selective service

A system for calling up people for compulsory military service.

selective service

(Military) US (formerly) compulsory military service under which men were conscripted selectively

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Noun	1.	Selective Service - an independent federal agency that administers compulsory military service Selective Service System, SSS independent agency - an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments
	2.	selective service - compulsory military service conscription, muster, draft militarisation, militarization, mobilization, mobilisation - act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: "mobilization of the troops" levy en masse, levy - the act of drafting into military service armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"

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selective service

n (US) → Wehrdienst m

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conscription draft independent agency individual mobilization augmentee levy levy en masse militarisation militarization mobilisation mobilization muster obligated reservist Selective Service System SSS	On a May morning in 1969, across the city from Theo's high school, a group of protesters torched a Selective Service office, then stood outside watching the flames and singing "We Shall Overcome," until police arrived to arrest them. America & the draft: a 200-year debate: the U.S. has gone back and ... by Davey, Monica / New York Times Upfront You must have been born in the US and be registered with the selective service system if you are a male and were born before January 1, 1960. The 3 Important Things You Need to Know before Becoming An ATF Agent by Kenneth Echie / Jobs and Careers community For example, the office does not require colleges to provide information about problems they encounter in matching computerized information on aid applications with data from the Social Security Administration, the Selective Service Administration and other agencies. Audit report faults oversight of student aid programs by Pekow, Charles / Community College Week	select committee Select vestry selecta selected selected area for evasion selected area for evasion area intelligence description Selected Reserve Selected Reserve strength Selectedly selectee selection selection committee selectionist selective selective amnesia selective attention selective identification feature selective information selective jamming selective lipectomy selective loading selective memory selective mobilization selective release process selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor selective service Selective Service System selective synchronization selective unloading selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor selectively selectivity selectman Selectness selector selector switch selectorate selectwoman selen- Selenarctos Selenarctos thibetanus selenate Selene Selene setapinnis Selene vomer Selenga Selenhydric selenic selenic acid Selenicereus Selenicereus grandiflorus	Selective Retrograde Arterialization of the Coronary Vein Selective Ringing Selective Ringing Selective Routing Data Base Selective Saturation Recovery with Gradient Refocusing Selective Scanning selective scattering Selective Semisolid Brucella Medium Selective Sentinel Lymph Node Dissection Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator Selective seratonin re-uptake inhibitor Selective seratonin re-uptake inhibitor Selective Serotonin Inhibitors Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor Selective serotonin reuptake enhancer selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Antidepressant Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) Selective serotonin uptake inhibitors Selective Serotonin-Noradrenalin Reuptake Inhibitor selective service Selective Service Administration Selective Service Registration Selective Service System Selective Service System Selective Service System Selective Service System Selective Signaling selective slaughter selective slaughter selective slaughter selective slaughter selective solubility diffusion selective solvent selective stain selective synchronization Selective Tape Print Selective Telephone Communications selective termination of pregnancy Selective Tidal Stream Transport Selective Time Division Multiple Access Selective Tissue Estrogenic Activity Regulator Selective Toluene Disproportionation selective trace Selective Traffic Enforcement Program selective transmission Selective Transmission/Maximum Ratio Combining Selective Transmission/Selective Combining Selective Transmit Diversity Selective Trunk Reservation Selective Tubal Occlusion Procedure

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draft
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individual mobilization augmentee
levy
levy en masse
militarisation
militarization
mobilisation
mobilization
muster
obligated reservist
Selective Service System
SSS

On a May morning in 1969, across the city from Theo's high school, a group of protesters torched a Selective Service office, then stood outside watching the flames and singing "We Shall Overcome," until police arrived to arrest them.

America & the draft: a 200-year debate: the U.S. has gone back and ... by Davey, Monica / New York Times Upfront

You must have been born in the US and be registered with the selective service system if you are a male and were born before January 1, 1960.

The 3 Important Things You Need to Know before Becoming An ATF Agent by Kenneth Echie / Jobs and Careers community

For example, the office does not require colleges to provide information about problems they encounter in matching computerized information on aid applications with data from the Social Security Administration, the Selective Service Administration and other agencies.

Audit report faults oversight of student aid programs by Pekow, Charles / Community College Week

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selected area for evasion area intelligence description

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