Word of the extension comes as a new reality takes hold for the citizen soldiers and their families.

"And see that the citizen soldiers are well fed, or there will be trouble."

Communities have been rallying around their citizen soldiers in other ways, too.

The museum focuses on the role and experiences of the "citizen soldier".

We're citizen soldiers and expected to stay that way.

In the major cities, Israel's citizen soldiers speak out freely, even if everyone seems to have a different opinion.

Additionally he improved the conditions of the citizen soldiers and increased their numbers to 12,000 effective men.

The people in those divisions are American citizens, citizen soldiers.

"These are citizen soldiers, we have to get them mobilized and deployed," he said.

How did the bloodiest conflict in Britain's history finally give its citizen soldiers the right to vote?