military obligation
Required armed service
Military obligation is a duty to serve in a country's armed forces, whether through conscription, enlistment commitments, or reserve requirements.
Citizens may fulfill their military obligation through active duty, national guard service, or alternative civilian service in some countries.
He deferred his military obligation to finish college.
The term often arises in discussions of draft policies, citizenship requirements, or veterans' benefits.
- conscriptionMandatory military enrollment
- enlistmentVoluntary entry into service
- basic trainingInitial military instruction
- enlisted menMilitary members below officers
- selective serviceCompulsory military enrollment system
deployment · boots on the ground · conscientious objection · reserve duty · years of service · draft · draft card · patriotism · universal conscription · colonial militias · discharge papers · compulsory service · national service · moral courage · sacrifice · civic responsibility · duty · summons
- Mughal Administrationmansabdar, diwan, Akbar, faujdar, land grant
- conscriptionconscription, conscript, conscripts, draftee, draftees
- Military Reservesreservist, reservists, reserve unit, reserve units, Army Reserve
military obligationvoluntary enlistment
Unpressured military signup
volunteer service · professional army · free choice · volunteer army
military obligationcivilian service
Nonmilitary national contribution
alternative service · civil duty · community service · civilian life
military obligationmilitary exemption
Release from compulsory service
draft exemption · deferment · discharge · medical exemption · demobilization