In a WWIII setup, I feel that the US would activate Selective Service in the 1995-1997 time frame.
The down side of the US Army replacement system is that the soldier is treated as just another "spare part" to plug into the logistics system. During WWII this resulted in fresh replacements being assignd to a combat unit, in all too many cases, right before the unit returned to combat, and in some cases (Normandy and Hurtgen Forest), the replacements would be assigned to the front line, during pauses in the fighting. Any reading of any of the regimental histories tell of new replacements reporting for duty in the morning, and being wounded or dead that same afternoon.
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