national service

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Upon graduation from high school they are expected to either serve in the military or do some other form of national service.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Some of Europe's biggest Nato members are moving to strengthen their professional armies through voluntary national service schemes.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025

The committee behind the initiative maintains that requiring every Swiss citizen, regardless of gender, to do national service in the army or in a civilian capacity would strengthen the social cohesion.

From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025

During the year ended in September 2023, nearly 28% of retirement-age individuals formally volunteered through an organization, estimates AmeriCorps, the government agency for national service and volunteerism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

If they are not happy and if they are not at ease in connexion with their national service, you cannot expect any of those larger results for which highminded statesmen are seeking the world over.

From The War and Unity Being Lectures Delivered At The Local Lectures Summer Meeting Of The University Of Cambridge, 1918 by Cranage, D. H. S. (David Herbert Somerset)