Their sixth son, Elton, who had not yet reached conscription age was exempted from military service.

Others said that the emigration was providing a cover for young men of conscription age to leave.

This new law lowered the conscription age from 20 to 18 and abolished the "redif" or reserve system.

The mobilization failed completely, when only 3-5% of men of conscription age reported to the German authorities.

Another piece of evidence, according to Suvorov, was the extensive effort Stalin took to conceal general mobilization by manipulating the laws setting the conscription age.

Police also detained over 100 young men of conscription age (18-27), including 70 who had avoided the military draft.

Demographic decreases in the Belarusians of conscription age have increased the importance of contract soldiers, who numbered 12,000 in 2001.

Almost 10 million men reached conscription age each year, but the PLA chose less than 10 percent of those eligible.

He was older than the official conscription age but was accepted and served, first as a private, finally reaching the rank of corporal.

They've raised the conscription age to fifty, haven't they?