This Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) provides detailed description of the functions,\u00a0processes, and procedures for the Selective Service System (SSS) Lottery that would be\u00a0conducted when the Congress and the President determine draft eligible men are to be inducted\u00a0into the Armed Forces. The Lottery, which ensures each individual is assigned a Random\u00a0Sequence Number (RSN) and determines the order in which a Selective Service Registrant is\u00a0chosen to be called, is part of the Call and Deliver Process.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Current legislation mandates, and current planning requires, that the Selective\u00a0Service System (SSS) conduct a lottery at the behest of the Congress and the President\u00a0who decide when to reinstate the draft. This Lottery SOP provides detailed description\u00a0of the functions, processes, and procedures for the SSS Lottery that would be conducted\u00a0when the Congress and the President determine draft eligible men are to be inducted\u00a0into the Armed Forces.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The draft lottery uses the birth dates of registrants to establish the order in which\u00a0they are called for induction. The first men called up or drafted would be those turning\u00a0age 20 during the calendar year of the lottery. Young men turning 21 in the year of the\u00a0lottery would be in the second priority group, while those turning 22 would be in the third\u00a0priority group, and so forth until registrants turn age 26. At age 26 young men are no\u00a0longer subject to the draft unless they are health care professionals subject to a health\u00a0care draft. In any given year, younger registrants (age 19 and then 18) would not be\u00a0called unless available men ages 20-25 had been called first. The draft lottery is under\u00a0the purview of the Registration Division, Operations Directorate.\u00a0Any draft lottery will be conducted publicly and with full media coverage because\u00a0of its enormous impact. Accredited observers from public interest groups will have\u00a0access to observe the proceedings.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The lottery process begins in peacetime with two large air mix drums. First, the\u00a0air mix balls having date and year on them are loaded in one of the large drums. Using\u00a0this same method, number from 1 to 365 (366 for men born in a leap year) on the air mix\u00a0balls are loaded in the second drum. Official observers certify that all air mix balls were\u00a0loaded in the Titan drawing machines. After the lottery is completed and the results\u00a0certified, the sequences of call is transmitted to the Selective Service Data Management\u00a0Center where preparation of induction notices for men whose birth dates drew the lowest\u00a0lottery numbers would begin immediately. The Official observers will still be used to\u00a0certify the Lottery was conducted fairly.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nDownload the Document<\/h3>\n
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