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1. Ukrainians condemn US call to lower conscription age amid Russia's war

Subjects
Al Jazeera, Draft -- Military aspects, Armed Forces -- Reserves, Draft registration -- Military aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Kyiv, Ukraine - Vladislav thinks lowering the conscription age in Ukraine from 25 to 18 is a 'bad idea'. His military service is a sad yet telling example. The fair-haired, [...]

Published
2024

2. Treasury: Every 1,000 haredi soldiers saves NIS 1.3b annually

Subjects
Soldiers -- Military aspects, Draft -- Military aspects, Armed Forces -- Reserves, Draft registration -- Military aspects, Business, General interest, Business, regional
Abstract

Byline: Idan Eretz Jul. 16During discussions by the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, the Ministry of Finance presented its estimates of the growing defense costs in the wake of [...]

Published
2024

3. When Russia Is a Neighbor, Self-Defense Is Everyone's Concern

Author

Erlanger, Steven and Prickett, Ivor

Subjects
Soldiers -- Military aspects, Draft -- Military aspects, Armed Forces -- Reserves, Draft registration -- Military aspects, General interest
Abstract

Byline: Steven Erlanger and Ivor Prickett The facade of the apartment building was blown off, the remains sagging to one side. Working together, the military police, the emergency services, the [...]

Published
2023

4. In Finland, Self-Defense Is Everyone's Concern

Author

Erlanger, Steven and Prickett, Ivor

Subjects
Soldiers -- Military aspects, Draft -- Military aspects, Armed Forces -- Reserves, Draft registration -- Military aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

The facade of the apartment building was blown off, the remains sagging to one side. Working together, the military police, the emergency services, the fire department and the explosives team [...]

Published
2023

5. Putin Orders Russian Military Spring Draft To Recruit 147,000 Soldiers

Subjects
Soldiers -- Recruiting, Draft -- Military aspects, Armed Forces -- Reserves, Draft registration -- Military aspects, Industry hiring, Business, international, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Russia will conscript 147,000 people into its military in the coming months as part of its spring draft this year, Russian President (https://www.ibtimes.com/topic/vladimir-putin?utm_source=feeds_ibt&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=_content) Vladimir Putin has decreed. The campaign will [...]

Published
2023

6. Putin Orders Russian Military Spring Draft To Recruit 147,000 Soldiers

Subjects
Soldiers -- Recruiting, Draft -- Military aspects, Armed Forces -- Reserves, Draft registration -- Military aspects, Industry hiring, Business, international, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Russia will conscript 147,000 people into its military in the coming months as part of its spring draft this year, Russian President (https://www.ibtimes.com/topic/vladimir-putin?utm_source=feeds_ibt&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=_content) Vladimir Putin has decreed. The campaign will [...]

Published
2023

7. Putin Orders Russian Military Spring Draft To Recruit 147,000 Soldiers

Subjects
Soldiers -- Recruiting, Draft -- Military aspects, Armed Forces -- Reserves, Draft registration -- Military aspects, Industry hiring, Business, international, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Russia will conscript 147,000 people into its military in the coming months as part of its spring draft this year, Russian President (https://www.ibtimes.com/topic/vladimir-putin?utm_source=feeds_ibt&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=_content) Vladimir Putin has decreed. The campaign will [...]

Published
2023

8. Russians flee being called up to Putin's army with 10 miles of queues at border; Last Wednesday Vladimir Putin ordered the mobilisation of an additional 300,000 military-aged men, sending them to fight on the frontlines of the war in Ukraine after his forces suffered devastating losses at Kyiv's hands

Subjects
Traffic congestion -- Military aspects, Draft -- Military aspects, Armed Forces -- Reserves, Draft registration -- Military aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: By, Ryan Fahey Russians waited in snaking queues at the borders of Georgia and Mongolia as they tried to dodge Vladimir Putin's mobilisation order this week. Images from showed [...]

Published
2022

9. Is Russia Considering Mass Military Draft To Bring More Soldiers To Ukraine?

Subjects
Russian Invasion of Ukraine, 2022- -- Military aspects, Soldiers -- Military aspects, Draft -- Military aspects, Armed Forces -- Reserves, Draft registration -- Military aspects, Business, international, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Russia is still not considering mass military mobilization, officials said amid Ukrainian claims that the country has suffered more than 53,000 casualties in its ongoing invasion of Ukraine. 'At this [...]

Published
2022

10. The Swiss armed forces as a model for the IDF reserve system--indeed?

Author

Greenberg, Yitzhak

Subjects
Israel. Defense Forces, Military personnel -- Military aspects, Draft -- Military aspects, Armed Forces -- Reserves, Draft registration -- Military aspects, Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies, Regional focus/area studies
Abstract

Among military personnel who were present at the birth of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and among researchers, there is a widespread opinion that the influence of the Swiss armed forces can be seen in the system according to which the IDF was constructed after the War of Independence. Tat is, armed forces based on the model of a militia. A comparison between the IDF and the Swiss armed forces reveals that in Israel, as in Switzerland, the concept of a fighting nation was adopted; that is, universal conscription to compulsory service and the obligation of reserve duty for discharged soldiers, and that it is indeed possible to identify the influence of Swiss military organization in the organizational contours of the reserve service within the IDF. But a fundamental difference can be seen between the two armed forces. In contrast to the militia-type armed forces in Switzerland, the IDF was structured as a small regular army that included regular combat units as well as reserve forces comprising most of the ground forces. This difference between the IDF and the Swiss armed forces is rooted in Israel's geostrategic circumstances, the military threats it faces, and its need to ensure wide security margins, that is, an appropriate level of readiness and preparedness., AFTER ISRAEL'S WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, THE STRUCTURE OF THE ground forces of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) was set, comprising primarily reserve units based on manpower not on active duty [...]

Published
2013

11. Syria's depleted military ramps up conscription

Subjects
Draft -- Military aspects, Armed Forces -- Reserves, Draft registration -- Military aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Hezbollah
Abstract

Byline: ED ADAMCZYK DAMASCUS, Syria, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The Syrian military, depleted by desertions and casualties, has mobilized reservists and arrested draft-dodgers in the wake of planned peace talks. [...]

Published
2014

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