Military Service
Military service is service by an individual or group in an army or other militia, whether as a chosen job (volunteer) or as a result of an involuntary draft (conscription). Some nations (e.g., Mexico) require a specific amount of military service from every citizen, except for special cases, such as physical or mental disorders or religious belief. Most countries that use conscription systems only conscript men; a few countries also conscript women. For example, Norway, Sweden, North Korea, Israel, and Eritrea conscript both men and women. However, only Norway and Sweden have a gender-neutral conscription system, where men and women …
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PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 12 September 2022 English
In 2021, close to 50 million people lived in conditions of modern slavery – 27.6 million in forced labour and 22 million in forced marriages. This report, published in September …
specific circumstances, for example, compulsory military service for work of purely military character; normal …
LC: Library of Congress · 2021 English
"On 6 April 2021, the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), Mumbai, India and the School of Sustainability, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel, hosted a virtual conference title 'Envisioning the Post-pandemic Metropolis: …
metropolitan region (where most men shun mandatory military service) handed over its COVID-19 operations to the …
LC: Library of Congress · 2015 English
"March 2015"--Table of contents page. "The report was researched and written by a Human Rights Watch consultant. The report was edited by Patricia Gossman, senior researcher on Afghanistan and Phelim …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 January 2014 English
Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar (1891-1956) was a scholar, social reformer, powerful advocate of the rights of Dalits and women, chairman of the Constituent Assembly of India, and the country’s first law …
will have the right to introduce compulsory military service. I have not had sufficient time to apply … for anybody to argue that even compulsory military service is begar. I am, therefore, not quite satisfied … State would be permitted to have compulsory military service. Fortunately, for me I also happened to look … a subject as the necessity of compulsory military service for the defence of the State. I submit that … General) : The question regarding compulsory military service may be discussed here. Mr. President: We are …
LC: Library of Congress · 2012 English
Prepared by Ruth Levush, Peter Roudik, Nicole Atwill, Edith Palmer, Issam Saliba, Tariq Ahmad, and Clare Feikert-Ahalt. "December 2012." "LL file no. 2012-006966." Includes bibliographical references. Description based on online …
marriage, military redeployment, retirement from military service, purchase of real estate in the locality, … “soldiers” those serving their mandatory military service on active or reserve duty or in the career …
LC: Library of Congress · 1 January 2011 English
in working with it. After that I went into military service in New York City. I only went once overseas … overseas for thirty days to Europe. Q: Military service in New York City? Doing what? ESCH: Hospital Corpsman …
LC: Library of Congress · 1 January 2011 English
there was anybody who hadn't had some sort of military service at that point. Definitely a career. Some had …
LC: Library of Congress · 2011 English
"With US plans to withdraw troops and hand over security to the Afghan government by 2014, the US and Afghan governments have embraced a high-risk strategy of arming tens of …
LC: Library of Congress · 1 January 2010 English
things fairly quickly. First, I found that military service could actually be rewarding and instructive …
LC: Library of Congress · 1 January 2010 English
was very interested in, and he was doing his military service. He would be free to visit with me in Europe … never would get enough free time until after military service to come to the United States. So I decided …
