national service
Example Sentences
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Today, we are losing the sense of connection between individual action and national service.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
Other European countries have looked to national service in response to the threat from Russia, with France, Germany and Belgium introducing schemes this year.
From Barron's • Dec. 27, 2025
Last week, Swiss voters widely rejected a proposal to extend national service - in the military, civil protection teams or other forms - to women.
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025
Some of Europe's biggest Nato members are moving to strengthen their professional armies through voluntary national service schemes.
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025
I hope to show that in no one of these four senses is liberty incompatible with the compulsory element implicit in the principle of national service.
From Freedom In Service Six Essays on Matters Concerning Britain's Safety and Good Government by Hearnshaw, F. J. C. (Fossey John Cobb)
