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    identified as having a civilian, unarmed or non-combatant service optional alternative to compulsory military service:  Angola  Austria (9 months civilian,...
    117 KB (14,166 words) - 19:44, 31 May 2024
  • The Non-Combatant Corps (NCC) was a corps of the British Army composed of conscientious objectors as privates, with NCOs and officers seconded from other...
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    civilian service or to serve as a non-combatant in the army Non-Combatant Corps, according to the extent to which they could convince a Military Service Tribunal...
    106 KB (12,358 words) - 06:02, 21 May 2024
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    Soldier (section Service)
    may provide temporary or permanent exemptions from service or allow some other non-combatant service, as in the case of conscientious objectors. In the...
    17 KB (1,996 words) - 11:44, 20 May 2024
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    ), as a term in military usage, is a person in military service, combatant or non-combatant, who becomes unavailable for duty due to any of several circumstances...
    12 KB (1,243 words) - 01:56, 15 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Muhammad Ayub Khan
    with the Hilal-i-Jurat (HJ) by Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan for non-combatant service and called back to General Headquarters as the Adjutant General...
    106 KB (10,052 words) - 00:50, 3 June 2024
  • Look up enemy combatant in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Enemy combatant is a term for a person who, either lawfully or unlawfully, engages in hostilities...
    20 KB (2,089 words) - 20:14, 31 May 2024
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    warfare over non-combatant needs. The term has been defined as "A war that is unrestricted in terms of the weapons used, the territory or combatants involved...
    51 KB (6,517 words) - 18:47, 2 June 2024
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    An unlawful combatant, illegal combatant or unprivileged combatant/belligerent is a person who directly engages in armed conflict in violation of the laws...
    86 KB (11,335 words) - 11:43, 28 April 2024
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    as conscientious objectors; Britten was initially allowed only non-combatant service in the military, but on appeal he gained unconditional exemption...
    131 KB (16,363 words) - 19:38, 27 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Special warfare combatant-craft crewmen
    upper portion of the anchor. To become a special warfare combatant-craft crewman, a service member must apply and be accepted to special programs, complete...
    42 KB (4,047 words) - 18:37, 28 May 2024
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    to a religious denomination of which the articles of faith forbid combatant service. Dominion Elections Act, s. 67A introduced an exception to the original...
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  • engaged in hostilities. It is slightly different from a non-combatant, because some non-combatants are not civilians (for example, military chaplains, or...
    32 KB (3,811 words) - 13:29, 16 May 2024
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    better to suffer personally than to do harm to others. Non-resistance allows for non-combatant service where pacifism does not.: 63  They both presuppose...
    120 KB (14,880 words) - 06:54, 23 March 2024
  • classes in service includes all submarine classes currently in service with navies or other armed forces worldwide. For surface combatants, see the list...
    24 KB (1,443 words) - 13:02, 15 May 2024
  • from World War I military service as a conscientious objector on socialist grounds, but was allowed only non-combatant service in the army, which he refused...
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    Association of the 1915-1918 Corps. This unit was assigned the role of a non-combatant service corps with a pioneer battalion and five motor transport companies...
    13 KB (1,390 words) - 19:57, 24 May 2024
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    utilising the women of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS). The ATS was by law a non-combatant service, but it was decided that Defence Regulations permitted...
    10 KB (1,244 words) - 00:30, 13 August 2021
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    a commissioned officer. The non-commissioned officer corps has been referred to as "the backbone" of the armed services, as they are the primary and...
    29 KB (3,633 words) - 22:27, 6 May 2024
  • International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) concluded that 1,099 were non-combatants, or 35 percent. According to the study, 103 (9 percent) were female...
    97 KB (5,028 words) - 03:05, 26 March 2024
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