military induction
Entering armed service
Military induction is the formal process of enrolling someone into armed forces service, particularly through conscription or the draft.
A person receives an induction notice, reports to an induction center for physical and mental evaluation, and if accepted, is inducted into the military.
He received his induction papers in 1968.
The term also applies to voluntary enlistment processing.
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- draft cardMilitary enrollment documentation
- conscriptionMandatory military enrollment
- enlistmentVoluntary entry into service
- bootcampInitial military training program
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military inductionvoluntary enlistment
Unpressured military signup
volunteer service · enlisting · signing up · joining up · volunteering
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Formal release from service
discharge · mustering out · demobilization · honorable discharge · dishonorable discharge
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Release from military conscription
deferment · draft evasion · civilian life · draft dodging · medical exemption
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