compulsory military service

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The Saturday night gig, which is expected to draw around 260,000 people, will be BTS's first after a hiatus of almost four years while all seven members served compulsory military service.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

If the military still falls short of its manpower needs, politicians say, they may resort to compulsory military service, which was suspended in 2011.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Musk, by contrast, left South Africa at age 17 in part to avoid compulsory military service.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2025

A 22-year-old architecture student reveals that he had never expected to find himself in battle, having been told only that his compulsory military service would be spent training.

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2024

We were high-school seniors, and the clock was ticking: once out of high school all American males faced two years of compulsory military service.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge