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humor The Onion 2026-04-13

Automatic Draft Registration Begins: Will Life Be Too Easy?

Turns out, the government is making it impossible to opt out of serving—all you have to do is exist. Seems like a remarkably streamlined path to oblivion.


<p>Eligible men in the United States will be registered into the military draft pool automatically by December, a measure slipped into last year’s annual defense policy bill that will replace the previous self-registration process. What do you think?</p> <p>The post <a href="https://theonion.com/automatic-u-s-military-draft-registration-to-begin-by-december/">Automatic U.S. Military Draft Registration To Begin By December</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theonion.com">The Onion</a>.</p> <p...

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