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The United States service academies, also known as United States military academies, are federal academies for the undergraduate education and training of commissioned officers for the United States Armed Forces. There are five U.S. service academies: The United States Military Academy (USMA) in West Point, New York, founded in 1802
In March 1961, a National Party government, under Keith Holyoake, ended the registration of 18-year-olds for national service. A new act, the National Military Service Act 1961, was introduced requiring all males to register on their 20th birthday with the Department of Labour. Ballots based on dates of birth were conducted to decide who would ...
City Year enlists high school and college graduates to perform a year of community service and tutoring in K-12 schools. City Year became the model for AmeriCorps. In September 1993, President Bill Clinton signed the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993, creating AmeriCorps and the Corporation for National and Community Service.
Following the ending of National Service in the UK and the closing of the Mons Officer Cadet School in Aldershot in 1972, the RMAS became the sole establishment for male initial officer training in the British Army, [4] taking over the responsibilities of Mons for training Short Service Officer Cadets, Territorial Army officers, and those ...
The National Service (Amendment) Bill was passed on 14 March 1967, making National Service (NS) compulsory for all 18-year-old male Singapore citizens and permanent residents. The Singapore government felt that it was necessary to build a substantial military force to defend the country, which had only about 1,000 soldiers when it became ...
Most of the current facilities were built in 1965 and 1966, and opened on 6 December 1966, by then Governor of New South Wales, Sir Roden Cutler. 1RTB conducted training for both national service and regular Army recruits. During the Vietnam War between 1965 and 1972, in excess of 10,000 National Service men trained at Kapooka. [citation needed]
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In 1964, compulsory national service for 20-year-old males was introduced under the National Service Act 1964. The selection of conscripts was made by a sortition or lottery draw based on date of birth, and conscripts were obligated to give two years of continuous full-time service, followed by a further three years on the active reserve list ...