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U.S. military senior leadership listen as President Donald Trump speaks at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025 in Quantico, Va. Credit: Evan Vucci / AP

Yes.

Men between 18 and 25 in Connecticut have been registered with the selective service when applying for a driver’s license since at least 2013.

Applications for obtaining or renewing a license state that submitting the form serves as consent for registration with the Selective Service System, according to section 14-36l of Connecticut’s General Statutes.

If a larger military is needed for a national emergency, Congress would have to approve reinstatement of the draft. Those inducted would come from the Selective Service System pool. The last time a draft was in effect was in the early 1970s during the Vietnam War.

In a draft, there would be a lottery. Men who turn 20 in the year of the draft would get called first. Men between 21 and 25 would be next, followed by 19-year-olds and then individuals more than six months past their 18th birthday.

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Mariana Navarrete Villegas is a Community Engagement Reporter for The Connecticut Mirror, covering Hartford. She recently graduated from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism with a master’s degree in Bilingual Journalism. Previously, she was the Community Engagement and Video Assistant at Epicenter-NYC and a Podcast Intern at The Take, Al Jazeera English’s daily news podcast. As a reporter, she has covered stories from New York to Florida, California, Panama, and Mexico, focusing on labor rights, immigration, and community care. She also hosts 'La Chismesita,' a community radio show in New York that archives oral histories through conversations with women community leaders. Originally from Mexico, Mariana spent her teenage years in Panama. She holds a B.A. in Global Studies with a minor in Psychology from Saint Leo University, where she interned at the International Rescue Committee.