The frontline soldier across multiple active battlefields. How they get there — conscription, signing bonuses, mosque recruitment, the October 8 rush. What they find — a kill zone where 80% of casualties come from $500 drones and medevac takes three days. What it does to them — 576 AWOL per day, 306,000 criminal cases, intercepted calls home. What it means — combined casualties approaching 2 million, automatic draft registration in America, conscription reviving across Europe, and 3,000 North Korean soldiers returning home as instructors in 21st-century warfare. Six composite soldiers. Twelve structural domains. 230+ sources across six languages.

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