But there are occasional employment-related disputes about reservists being called to active duty.
And during the third debate, Mr. Bush tried to minimize the issue, saying that the reservists being sent to Iraq "didn't view their service as a backdoor draft.
A1 THE MILITARY -- Reservists being called up for the first time are discovering a lesser-known requirement for active duty: good teeth.
Israel's leaders have convened emergency cabinet sessions in recent days and ratcheted up home-front preparations, with military reservists being called up and air-defense systems readied on Wednesday.
At the same time we are being told there is no need to draft anyone, we also hear about reservists' being called back repeatedly for service and soldier deployments being extended.
Civilians at the funeral reportedly chanted, "Dear fighters, bomb Tel Aviv!" The tensions in Gaza came as military activities in the West Bank have been gradually scaled back, with soldiers withdrawing from several Palestinian cities and Israeli reservists being discharged home.
The ADF's increased activities since 1999 and shortfalls in recruiting permanent personnel has led to reservists being more frequently called to active service.
The next day, Serbian reservists being transported on tramp steamers on the Danube crossed onto the Austro-Hungarian side of the river at Temes-Kubin and Austro-Hungarian soldiers fired into the air to warn them off.
