Military recruitment

Military recruitment

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  Hagel orders review of sex-abuse prevention

  Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Friday ordered the military to recertify all 25,000 people involved in programs designed to prevent and respond to ... 

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  Taiwan runs short of volunteers in military shift

  A Taiwanese plan to end mandatory military service and shift to an all-volunteer force is running into a problem: not enough volunteers. Such forces ... 

• Rights groups: UK must end army recruitment at 16

  Rights campaigners are taking aim at a British military policy that puts the U.K. in the same league as North Korea and Iran: recruiting soldiers ... 

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  Peru criticized for 'avoidable' military draft

  Facing a shortage of recruits, Peru's government has reinstated selective, obligatory military service. But it can be avoided by paying a $700 fine, ... 

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  Portrait of accused China cyberspy unit emerges

  Unit 61398 of the People's Liberation Army has been recruiting computer experts for at least a decade. It has made no secret of details of community ... 

• Report: Myanmar still recruits child soldiers

  Myanmar is still recruiting and using child soldiers, despite embracing democratic reforms and a U.N. agreement to end the practice, a human rights ...