military exemption
Excuse from service
Military exemption is release from the obligation to serve in the armed forces.
Exemptions may be granted for medical conditions, essential civilian occupations, religious beliefs, or family hardship.
During periods of conscription, obtaining a military exemption can be controversial: He received a military exemption for bone spurs.
Also called draft exemption.
- universal conscriptionRequired military duty for all
- conscientious objectionMoral refusal to fight
- draft boardsBodies that conscript soldiers
- draft cardMilitary enrollment documentation
- societal inequalityUnequal distribution of resources, opportunities
age limits · social stigma · draft dodging · psychological evaluation · sole survivor · essential worker · student deferment · economic hardship · national guard · deferment · ethical debates · demographic changes · draft lottery · alternative service · medical deferment · bone spurs
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- tax exemptions
- exemptions
- Jehovah's WitnessesJehovah's Witnesses, Jehovah, Kingdom Hall, Watchtower, disfellowshipping
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Mandatory military enrollment
military draft · compulsory military service · mandatory service · draft notice · call-up
military exemptionenlistment
Voluntary entry into service
military enlistment · voluntary enlistment · enlisting · joining up · signing up
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