The claim circulating on social media that the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 proposes instituting a military draft for all public school seniors with a two-year commitment is false. The Project 2025 document contains no such policy proposal, and a spokesperson for the Heritage Foundation confirmed that the claim is entirely false and ridiculous. The document includes reforms aimed at improving military recruitment, but does not involve reinstating the draft. The only mention of the draft in the document is a historical reference, and not a proposal for a future draft. The last draft in the U.S. was in 1973, and to bring it back, Congress would need to amend the Military Selective Service Act. Other false claims about the draft have been debunked in the past, and Snopes has also debunked the claim about the military draft for public school seniors. It is important to fact-check information before sharing it on social media to prevent the spread of misinformation.
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