does this mean US citezins will HAVE to join the army for a specific time frame in their life?
ok old man beat me to my answer :P
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i think its just another way to distract people from what really matters.
no it does not mean US citezins will HAVE to join. it just gives the government power to pick people from the population to serve in the army.
this is different than say Israel or Taiwan where you HAVE to serve in the military for x amount of months/years. In Taiwan/South Korea, it's male only, in Israel both male and female. There are some exceptions to the rule but pretty much everyone serves.