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'''National service''' is a system of either compulsory or voluntary government service, usually [[military service]]. [[Conscription]] is mandatory national service. The term ''national service'' comes from the [[United Kingdom's]] [[National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939]].<ref>{{cite web|title=National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939|url=http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/acts/national-service-armed-forces-act-1939|publisher=hansard.millbanksystems.com|access-date=14 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Davenport-Hines|first1=Richard|title=National Service: Conscription in Britain 1945-1963 by Richard Vinen – review|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/20/national-service-consctiption-britain-richard-vinen-review|access-date=15 March 2018|work=The Guardian|date=20 August 2014}}</ref>
'''National service''' is a system of either compulsory or voluntary government service, usually [[military service]]. [[Conscription]] is mandatory national service. The term ''national service'' comes from the [[United Kingdom's]] [[National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939]].<ref>{{cite web|title=National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939|url=http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/acts/national-service-armed-forces-act-1939|publisher=hansard.millbanksystems.com|access-date=14 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Davenport-Hines|first1=Richard|title=National Service: Conscription in Britain 1945-1963 by Richard Vinen – review|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/20/national-service-consctiption-britain-richard-vinen-review|access-date=15 March 2018|work=The Guardian|date=20 August 2014}}</ref>


Many young people spend one or more years in such programmes. Compulsory military service typically requires all citizens to enroll for one or two years, usually at age 18 (later for university-level students). Most conscripting countries conscripts only men, but [[Norway]], [[Sweden]], [[North Korea]], [[Israel]], [[Morocco]], and [[Eritrea]] conscript both men and women.
Many young people spend one or more years in such programmes. Compulsory military service typically requires all citizens to enroll for one or two years, usually at age 18 (later for university-level students). Most conscripting countries conscripts only men, but [[Norway]], [[Sweden]]<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Persson |first=Alma |last2=Sundevall |first2=Fia |date=2019-11-10 |title=Conscripting women: gender, soldiering, and military service in Sweden 1965–2018 |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/09612025.2019.1596542 |journal=Women's History Review |volume=28 |issue=7 |pages=1039–1056 |doi=10.1080/09612025.2019.1596542 |issn=0961-2025}}</ref>, [[Israel]], [[Eritrea]], [[Morocco]] and [[North Korea]] {{Citation needed|date=April 2022}} conscript both men and women.


Voluntary national service requires only three months of basic military training. The US equivalent is [[Selective Service]]. In the United States, voluntary enrollments at the [[Peace Corps]] and [[AmeriCorps]] are also known as national service.
Voluntary national service requires only three months of basic military training. The US equivalent is [[Selective Service]]. In the United States, voluntary enrollments at the [[Peace Corps]] and [[AmeriCorps]] are also known as national service.

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National service is a system of either compulsory or voluntary government service, usually military service. Conscription is mandatory national service. The term national service comes from the United Kingdom's National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939.[1][2]

Many young people spend one or more years in such programmes. Compulsory military service typically requires all citizens to enroll for one or two years, usually at age 18 (later for university-level students). Most conscripting countries conscripts only men, but Norway, Sweden[3], Israel, Eritrea, Morocco and North Korea [citation needed] conscript both men and women.

Voluntary national service requires only three months of basic military training. The US equivalent is Selective Service. In the United States, voluntary enrollments at the Peace Corps and AmeriCorps are also known as national service.

Historical arguments

Around 100 AD, Plutarch quoted an early case for national service made by a Roman general sometime around the 5th century BC:

With the politic design of preventing intestine broils by employment abroad, and in the hope that when rich as well as poor, plebeians and patricians, should be mingled again in the same army and in the same camp, and engage in one common service for the public, it would mutually dispose them to reconciliation and friendship.[4]

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See also

References

  1. ^ "National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939". hansard.millbanksystems.com. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  2. ^ Davenport-Hines, Richard (20 August 2014). "National Service: Conscription in Britain 1945-1963 by Richard Vinen – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  3. ^ Persson, Alma; Sundevall, Fia (2019-11-10). "Conscripting women: gender, soldiering, and military service in Sweden 1965–2018". Women's History Review. 28 (7): 1039–1056. doi:10.1080/09612025.2019.1596542. ISSN 0961-2025.
  4. ^ Plutarch (1992). "Plutarch's Life of Coriolanus". Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (Dryden translation ed.). Random House. p. 299.
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