national service
Example Sentences
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Cherished friends of ours have a child who went for a “big trip” to South America when he finished his national service.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
Instead, he reasons that he might be assigned other tasks, based on the skills and experience he has gained since his national service two decades ago.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
They can become instruments of the state and be called upon to perform national service, as investors saw during the 2008 financial crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026
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 • Nov. 27, 2025
It required but little experience of the new sea-warfare to establish our claim to be considered a national service with a mission and employment no less vital and combatant than that of the enlisted arms.
From Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war by Bone, David W. (David William)
