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  2. Military exemption - Wikipedia

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    A military exemption is an official legal provision that exempts individuals or groups of people from compulsory military service or from certain military duties. Depending on the country and its laws, military exemptions may be granted for various reasons, such as medical reasons, religious beliefs, conscientious objection, family responsibilities, or educational pursuits.

  3. List of global manpower fit for military service - Wikipedia

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    As defined by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, "fit for military service" means all citizens of a country (both male and female) between the ages of 16 and 49 that are not otherwise disqualified for health reasons. [1]

  4. List of countries that prohibit paramilitary organizations ...

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    Article 48.4. of Angola constitution prohibits any military, militarized or paramilitary-type associations. [1]Article 48.4. Any associations or groupings whose purposes or activities are contrary to the constitutional order, or which incite and practice violence, promote tribalism, racism, dictatorship, fascism or xenophobia, in addition to any military, militarised or paramilitary-type ...

  5. Reserved occupation - Wikipedia

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    Badge given to a steelworker in 1915 to show that he was in a reserved occupation, and thus avoid receiving "white feathers" from women.. Some of the reserved occupations included clergymen, farmers, doctors, teachers and certain industrial workers such as coal miners, dock workers and train drivers and iron and steel workers.

  6. Military service - Wikipedia

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    Military and alternative service was nine months long and in recent years the majority of conscripts chose to perform alternative, rather than military, service. One of the main reasons for its abolition was the "insubordinate movement" .

  7. Conscription - Wikipedia

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    In 2006, eight countries (China, Eritrea, Israel, Libya, Malaysia, North Korea, Peru, and Taiwan) conscripted women into military service. [ 75 ] Norway introduced female conscription in 2015, making it the first NATO member to have a legally compulsory national service for both men and women, [ 76 ] and the first country in the world to draft ...

  8. Social Security: 3 Surprising Things That Could Disqualify ...

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    Image source: Getty Images. 1. Working fewer than 10 years. Even if you've worked a job that requires you to pay Social Security taxes, you'll need at least 40 credits worth of work to qualify for ...

  9. List of countries by number of military and paramilitary ...

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    As military forces around the world are constantly changing in size, no definitive list can ever be compiled. All of the 172 countries listed here, especially those with the highest number of total soldiers such as the two Koreas and Vietnam , include a large number of paramilitaries, civilians and policemen in their reserve personnel.