No.
Now is not mandatory.
No, it does not.
In the US, there is no mandatory service requirement. You are, however, required to sign for the Selective Service Act when you turn 18, which makes you eligible for mandatory service, should the draft be reinstated. Some countries do have a mandatory military service requirement. See related link "Wkipedia.org - Military Service" for a listing of these countries.
Military involvement is mandatory in Mexico for all 18 year-old males.
Yes, they do have a manditory military serivice in Chile
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education is mandatory and free up to age 16 in Jamaica
18 Years old.
No it did not. The soldiers joined voluntarily and the army was professional.
In other countries it is called conscription, or mandatory military service.
While a form of Selective Service registration remains a requirement in the United States for males reaching the age of 18, the draft (actually mandatory military service) ended in the US in 1973.
The claim from Mandatory Service To Become an Adult is that young people should be required to serve in some capacity, such as military or community service, in order to gain perspective and maturity as they transition into adulthood.