Lexicon - conscription

   conscription
16 years of age for voluntary military service; 17 years of age for officers (both with parental consent); conscription legally possible in emergency, but has never been implemented (2008)
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   conscription
18 years of age for voluntary military service (younger requires parental consent); no conscription (2008)
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   conscription
18 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription suspended (2008)
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   conscription
18 years of age for voluntary military service; laws allow for conscription only if volunteers are insufficient; conscription has never been implemented; volunteers typically outnumber available positions by 3:1 (2008)
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   conscription
18-23 years of age; eligible men required to register for conscription as needed into the Bermuda Regiment, which is largely voluntary; term of service 39 months (2007)
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   conscription
18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008)
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   conscription
... military service; when annual number of volunteers falls short of goal, compulsory recruitment is effected, including conscription of boys as young as 14; 15-19 years of age for voluntary premilitary service, provides ...
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   conscription
17 years of age for voluntary military service in the Federation and in the Republika Srpska; conscription abolished January 2006; 4-month service obligation (2006)
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... obligation - 9 months; as of May 2006, 67% of the Bulgarian Army comprised of professional soldiers; conscription ended as of 1 January 2008; Air and Air Defense Forces and Naval Forces became ...
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   conscription
18 years of age for voluntary military service for both sexes; forced conscription of children, although officially prohibited, reportedly continues (2007)
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   conscription
conscription law of October 2006 requires all males between 18-30 to register for military service; 18-month service obligation (2006)
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   conscription
18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription; the government makes periodic calls for volunteers (2006)
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   conscription
18 years of age for voluntary military service; 16-25 years of age for voluntary military training; no conscription (2008)
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   conscription
compulsory military service for men between 19 and 28; conscription lasts 11 months for junior NCOs and reserve platoon leaders; reserve officers and designated specialists have a different conscript service obligation; Estonia ...
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   conscription
17-40 years of age for male or female voluntary military service); no conscription; 12-month service obligation; women serve in noncombat military posts (2005)
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   conscription
18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008)
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   conscription
18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008)
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   conscription
18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008)
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   conscription
18 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished in June 2004; 6-month service obligation, with reserve obligation to age 50 (2006)
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   conscription
16 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008)
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   conscription
18-27 year of age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished January 2005; women may serve in any military branch; 10-month service obligation, with a reserve obligation to age 45 (Army and ...
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   conscription
17 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription at age 18 was suspended in 1999, although all males under age 37 are required to register; women not subject to conscription, but ...
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   conscription
18 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished January 2007; under current law, every citizen is entitled to serve in the armed forces for life (2006)
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   conscription
18-30 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2007)
www.exxun.com/Lebanon/h_ml.html

   conscription
18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008)
www.exxun.com/Lesotho/h_ml.html

   conscription
16 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008)
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