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universal military training

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noun

  1. a program for maintaining a nation's pool of trained military personnel, requiring all qualified citizens to serve for a period of active and reserve duty. UMT


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Naturally, that legislation has to be based on what comes from the Congress in regard to the manpower problem, which really means universal military training and service.

From Time Magazine Archive

He received a delegation of National Guardsmen, told them that he would again ask Congress to authorize universal military training.

From Time Magazine Archive

To make such soldiers, the War Department decided last week to press Congress for universal military training of every 18-year-old boy.

From Time Magazine Archive

"From what I saw of Europe," he reported to the press after assembling his impressions, "I'm convinced that the U.S. should adopt universal military training and be prepared for anything."

From Time Magazine Archive

Show how universal military training might increase the national spirit What arguments can you give against it?

From Community Civics and Rural Life by Arthur William Dunn

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