enlistment

Victoria was invited to the enlistment office to sort out her son’s paperwork.

That gave her skills the military needed as Britain prepared for D-Day, and the Wrens snapped her up even though she wasn’t yet 18, the normal age of enlistment.

It shattered the broad trust the country’s Jewish population has long placed in the military, which has compulsory enlistment for most Jewish 18-year-olds.

Eventually he had an emotional breakdown with thoughts of suicide, and he left the Army in dismay when his enlistment ended.

Across the military, the armed services have been struggling to meet enlistment goals, with most falling far short of their targets in recent years.