army volunteers
Non-conscripted military personnel
Army volunteers are civilians who enlist for military service without being conscripted or drafted.
The term distinguishes those who choose to serve from those compelled by law: The regiment was composed entirely of army volunteers.
Historically significant during wartime when nations supplemented professional forces with willing citizens.
- recruitNew member sought
- sign upFormally agree to participate
- join upEnter into service
- conscriptionMandatory military enrollment
- citizen soldiersArmed civilians in wartime
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army volunteersdraft dodgers
Those avoiding military conscription
conscientious objectors · deserters · war resisters · pacifists · defectors
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