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

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

From New York Times

According to the national service organization Dance/USA, in 2017, the latest year for which data is available, female artistic directors headed only 29 percent of dance companies with budgets of $1 million or more.

From Washington Post

All young Colombian men are required to spend at least a year doing military or police national service, though those attending university and able to pay a fee are excused.

From Reuters

The added value of having a national service, he added, “is that it helps people sort out which information is right for their problem.”

From Scientific American