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Conscription, sometimes called "the draft", is the compulsory enlistment of people in a national service, most often a military service. Men have been subjected to military drafts in most cases. Currently only three countries conscript women and men on the same formal conditions: Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands. [1]
The claim: US military is requiring women to register for the draft. A June 16 Facebook post claims a new demographic is now legally required to register for the Selective Service. "The US ...
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) called the provision requiring women to sign up for the draft “insane.” He accused the Biden administration of trying to implement a woke agenda at the Pentagon ...
There is a draft of both men and women. Most women serve in non-combat positions, and are conscripted for two years (instead of three years for men). A landmark high court appeal in 1994 forced the Air Force to accept women air cadets. In 2001, Israel's first female combat pilot received her wings.
Women are not inducted if they are married or pregnant. Candidates who do not qualify on grounds of mental or physical health. Typically, men are required to serve for 2 years and 8 months, while women for 2 years. [19] Officers and other soldiers in certain voluntary units such as Nahal and Hesder are required to sign on for additional service.
U.S. armed forces leaders said on Tuesday that women should be required to register for the military draft, along with men.
France and Portugal, where conscription was abolished, extended their symbolic, mandatory day of information on the armed forces for young people - called Defence and Citizenship Day in France and Day of National Defence in Portugal – to women in 1997 and 2008, respectively; at the same time, the military registry of both countries and ...
A Companion to Women's Military History (2012) 625pp; articles by scholars covering a very wide range of topics; Hall, Richard H. Women on the Civil War battlefront (University Press of Kansas 2006). Lines, Lisa (2011). Milicianas: Women in Combat in the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939). Plymouth, UK: Lexington Press. ISBN 978-0-7391-6492-1 ...