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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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    practice in which the compulsory enlistment in a national service, mainly a military service, is enforced by law. Conscription dates back to antiquity...
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  • has a military well known for its broad acceptance of openly gay soldiers. History has seen societies that both embrace and shun openly gay service-members...
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    compulsory military service. Women are not required to perform military service, but they may voluntarily join the military. The basis for military conscription...
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    power to conscript men for military service. All men aged 21 to 30 were required to enlist for military service for a service period of 12 months. As of...
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  • Military Service Acts were introduced to enact conscription: Military Service Act 1916, introduced in January 1916 in the UK during World War I Military...
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    utilities, logistics, hospitals, legal services, food production, finance, and banking services. Beyond warfare, the military may be employed in additional sanctioned...
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    in turn manage military branches that themselves command formations and units specialising in combat, combat support and combat-service support. The usually...
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    Military branch (also service branch or armed service) is according to common standard a subdivision of the national armed forces of a sovereign nation...
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  • served as president of the United States, 31 had prior military service, and 14 had none. Their service ranks range from private in a state militia to general...
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    Military personnel or military service members are members of the state's armed forces. Their roles, pay, and obligations differ according to their military...
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    A military academy or service academy is an educational institution which prepares candidates for service in the officer corps. It normally provides education...
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  • The term combat service support (or CSS) is utilized by numerous military organizations throughout the world to describe entities that provide direct...
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  • United States military inter-service awards and decorations are those medals and ribbons which may be awarded to all members of the six military branches of...
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    Controversy over George W. Bush's military service in the Air National Guard was an issue that first gained widespread public attention during the 2004...
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  • The United States service academies, also known as United States military academies, are federal academies for the undergraduate education and training...
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    The Archdiocese for the Military Services, U.S.A., officially the Military Ordinariate of United States of America, is a Latin Church jurisdiction of the...
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    The Indian Military Nursing Services (MNS) is a part of the Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) of the Indian Army, originally formed under British rule...
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  • members of the British royal family have seen service in the British Armed Forces or other Commonwealth militaries, and others hold honorary ranks or positions...
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  • United States Armed Forces are the military forces of the United States. The armed forces consist of six service branches: the Army, Marine Corps, Navy...
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    military services as well as for other government agencies. It first came into existence on 9 July 1949 when the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS)...
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    perform military service" on the grounds of freedom of conscience or religion. The term has also been extended to objecting to working for the military–industrial...
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  • has been discharged from service and, in case of conscripts and involuntarily activated reservists, has also left the military area. During wartime, also...
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    allowed transgender service in a limited capacity. In 1974, the Netherlands was the first country to allow transgender military personnel. The United...
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    Libya, Malaysia, North Korea, Peru, and Taiwan) conscripted women into military service. In 2013, Norway became the first NATO country to draft women, as well...
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  • known as the Swift Vets and POWs for Truth, questioned details of his military service record and circumstances relating to the awarding of his combat medals...
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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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    Exemption from military service in Israel is covered by the Israeli Security Service Law, which regulates the process of Israeli military conscription....
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  • Compulsory military service in Spain, colloquially known as la mili in Spanish, began in the late 18th and 19th centuries and ended in December 2001. In...
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  • The Military Engineer Services (MES) is an inter-service organisation with military and civilian components of its officers and subordinate staff. MES...
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