national service

Example Sentences

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The committee behind the initiative maintains that requiring every Swiss citizen, regardless of gender, to do national service in the army or in a civilian capacity would strengthen the social cohesion.

From Barron's

"People value something more if they have a stake in creating. That's why I'm proposing a constitutional amendment that requires 18-year-olds to pass a civics test or meet a national service requirement."

From Salon

He said Maia, who was volunteering for national service in a high school, was "wonderful, beautiful, had a lot of friends... she was very keen to do a second year of volunteering".

From BBC

After completing his national service in the Royal Navy, where he commanded a fast patrol boat, he went into journalism.

From BBC

While performing national service in the British Army, he studied Russian.

From New York Times