National Service - Conscientious Objectors and Youth:

Comprehensive information on conscientious objector status - draft and military enlistment info, conscientious objector defined, how to file a CO claim and counseling services.

• American Friends Service Committee - "The American Friends Service Committee is a practical expression of the faith of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Committed to the principles of nonviolence and justice, it seeks in its work and witness to draw on the transforming power of love, human and divine."

  AFSC.org has excellent information for those considering alternatives to military service, including:

  • Do You Know Enough to Enlist? [pdf 160KB]
  • Ten Points to Consider before You Sign A Military Enlistment Agreement [pdf 100KB]
  • Registration For the Draft in the United States and Steps Young People May Take [pdf 488KB]
  • The Poverty Draft - What You Need to Know [pdf 484KB]
  • Youth and Militarism
  • What is a Conscientious Objector?
  • Why Conscientious Objection Exists in an "All-Volunteer" Military
    
    
• Center on Conscience and War - CCW works to defend and extend the rights of conscientious objectors to war and violence.
  • What Do I Believe About the War?
  • Worksheet on War Objection
    
    
• Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors - CCCO supports and promotes individual and collective resistance to war and preparations for war.
  • How to compile a CO claim
    
    
• The Christian CO - Christian CO is dedicated to providing to CO advisors and military age Americans the latest information from the Selective Service System on the requirements of the US Armed Forces, and procedures for enlistment, exemption, and release.
  • Manual of procedures for advisors of religious and conscientious objectors to war and military service. [pdf 224KB]
    
    
• Peace-Out - You CAN get out of the military as a conscientious objector, even if you enlisted.