No. The French military is a volunteer force.
They were required to register for military service.
conscription
Draft, conscription, or compulsory service.
You are required to register with Selective Service, the organization that keeps track of military-aged men. You are not required to sign up for military service, and the US does not at present have a draft.
Anyone 18 or over. Military service is required for males when they turn 18. They are allowed to do civil service if they do not wish to serve in the military but this takes longer. Women are not required to serve.
Required men to register with the govt. for a draft, in order to be randomly selected for military service. May, 1917
Feudalism is the form of government and the nobility were required to give so many days a month to the king for military training/service.
In most countries, enlisting in the military is not mandatory. However, there are countries with mandatory military service laws that require all eligible citizens to serve in the military for a specified period. It's important to check the requirements and laws of your specific country to understand if military service is mandatory or voluntary.
No, prior military service is not required to be a police officer.
France had a debt of $11 million because of supplies and other military service at the end of the American Revolution.
The Selective Service Act, although the definition you give of it is a bit misleading.
The act required all men in the U.S. between the ages of 21 and 30 to register for military service.