national service
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Prosperity itself can be a form of 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
In recent weeks, both France and Germany have outlined plans for voluntary national service.
From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025
During the year ended in September 2023, nearly 28% of retirement-age individuals formally volunteered through an organization, estimates AmeriCorps, the government agency for national service and volunteerism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025
After the war the individual states and free cities, usurping imperial prerogatives, established postal routes of their own and thereby crippled the national service.
From The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses by Larrabee, William
