandated panel says the requirement should extend 'to all individuals of the applicable age cohort.'

. Finding number 49:"The Commission recommends that Congress amend the Military Selective Service Act to eliminate male-only registration and expand draft eligibility to all individuals of the applicable age cohort."

The recommendation that women register for possible obligatory military service comes five years after then-Defense Secretary Ashton CarterCongress had previously refused to expand the Selective Service sign-up requirement to women on the grounds that a draft would be primarily to fill combat positions in which women at that time were ineligible to serve.

"This is not a report that should sit on the shelf — this is a call to action," Reed said on Wednesday. "It focuses on insuring that our military and public sectors can attract and retain the talent necessary to defend and support the nation."

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