Compulsory military service (12)
I believe the answer is:
conscription
'compulsory military service' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for conscription that I've seen before include "Compulsory enlistment" , "Draft" .)
I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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