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15-May-2007, 13:58
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| |  military deferment?
hi,
2 questions:
1) military service is compulsory for males over 18 here. but if the person is a student at university, he can delay this duty after his graduation. what is this called? I found smth like 'military deferment' but I guess it's about some kind of loans..
2)if the person has some certain medical problems, he doesn't have to do his military service, what is this called?
thanks in advance... |
15-May-2007, 14:20
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| | Re: military deferment?
can it be "to be granted free from military service" (for qustion 2) ? |
15-May-2007, 18:55
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| | Re: military deferment?
Could you tell us which country? There may be different terms for British, American, Canadian and Australian forces. |
15-May-2007, 20:09
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| | Re: military deferment?
Try "suspension". AM NOT SURE!!!!!!!!!!  |
15-May-2007, 20:31
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| | Re: military deferment?
Anglika, it's turkey. I found smth for question 1: postpone the induction of ...
is it correct? (context: a uni. st wants to mention in his CV that he has no military obligations for at least 2 years... how can we say it?) |
15-May-2007, 22:10
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| | Re: military deferment?
"Postpone" is fine.
For (2) the person would be exempted from military duty. |
15-May-2007, 22:42
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| | Re: military deferment?
In America, we call any excused mandatory military service a "military deferrment." There are different types of deferrments (medical, hardship, educational, etc.), but they are all called deferments. |
16-May-2007, 18:14
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| | Re: military deferment?
thanks a lot 
p.s. just wondered, does 'granted free from military service' have any meaning at all? |
16-May-2007, 18:24
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| | Re: military deferment?
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