Given uncertainty around the Iran war, we thought it might be a good idea to refresh everyone's memory on the military draft.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While Harrison Ford was fighting villains on-screen, he was fighting legal battles off-screen to keep himself off the battlefield.

XXThe president's comments during a CNBC interview about Iran negotiations have reignited a decades-old controversy about the five draft deferments he received, including a medical exemption his ...

Donald Trump watched as the bodies of six US soldiers killed during his war with Iran returned to US soil on Saturday, later declaring it a "very sad day." But as US service members make the ultimate ...

Trump, 79, called into CNBC's Squawk Box on Tuesday, April 21, to praise his administration's efforts amid the ongoing war with Iran. Despite the continued military action in the region and Vice ...

During the Vietnam War, the U.S. military faced intense pressure to increase troop numbers without dramatically expanding the draft. In 1966, the Pentagon introduced Project 100,000, a policy that ...

After Vietnam, the American draft became politically toxic, exposing inequality, public distrust, and the growing anger ...

Donald Trump avoided military service in Vietnam due to educational deferments and a condition in one or both of his heels (Picture: Metro/Getty) Donald Trump’s ‘warrior ethos’ masks his repeated ...

Compulsion Dance and Theatre’s latest production, "First Day in December," looks back to the night the Vietnam draft lottery was launched. The play arrives just after the U.S. launched strikes on Iran ...