{"id":33405,"date":"2024-05-29T14:27:25","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T13:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=33405"},"modified":"2025-07-10T09:18:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T08:18:03","slug":"rishi-sunak-to-bring-back-national-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/rishi-sunak-to-bring-back-national-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Rishi Sunak to bring back national service"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has proposed drafting 18-year-olds into some form of national service scheme.<\/p>\n

Under the\u00a0mandatory scheme, teenagers will have to enrol in the military for 12 months or spend one weekend each month volunteering in their community.<\/p>\n

This initiative aims to instil a sense of duty and contribute to national security, reflecting the value of maintaining a peaceful and secure society.<\/p>\n

The PM said: ‘The UK has generations of young people who have not had the opportunity they deserve’, adding that this measure will help unite society in an increasingly uncertain world’.<\/p>\n

The Bible says,
\nMicah 4:4 But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it.<\/b><\/p>\n

What is National Service?<\/h2>\n

<\/b>National Service<\/a> was introduced in the UK in 1949, with all physically fit males aged 17 and 21 having to serve in the Armed Forces initially for 18 months. However, in 1950 a further National Service Act lengthened the period of service to two years.<\/p>\n

They then remained on the reserve list for another four years and during this time they could be called on to serve with their units but on no more than three occasions for a maximum of 20 days.<\/p>\n

National Service ended in 1960, though periods of deferred service still had to be completed. The last national servicemen were discharged in 1963.<\/p>\n