- National service
Unreferenced date December 2009 National service is a common name for mandatory government service programmes usually military service , also known as conscription . The term became common United Kingdom British usage during and for some years following the Second World War . Many young people spent one or more years in such programmes. Compulsory military service typically requires all citizens, or all male citizens, to participate for a period of a year or more in some countries during their youth, usually at some point between the age of 18 and their late twenties. Conscription in the United Kingdom World War II Wartime national service in Britain required the whole population to register with the government s Ministry of Labour , which could then direct people where to work. Most men aged 18 to 51 were called up for military service, except for those in reserved occupations farming, medicine, skilled tradesmen in war industries, firemen and policemen, etc. and unmarried women under ... . British national service ended with victory in 1945 but was reimposed for men only in 1947 ... up ended in 1960 and national registration was discontinued except as required for social insurance. National service is the usual term for compulsory military service programmes in countries including ... Service and continued until 1973. Most NATO countries discontinued obligatory military service in the 1970s. Israel was the only country to conscript young women as well as young men for military service in the late 20th century. India has a separate programme called the National Service Scheme NSS ... IITs , it is a compulsory part of curricula. Citation needed date March 2009 See also Alternative service Conscription in Australia Conscription in the United Kingdom Conscription in Singapore UK National Defence Medal National service in the United States of America National Youth Service Sherut Leumi National Service in Israel Conscription DEFAULTSORT National Service Category Conscription no Verneplikt ... more details
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- National Security Service
National Security Service could refer to National Security Service Armenia National Security Service Kazakhstan National Security Service Maldives National Security Service Somalia National Security Service Turkey National Security Service United States National Security Service Uzbekistan disambig ... more details
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- National Parks and Wildlife Service
National Parks and Wildlife Service may refer to National Parks and Wildlife Service Ireland National Parks and Wildlife Service New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service South Australia Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service disambig ... more details
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- National Service Act
The National Service Act may refer to any one of a number of acts enforcing national service or conscription in the United States Universal National Service Act National Service Act of 2006 in Australia National Service Act 1951 National Service Act 1964 in the UK National Service Armed Forces Act 1939 National Service Act 1948 disambiguation ... more details
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- National Intelligence Service
The National Intelligence Service is the name of several state security agencies National Intelligence Service Greece Greece National Intelligence Service Albania National Intelligence Service Bulgaria National Intelligence Service Peru National Intelligence Service South Africa National Intelligence Service South Korea See also Servicio de Inteligencia Naval Argentina Servicio de Inteligencia del Ej rcito Argentina Servicio de Inteligencia de la Fuerza A rea Argentina Servicio de Inteligencia Militar Dominican Republic disambig no National Intelligence Service ... more details
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- Galápagos National Park Service
Unreferenced date December 2006 Gal pagos National Park Service is a national park service for the Gal pagos Islands its headquarters is on the island of Santa Cruz Island Galapagos Santa Cruz . DEFAULTSORT Galapagos National Park Service Category National parks of Ecuador Ecuador stub ... more details
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- Swedish National Service Administration
The Swedish National Service Administration lang sv Totalf rsvarets pliktverk or lang sv Pliktverket , is a government agency in Sweden which conducts enrollment for national service . External links official http www.pliktverket.se en About US2 Sweden stub Category Government agencies of Sweden National Service Administration sv Totalf rsvarets rekryteringsmyndighet ... more details
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- History of the National Health Service
The name National Health Service NHS is used to refer to the four public health services of England , Northern Ireland , Scotland and Wales , individually or collectively, though only National Health Service England England s NHS officially has this title. For details of the history of each National Health Service, see History of the National Health Service England History of NHS Scotland History of NHS Wales History of Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland See also Healthcare in England Healthcare in Northern Ireland Healthcare in Scotland Healthcare in Wales Category National Health Service Category NHS Scotland ... more details
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- National Youth Service
Unreferenced date December 2009 Incomplete date January 2011 In the 21st century, an increasing number of young people are enrolling in civilian or non military national service s, generally referred to as National Youth Services . Civilian national services have been instituted for varying reasons, such as to foster national unity to make conscription more equitable to provide young people with experience, perhaps to improve their employability to achieve certain social objectives, such as helping poor people or the environment or to allow students to fund their education. Civilian national services have been formed in over 30 countries. Examples include Canada s Katimavik Costa Rica s Trabajo Comunal Universitario Chile s Servicio Pais China s Poverty Alleviation Relay Project Germany s Zivildienst Indonesia s Kuliah Kerja Nyata Israel s Sherut Leumi New Zealand s Conservation Corps Nigeria s National Youth Service Corps Singapore s National Cadet Corps Singapore National Cadet Corps The Gambia s National Youth Service Scheme the United Kingdom s Community Service Volunteers the United States AmeriCorps the United States Conservation Corps National Youth Service Seychelles National Youth Service Zimbabwe See also National Service Category Conscription ... more details
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- National Library Service of Malawi
Unreferenced date April 2010 The National Library Service of Malawi is the legal deposit and copyright library for Malawi . http www.nlsmw.org Its internet site Category Malawian culture Category National libraries Malawi ... more details
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- National Service Framework
National Service Frameworks NSFs are policies set by the National Health Service NHS in the United Kingdom to define standards of care for major medical issues such as cancer, coronary heart disease, mental health and diabetes. NSFs are also defined for some key patient groups including children and older people. The two main roles of NSFs are Set clear quality requirements for care based on the best available evidence of what treatments and services work most effectively for patients. Offer strategies and support to help organisations achieve these. Sources http www.dh.gov.uk en Healthcare NationalServiceFrameworks index.htm Department of Health National Service Framework http www.nhs.uk nsf pages nationalserviceframeworks.aspx NHS National Service Framework text used with permission medicine stub Category National Health Service ... more details
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- National Library Service of Barbados
File National Library Service of Barbados, Bridgetown 2.jpg 250px right thumb The National Library Service, Coleridge Street The National Library Service of Barbados is the government supported public library service in the nation of Barbados . Headquartered in the capital city Bridgetown , the main branch is found on Coleridge Street. It was first established in 1906 by a grant donated by Scottish American philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie . The main branch on Coleridge Street is a coral stone building, built in the style of the Renaissance architecture England English Renaissance . The library holds and preserves in both print and non print formats an impressive collection of Barbadiana dating back to the 18th Century. The library in Bridgetown and other seven branches across the island offer registered membership to all Barbadians and visitors. The National Library Service is governed under the purview of the Prime Minister of Barbados Prime Minister s Office . See also List of Carnegie libraries in Africa, the Caribbean, and Oceania External links http www.gov.bb portal page portal BIG National Library Service Official site Category Barbadian society Category Public libraries in Barbados Category National libraries Barbados, National Library Service of library stub gov stub ... more details
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- National Council of Social Service
about a Singapore organisation the UK predecesor of the NCVO National Council of Social Services The National Council of Social Service is a statutory board governed by the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports of the Singapore government . The organisation is the national coordinating body for Voluntary Welfare Organisations VWOs in Singapore. References http www.ncss.org.sg The website of the National Council of Social Service Category Organisations of the Singapore Government Singapore org stub gov stub ... more details
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- National Service Act 1948
Refimprove article date March 2011 File National Service memorial.jpg thumb right upright National Service 1939 1960 memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum . The National Service Act 1948 was a parliamentary act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom continuing the Conscription in the United Kingdom conscription of World War II into peacetime in the form of National Service in the United Kingdom After 1945 National Service . The act was approved in December ref name veterans citeweb title National Service &ndash History publisher British Armed Forces and National Service url http www.britisharmedforces.org ns nat history.htm date February 14, 2011 accessdate March 1, 2011 ref of 1948 see .... The act was a modified version of the National Service Armed Forces Act 1939 National Service Act of September, 1939 , which it superseeded, and mainly aimed to address whether National Service would continue after the war. The National Service Act of September, 1939 did not address this issue, thus ..., which explicitly states that conscription would occur in times of peace. The National Service ...&ndash 21, and increased the period of National Service required from 6 to 18 months. As with previous acts, men who completed the service remained on the reserve list for the number of years in the age ... extent&mdash medicine . Young men working in the essential services were exempted from National Service for a period of eight years. If they stopped working in these industries before this period of eight years ended that is, before turning 25 , they could be called up for National Service. Development ... voluntary recruitment would provide. Discussions were soon started in parliament on a new National Service Act with a first such act being approved in July, 1947 ref name veterans . This first version was to come into force on January 1, 1949 and established the period of National Service at 12 months ... also National Service in the United Kingdom References references Category Conscription in the United ... more details
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- National Library Service of Kenya
The National Library Service of Kenya is the national library and legal deposit and copyright for Kenya . It was established in 1967 and has about 800,000 volumes. External links http www.knls.or.ke Official site Category 1967 establishments Category National libraries Kenya Category Kenyan culture Category Government of Kenya library stub kenya struct stub ... more details
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- HSE National Ambulance Service
Infobox public organisation full name HSE National Ambulance Service logo Image HSEambulance.jpg status Active territory Republic of Ireland leadership National Ambulance Service Directorate appointment Minister for Health Ireland Minister for Health Public Appointments Service founded 2005 hq Millennium ... 1 08.pdf ref homepage http www.hse.ie The HSE National Ambulance Service lang ga Serbh s N isi nta Otharchairr is the ambulance service operated by the National Hospitals Office of the Health Service Executive in Republic of Ireland Ireland . History The National Ambulance Service was established in 2005 as part of the Health Service Executive . Prior to this, the statutory health authorities i.e. the health board s each provided ambulance services for their functional area. In some regions the service was tendered to private companies, in others the health board operated the service itself ... 10328&ed 227 title Statement HSE affirms commitment to National Ambulance Service date February 27 ... the National Ambulance Service College to reflect the new organisational structure. Uniform National ... National Ambulance Service vehicles are coloured a distinctive pale yellow with a double row of green ... are provided by the National Ambulance Service throughout the Republic of Ireland, in Dublin ... National Ambulance Service colleagues. In Tramore , County Waterford the voluntary organisation Order ... with the HSE National Ambulance Service Citation needed date January 2011 . class wikitable ... Services In addition to the National Ambulance Service, a number of volunteer organisations operate ... alongside the National Ambulance Service Elite Ambulance Services http www.lifeline.ie Lifeline ... PHECC National Ambulance Service College Health care in the Republic of Ireland Northern Ireland Ambulance ... www.hse.ie Health Service Executive http www.nats.ie National Ambulance Service College http www.cism.ie National Ambulance Service Critical Incident Stress Management DEFAULTSORT Hse National Ambulance ... more details
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- National Library Service of Belize
The National Library Service of Belize was founded in 1825. It is the legal deposit repository for Belize . It is headquartered in Belize City . The Library is governed by a Board of Directors consisting of ten members, eight of which are appointed by the Minister of Education to represent a cross section of Belizean society. Belizean citizens may use the library upon application for a membership card, which costs 13. Non citizens may obtain a card for 43, 40 of which is refundable upon departure from the country. The Library Service utilizes the Dewey Decimal Classification Dewey Decimal Classification System . External links http www.nlsbze.bz Belize National Library Service Board Category Belizean culture Category National libraries Belize ... more details
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- Director of National Service
The Director of National Service was a post that existed briefly in the British government. Although a political appointment, the initial holder was Neville Chamberlain who was not a Member of Parliament at the time. Chamberlain resigned in August 1917 when the War Cabinet decided to change the organisation of recruiting from the control of the War Office to the Directorate of National Service, a change which he disapproved. Directors of National Service 1916 1919 Neville Chamberlain 19 December 1916 8 August 1917 resigned Sir Auckland Geddes 17 August 1917 19 December 1919 Category Lists of government ministers of the United Kingdom National Service Category 1916 establishments Category 1919 disestablishments Category 1910s in the United Kingdom Category Defunct ministerial offices in the United Kingdom UK gov stub ... more details
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- 1954 National Service Riots
Unreferenced date September 2007 Infobox historical event Event Name 1954 National Service Riots Image Name Image Caption AKA Anti National Service Riots Participants Chinese Middle School students Location Singapore Date May 13, 1954 Result 26 injured br 45 students arrested History of Singapore 1954 National Service Riots or Anti National Service Riots is a riot in Singapore that occurred in 1954 due to the communist influence. The persons involved were limited to the Chinese students in some Chinese Middle Schools. Most of the rioting students were above 20 years old as their education had been disrupted by Japanese Occupation of Singapore war . Reason for the riots On 13 May 1954, students at a number of Chinese schools demonstrated against the British government s decision to make young men, age 18 20, do part time military service. The students were unwilling to defend a foreign government which in their time of need, deserted them. They wanted to drive the British out of Singapore and with the communist influence the demonstration led to rioting when the police arrived to disperse them and the police had to put down the riot. ref cite web accessdate 2007 11 21 url http ourstory.asia1.com.sg independence ref riot54.html title 1954 Anti National Service Protest ref See also Hock Lee Bus Riots Chinese middle schools riots Chinese Middle School Riot Understanding Out Past Singapore from Colony to Nation. Publisher Marshall Cavendish Education References Reflist http infopedia.nlb.gov.sg articles SIP 1202 2006 07 28.html National Service Riots of 1954 article in Singapore National Library Infopedia Understanding Our Past SINGAPORE from Colony to Nation http www.marshallcavendish.com marshallcavendish education sg browse catalogue secondary history understanding our past singapore 9810191286.xml Category 1954 riots National Service Riots, 1954 Category Riots in Singapore Category Student protests in Singapore Category 1954 in Singapore National Service Riots, 1954 ... more details
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- National Library Service of Botswana
Unreferenced date April 2010 The National Library Service of Botswana is the legal deposit and copyright library for Botswana . It was officially opened on April 8, 1968. https www.library.ohiou.edu subjects botswana lib.htm A site about its history Category Botswana culture Category National libraries Botswana ... more details
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- National Defense Service Medal
Infobox Military Award name National Defense Service Medal image Image NDSM.jpg 125px The obverse view ..., is the inscription National Defense . caption National Defense Service Medal awarded by United States type Service medal eligibility Member of the United States military during qualifying periods of national emergency for Military service during periods of national emergency campaign 1 Korean War ... Service Medal br Marine Corps Navy Occupation Service Medal br Army Army of Occupation Medal br Air Force Army of Occupation Medal br Coast Guard Navy Occupation Service Medal same lower Korean Service Medal related Global War on Terrorism Service Medal image2 File National Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg 100pix BR BR Image Streamer NDS.PNG 250px caption2 Ribbon & Streamer for the National Defense Service Medal The National Defense Service Medal is a Awards and decorations of the United States military military service medal of the United States military originally commissioned by President Dwight D. Eisenhower . Created in 1953, the National Defense Service Medal was intended to be a blanket ... during a designated time period of which a national emergency had been declared. As of 2010, with an issuance span of sixty years, the National Defense Service Medal is the oldest service medal still ... award criteria from service medal s. Eligible periods In the years since the creation of the National ... to a date to be announced for service during the War on Terrorism Award criteria The National Defense ... during qualifying periods. The National Defense Service Medal ranks eleventh out of twenty nine ... & decorations References Reflist Commons category National Defense Service Medal United States National Defense Service Medal US interservice decorations Category United States campaign medals ... bald eagle , perched on a sword and palm. Above this, in a semicircle, is the inscription National ..., white, blue, white and wide red stripes. clasps Service star for subsequent awards established s Executive ... more details
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- National Catholic Community Service
The National Catholic Community Service NCCS was formed in 1940 and ceased operations in 1980. Its purpose was to serve the spiritual, social, educational, and recreational needs of Catholic military personnel and civilian defense workers and their families. It was a member agency of the United Service Organization USO and the Veteran s Administration s VA Voluntary Service National Advisory Committee and operated a VA Hospital Program with the assistance of a VA diocese diocesan hospital committee. External links http libraries.cua.edu achrcua ncwc.html NCCS NCCS history at Catholic University of America library Category Roman Catholic Church in the United States RC society stub charity org stub ... more details
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- National Service Learning Partnership
The National Service Learning Partnership , or NSLP , founded in 2001, is a US advocacy organization committed to promoting service learning in schools and communities across the country. Nelda Brown is the Executive Director, and the organization is funded by grants from W.K. Kellogg Foundation and State Farm Companies Foundation . It is sponsored by the Academy for Educational Development . See also Youth Innovation Fund Academy for Educational Development References reflist External links http www.service learningpartnership.org National Service Learning Partnership website. edu org stub Category Non profit organizations based in the United States Category Alternative education Category Educational organizations based in the United States ... more details
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- National Security Service (Armenia)
Expand Armenian date January 2010 Infobox Government agency name National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia logo Armnss.jpg logo caption The emblem of The National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia nativename a lang hy formed 4 December 1992 preceding1 KGB chief1 name Gorik Hakobyan website http www.snb.am National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia in Armenian language Armenian is a state institution of Armenia . It was involved in the investigation of former Foreign Minister Alexander Arzumanian. ref cite web url http www.eurasianet.org departments insight articles eav050707a.shtml title Armenia National Security Service Search Targets Opposition Members work EurasiaNet.org accessdate 7 December 2010 ref References Reflist Armenia stub Use dmy dates date December 2010 DEFAULTSORT National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia Category Government of Armenia Category Government agencies established in 1992 Category Intelligence agencies ... more details
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- National Statistical Service of Greece
Unreferenced date September 2009 The National Statistical Service of Greece NSSG is a General Secretariat of the Greek Ministry of Economy and Finance with more than 1100 employees. The main user of NSSG s data is the Greek state. Other users are the European Union , international organizations UN , UNESCO , OECD etc , various researchers and scientists, businessmen, as well as citizens. The NSSG collects data which concern population, employment and unemployment, as well as data concerning health and social insurance, education, etc. See also Greece List of national and international statistical services External links http eurostat.statistics.gr intrastat default.en.aspx General Secretariat of Statistical Service of Greece DEFAULTSORT National Statistical Service Of Greece Category National statistical services Greece el uk ... more details
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