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Conscription, also known as the draft in American English, is the practice in which the compulsory enlistment in a national service, mainly a military service, is enforced by law. [1] Conscription dates back to antiquity and it continues in some countries to the present day under various names.
On August 10, 2007, with National Public Radio on "All Things Considered", Lieutenant General Douglas Lute, National Security Adviser to the President and Congress for all matters pertaining to the United States Military efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, expressed support for a draft to alleviate the stress on the Army's all-volunteer force. He ...
Military service is service by an individual or group in an army or other militia, air forces, and naval forces, whether as a chosen job or as a result of an involuntary draft (conscription). Few nations, such as Israel , require a specific amount of military service from every citizen, except for special cases, such as limitation determined by ...
Near the start of the Napoleonic Era (encompassing the Napoleonic Wars), it was estimated that about 200,000 [62] people had either evaded a draft or deserted from the military, due to the surge in conscription; possibly facing harsh consequences. [63] Around 1808, in the middle of the military conflict, the number was closer to 500,000. [64]
Many Eritreans in Addis Ababa are refugees who fled forced military conscription and government oppression in their country of birth. Over 20,000 Eritreans have crossed into Ethiopia this year ...
The Confederate Conscription Acts, 1862 to 1864, were a series of measures taken by the Confederate government to procure the manpower needed to fight the American Civil War. The First Conscription Act, passed April 16, 1862, made any white male between 18 and 35 years old liable to three years of military service.
Long queues at military commissariats whose primary task is recruiting military personnel, are also caused by the passing of the law on mobilization, which imposes on males of conscription age the ...
(Reuters) - The Myanmar's military conscription plan reveals the heavy toll that months of incessant fighting against rebels have had on its troops and the struggles the generals are facing to ...