draftees
Called-up civilians
Draftees are people who have been conscripted into military service rather than volunteering.
The term is most associated with wartime mobilization, particularly during the Vietnam War era: Many draftees opposed the war they were forced to fight.
The word carries connotations of reluctance or compulsion that distinguish draftees from career soldiers or willing enlistees.
Involuntarily enlisted for duty
- inducteesNewly admitted members
- selecteesPersons officially chosen
- enlisteesVoluntary military joiners
- call-upOrder to serve
levy · impressment · press-gang · compulsory · mandatory · involuntary · mobilization · registration
Newly joined members
- soldiersMilitary personnel who fight
- privatesLowest enlisted rank
- infantryGround combat troops
- bootcampInitial military training program
barracks · platoon · regiment · battalion · deployment · drill · sergeant · basic training
Those who evade
- evadersThose who sidestep
- resistersThose who actively oppose
- conscientious objectorsPeople refusing combat on principle
- desertersThose who abandon service
refusers · protesters · exiles · Canada · amnesty · deferment · exemption · pacifists
Inexperienced beginners in profession
- greenhornsInexperienced beginners
- raw recruitsInexperienced new military members
- novicesInexperienced newcomers
- untrainedLacking learned skills
green · fresh · unseasoned · civilians · citizen-soldiers · amateurs · unready · unprepared
Males in early adulthood
- teenagersPeople aged thirteen to nineteen
- boysMale children
- sonsMale offspring collectively
- generationAge-defined peer group
age group · eligible · registrants · cohort · class · coming-of-age · innocence · students
conscripted
Involuntarily enlisted for duty
- inducteesNewly admitted members
- selecteesPersons officially chosen
- enlisteesVoluntary military joiners
call-up · levy · impressment · press-gang · compulsory · mandatory · involuntary · mobilization · registration · lottery
recruits
Newly joined members
bootcamp · barracks · platoon · regiment · battalion · deployment · drill · sergeant · basic training · uniform
dodgers
Those who evade
- evadersThose who sidestep
- resistersThose who actively oppose
- conscientious objectorsPeople refusing combat on principle
deserters · refusers · protesters · exiles · Canada · amnesty · deferment · exemption · pacifists · dissent
rookies
Inexperienced beginners in profession
- greenhornsInexperienced beginners
- raw recruitsInexperienced new military members
- novicesInexperienced newcomers
untrained · green · fresh · unseasoned · civilians · citizen-soldiers · amateurs · unready · unprepared · learning
young men
Males in early adulthood
generation · age group · eligible · registrants · cohort · class · coming-of-age · innocence · students · college
- Inductees
- military forcesarmy, allied forces, soldiers, troops, coalition forces
- military personnelsoldiers, soldier, midshipmen, officers, troops
- American WWIdoughboys, General Pershing, Argonne, Western Front, over there
- conscriptionconscription, conscript, conscripts, compulsory service, selective service
- infantryfoot soldiers, foot soldier, rifleman, riflemen, infantryman
drafteesvolunteers
Unpaid willing workers
enlistees · career soldiers · regulars · volunteer soldiers · lifers
drafteescommanders
Military authority figures
generals · draft boards · officers · brass · military leadership
drafteesdraft dodgers
Those avoiding military conscription
civilians · conscientious objectors · exempted · deferred · resisters