SSS
Definition
Proper noun: 1. Selective Service System: An independent agency of the United States government that maintains information on those potentially subject to military conscription (compulsory military service).
Usage
- The SSS is responsible for registering young men for a potential draft.
- All male U.S. citizens and immigrants aged 18 through 25 are required to register with the SSS.
- The database managed by the SSS would be used if Congress and the President authorize a military draft.
Advanced Usage
- "SSS registration": The act of signing up with the Selective Service System, which is a legal requirement for eligible individuals in the U.S.
- Failure to complete SSS registration can result in the loss of federal student aid and other government benefits.
- "SSS number": The identification number assigned to an individual upon registration with the Selective Service System.
- He needed to provide his SSS number on the federal financial aid form.
Variants and Related Words
- Selective Service (noun phrase): The full, formal name of the SSS.
- The Selective Service was established in 1917.
- The Draft (noun phrase): The system of compulsory military service that the SSS administers.
- The last time the draft was used was during the Vietnam War.
Synonyms
- Conscription agency: An organization that manages mandatory enlistment for state service (typically military).
- Draft board: A local board that administers conscription laws (historically part of the SSS structure).
Related Phrases
- Register for the draft: To sign up with the Selective Service System.
- It is the law to register for the draft within 30 days of your 18th birthday.
- Draft-eligible: Describing someone who meets the age and other criteria to be potentially conscripted.
- All draft-eligible men must be registered.
Noun
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an independent federal agency that administers compulsory military service
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