military enlistment
Signing for service
Military enlistment is the act of joining a branch of the armed forces, typically as a voluntary commitment for a specified term of service.
The process involves signing a contract, taking an oath, and agreeing to military discipline and deployment.
He considered military enlistment after high school.
Unlike being drafted, enlistment implies choice—though economic circumstances or family tradition often shape that choice.
- signing upFormally agreeing to join
- boot campInitial military instruction program
- draftPreliminary version of text
- basic trainingInitial military instruction
- recruiterOne who finds candidates
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Mandatory military enrollment
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military enlistmentmilitary discharge
Formal release from service
discharge · mustering out · honorable discharge · demobilization · dishonorable discharge
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Non-military everyday existence
conscientious objection · draft dodging · draft evasion · military exemption · pacifism
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