Guys I am worried I will get drafted.

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I sure hope so I have a friend with Dyslexia who is joining the armed forces, (I tried to talk him out of it, but he insisted.) I know a kid in my class who has Aspergers, and he wants to join the air-force. He currently is in the civil air patrol.

There is currently no draft. We have enough of a volunteer army as it is, so I doubt there would be a draft anytime soon. Since 9/11 there has been a surge in showing patriotism and enlisting in the military. I wouldn't worry about a draft if I were you. It's probably not going to happen.

As for being disqualified, there are lots of things they PDQ you for. My husband was PDQ'd for dyslexia. I was PDQ'd for having a thyroid nodule. You can be PDQ'd for AS, especially if you play it up like it's something that causes actual problems for you with basic everyday functioning (not just social problems or being annoyed by certain things - serious sensory problems where you trully cannot stand something without a meltdown, etc). You could also get PDQ'd for psych. Or you could just pretend to be flat out crazy.

Either way, I wouldn't worry about a draft at all because the chances of that happening are slim and none. I think Slim left town twenty years ago too.

I'm far from a foreign policy expert, but I think the DPRK is saber rattling again. Their real leadership is probably not composed of indiscriminate homicidal maniacs, but tough survivors who know they have a relatively good thing going. If push came to shove, I doubt if the vast majority would commit suicide and attack South Korea or Japan. China for one thing would not allow it, nothing like war to be bad for business.

Hm, well I'm assuming you're in the U.S. (don't know what other countries do with the draft). I don't know you're gender, but for males the draft is manditory once they hit 18, and unless they changed the rules in the past 10 years, I don't think it's mandatory for women at all. Though you're mom shouldn't have been the one to sign you up anyway, as far as I know the only way to legally do that is if you allowed her to be your legal representative in matters regarding anything that has legal documentation (not a lawyer, just a representative to show your case on your behalf), but you'd have to tell them that, unless it was on the website.
You should know there's an extensive system they go through before they select anyone, background checks, psychological profiles, their beliefs are even asked about (so if you're a pacifist you only need to tell them that fighting is against what you believe and they'll listen, constitutionally they can't place you in combat (at the moment that's how it works). Plus, the draft in the U.S. hasn't been active since like WWII, I don't think they'll run out of troops to such a degree that they'd have to reinstate the draft, anytime soon, and even if they did, there's hundreds of thousands of other, more qualified, candidates for them to chose from.

Ah, thank your for correcting me, I wasn't completely sure myself (about the draft and how long it has been inactive). But yeah, what I said about the OP having to consent to it (by signing or otherwise though I didn't mention that), what you said is mainly what I'm talking about, because the applicant would have to sign the paper, the way the OP talked it sounded as if they didn't ask or participate in the event of being registered themselves, that's why I said what I did lol. Anywho, thanks again for correcting my incorrect facts.

No offense kiddo but the chances of a draft have never been lower.

The america gov has been cutting military expenditure for the first time in a long while.

Not to mention todays generation likely would rebal significantly, and violently if forced to fight.

North Korea is a tiny little country, and without any oil or risk of terrorism, would require a minor involvement from US ground troops.

Also unlike Iraq where Iranian intervention is fueling civil war, in Korea, you'd have the south, and the chinese on your side who have a strong interest in keeping the peace.

they drafted people in viet nam, 20 yrs. after WWII.

I sure do hope you are right and I am dead wrong. I hate it when I am right sometimes.

I know it's easier said than done, but it's better not to worry about something until it actually happens, if you worry about every conceivable thing that 'could' happen, it'll drive you crazy. I'd say most people here are correct and it is very unlikely there will be a draft in the foreseeable future.

Yes, someone said that already lol, thank you though.

Interesting how many here just assume he lives in the Us...

lol well I still assume that because the OP hasn't said otherwise, dispite people asking and talking about the U.S. draft. Plus they were talking about issues with Korea and right now that's mainly just the U.S., granted, other countries have sided with us against the issue, but it would only effect the U.S. at this time, if at all. So I think that plays a big role in the assumption that the OP is in the U.S.
But I agree, such an assumption is not good because draft laws are bound to be different in other countries.

@OP: If you don't live in the U.S. please let us all know because that would help some of us give you more informed advice on the situation.

Don't worry about it. There is very little chance that North Korea will declare war, especially since their army is like a speck of dust compared to the USA. I know it is hard to get rid of these anxieties (I experience this kind of thing too) but there is really nothing to fear.

OP specifically referenced Selective Service, which is a US program. To assume he's not in the US would be unreasonable.

Also, fear of being drafted is unreasonable as well. Not going to happen.