A volunteer military system or all-volunteer military system (AVMS) is a military service system that maintains the military only with applicants without...
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A military volunteer (or war volunteer) is a person who enlists in military service by free will, and is not a conscript, mercenary, or a foreign legionnaire...
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long as active duty soldiers. In countries with a volunteer military, reserve forces maintain military skills by training periodically (typically one weekend...
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Ukrainian Volunteer Army (Ukrainian: Українська добровольча армія, УДА, romanized: Ukrayinsʹka dobrovolʹcha armiya, UDA) is a volunteer military formation...
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The Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal (MOVSM) is a military award which was created under Executive Order 12830 by George H. W. Bush on January...
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More than 200 regiments of military volunteers were raised in Pennsylvania to serve in the United States Volunteers at various times, beginning during...
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United States Volunteers also known as U.S. Volunteers, U.S. Volunteer Army, or other variations of these, were military volunteers called upon during...
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good military skills and fighting strength due to large numbers of officers in its ranks, who hated and despised the Bolsheviks. However, the Volunteer Army's...
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військові формування України, Dobrovolchi viiskovi formuvannia Ukrainy, 'Volunteer military formations of Ukraine', or abbreviated Добробати, Dobrobaty) were...
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Conscription in Taiwan (category Military of the Republic of China)
of the Republic of China were aiming for an all volunteer military. Duration of compulsory military service were reduced gradually from 2 years in 2000...
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Intelligence Corps (United Kingdom) (redirect from 3 Military Intelligence Battalion (Volunteer) (United Kingdom))
British Army. It is responsible for gathering, analysing and disseminating military intelligence and also for counter-intelligence and security. The Director...
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Student Volunteer Forces (Korean: 학도의용군) or Student Volunteer Troops (학도의용대), also known as Student Volunteer Soldiers (학도의용병) or simply Student Soldiers...
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word volunteering has more recent usage—still predominantly military—coinciding with the phrase community service. In a military context, a volunteer army...
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Ukrainian Legion (Poland) (category Volunteer military formations of Ukraine)
scheme to recruit Ukrainian citizens located in Poland for a new volunteer military formation to serve in the Russo-Ukrainian War. In mid July 2024, the...
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Pact was signed leading to considerable Soviet military assistance to China, including the volunteer squadrons. China paid for the support with raw materials...
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1883, the colony's military became subject to British military law in the event of war, although under the provisions of the Volunteer Force Regulation...
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Luxembourg Armed Forces (redirect from Luxembourg/Military)
Armée luxembourgeoise) are the national military force of Luxembourg. The army has been a fully volunteer military since 1967. As of December 2018[update]...
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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 (volunteer) or...
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and failures to reform the old volunteer battalion structure into an official military structure. The Ukrainian Volunteer Corps has its origins in vigilante...
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The Royal Air Force Air Cadets (RAFAC) is the combined volunteer-military youth organisation sponsored by the Royal Air Force, which is formed by both...
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several groups at battalion strength. The Russian-Armenian volunteer units took part in military activities in the Middle Eastern theater of World War I...
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Signals units are directly descended from Volunteer Force units. Prior to the Crimean War, the British military (i.e., land forces) was made up of multiple...
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Division, Serbian Volunteer Force, Serbian Volunteer Guard, Serbian Volunteer Military, et cetera may refer to: Serbian Militia, a militia formed to fight...
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Home Guard (United Kingdom) (redirect from Local Defence Volunteers)
the Home Guard comprised more than 1.5 million local volunteers otherwise ineligible for military service, such as those who were too young or too old...
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The Volunteer Regiment of Buda (Hungarian: Budai Önkéntes Ezred), was a World War II military force made up of prisoner of war (POW) volunteers from Hungary...
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national defence may also refer to: National Defense (Poland), a volunteer military formation of the Second Polish Republic National Defense (magazine)...
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The Curaçao Volunteer Corps (Dutch: Vrijwilligers Korps Curaçao; VKC) is a volunteer defense unit of Curaçao that was founded on 23 June 1929. During the...
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Auxiliaries (redirect from Military auxiliary)
personnel that assist the military or police but are organised differently from regular forces. Auxiliary may be military volunteers undertaking support functions...
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Conscription in the United States (redirect from US military draft)
ended in January 1973, and the U.S. Armed Forces moved to an all-volunteer military except for draftees called up through the end of 1972. Conscription...
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The First Serbian Volunteer Division (Serbian: Srpski dobrovoljački korpus) or First Serbian Division, was a military formation of the First World War...
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