# @newsday on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DXNPSpSj3J7
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/64045086-newsday-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-04-16T21:00:36.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Newsday • Long Island News (@newsday) — https://gondola.cc/newsday

## Caption

Before the year is out, military draft-eligible Long Islanders — along with the rest of American men ages 18-25 — will no longer need to register for the Selective Service System, because the federal government will start doing it for them.

This does not mean that the all-volunteer U.S. military is returning to the draft, which the United States used to fight its wars from 1917 through 1973. But it is a departure from a system in place since 1980 that requires men within a month of turning 18 to register with the selective service in the event of a national emergency that would necessitate a military draft.

It comes at a time when the U.S. is at war with Iran and navigating heightened tensions with potential adversaries including China and Russia.

More at the link in bio. (Photo:  Getty Images/Andrew Harnik)
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