conscription

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Boiko, 23 years old and below the age for conscription, said he often felt depressed in Kyiv because of the blackouts and blamed himself for not wanting to socialize with friends.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

The Kenyan government, which previously estimated that about 200 of its nationals had been recruited to fight for Russia, wants Moscow to bar the conscription of Kenyan soldiers.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

France, which abolished military conscription 25 years ago, currently has around 200,000 military personnel and a further 47,000 reservists.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025

Only two percent of ultra-Orthodox Jews respond to conscription orders according to the military, which has created units specifically for them.

From Barron's • Nov. 29, 2025

In 1896 he gave up his German citizenship to avoid military conscription and entered the Zurich Polytechnic Institute on a four-year course designed to churn out high school science teachers.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson