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Lithuanian Land Forces, the Lithuanian Naval Force, the Lithuanian Air Force and the Lithuanian Special Operations Force. In wartime, the Lithuanian State...

Lithuania (/ˌlɪθjuˈeɪniə/ LIH-thew-AYN-ee-ə; Lithuanian: Lietuva [lʲiətʊˈvɐ]), officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Respublika [lʲiətʊˈvoːs...

Conscription is the state-mandated enlistment of people in a national service, mainly a military service. Conscription dates back to antiquity and it continues...

Conscription in Russia (Russian: всеобщая воинская обязанность, romanized: vseobshchaya voinskaya obyazannost, translated as "universal military obligation"...

The Federal Republic of Germany had conscription (Wehrpflicht, German: [ˈveːɐ̯ˌp͡flɪçt] ) for male citizens between 1956 and 2011. On 22 November 2010...

Conscription in Australia, also known as National Service following the Second World War, has a controversial history which dates back to the implementation...

However, conscription into a full-time military service had only been instituted twice by the government of Canada, during both world wars. Conscription into...

the conscription criteria are required to serve once they reach 18 years of age unless they qualify for any of the above-mentioned exemptions. In 1949...

Conscription in Finland is part of a general compulsion for national military service for all adult males (Finnish: Asevelvollisuus; Swedish: Värnplikt)...

In the United Kingdom, military conscription has existed for two periods in modern times. The first was from 1916 to 1920, and the second from 1939 to...

multiple citizenship, the conscription lapses if they have already served in the army of another country. Conscripts can be deployed in all parts of the Turkish...

Conscription in South Korea has existed since 1957 and requires male citizens between the ages of 18 and 35 to perform compulsory military service. Women...

conscientious objectors for refusing their service. Reduction of military conscription in Cyprus "Government cuts army service (Update 2: adds party reactions)"...

military service has not been enacted in China since 1949. According to The World Factbook, "the PLA’s conscription system functions as a levy; the PLA...

In Brazil, conscription is mandatory for every male who has turned 18 years old. It normally lasts for twelve months. But in practice people are not forced...

Conscription in Eritrea requires every able bodied man and woman to serve, ostensibly, for 18 months. In this time, they receive six months of military...

conscription system in accordance with the regulations set by the government of the Republic of China. All qualified male citizens of military age in...

support the civilian authorities. With the reintroduction of conscription in 2015 the Lithuanian Land Force began an expansion of its main combat formations...

partial conscription for both men and women since 2017. After completing training, conscripts are placed in the reserve and assigned positions in the table...

majority of the manpower in the Swiss Armed Forces. On September 22, 2013, a referendum that aimed to abolish conscription was held in Switzerland. However...