Sentence examples for from enlistment from inspiring English sources

In the early 1980s, recruitment efforts shifted away from enlistment bonuses to educational benefits offered through the G.I. Bill of Rights.

But now the two departments have agreed to develop a joint computerized system for health care records that could provide a single source of data on a veteran's health from enlistment through death, officials from the departments said.

But medical assessments can be subjective: A condition like high blood pressure, which would bar a recruit from enlistment, is allowable in an experienced soldier if it can be controlled through medication.

With the Bush administration struggling to populate two foreign occupations but unwilling to bring back conscription ("the draft"), the Pentagon turned to loosening regulations on recruitment and retention for various categories of people who had previously been barred from enlistment.

In June 1940, during the mid-year break from studies, he quietly travelled to the Southern Rhodesian capital, Salisbury, to tell the colony's director of manpower, William Addison, that he wanted to join the air force; to avoid being barred from enlistment, Smith did not mention his university attendance, and gave his Selukwe address.

The study population is largely representative of the male general population as only a small proportion of Swedish men were exempted from enlistment examinations.

Where Soldiers Come From by Heather Courtney tracked three young American men from their enlistment in the National Guard through their deployment in Afghanistan and their eventual return home.

The requisitioning of draft animals, for example, caused severe problems in villages that were already suffering from the enlistment of young men, and many recently created trade connections were ruined.

The regiment signed on for 36 months, but the war was effectively over in fewer than eleven months from their enlistment, cutting the regiment's length of service short.

The Army said that it was raising the maximum age for enlistment to 42 from 40 to expand its pool of potential recruits.

It differs slightly from that of the oath of enlistment that enlisted members recite when they enter the service.