Graduating cadets at West Point take their oaths to the Constitution and are commissioned as officers in the U.S. Army.
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Joseph G. Amoroso, United States Military Academy West Point et Lee Robinson, United States Military Academy West Point
Members of the military take an oath before service, but it’s to the Constitution, not a specific person. West Point professors explain how young officers learn the importance of their allegiance.
Israeli police scuffle with ultra-Orthodox Jews as they block a main road in Jerusalem during an October 2017 protest against Israeli army conscription.
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Israel’s decision to mobilize hundreds of thousands of reserve soldiers was not just an act of self-defense, a scholar writes, but a political move as well.
Ad agencies developed distinct ads for the U.S. military to reach different demographics over the years.
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The US military’s switch to an all-volunteer force in 1973 led to a series of magazine ads that sought to portray military service as a way for women and people of color to move up in society.
Prince Harry’s new book “Spare” is stirring discussion about whether he should have revealed the number of warfighters that he killed.
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Following Putin’s call-up of thousands of reservists, many Russian citizens decided to leave the country.
Members of the New York Army National Guard are setting up a 1,000-bed hospital at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in Manhattan.
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A commission looking at the future of service is set to makesits recommendations. It is hoping to make a year of service ‘a norm’ for all Americans. What does it mean to serve?
President Donald Trump with members of the armed forces.
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For more than half a century, service members who got hurt while on active duty but not in combat – like being hit by a jeep while on base – could never sue for damages. That’s now changed – a bit.
An anti-conscription rally in Melbourne, 1916.
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It’s time the Australians who voiced vociferous opposition to war in general and conscription in particular were commemorated as an important part of our history.
Profesor de Historia Contemporánea - Universidad de Vigo, coordinador del programa de máster en Seguridad, Paz y Conflictos Internacionales de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela y el Instituto Español de Estudios Estratégicos, Universidade de Vigo