Definitions
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- abbreviation A selective service class denoting that the registrant is only available for noncombat military service due to their
conscientious objector status
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Examples
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COs willing to perform non-combatant military functions are classed 1-A-O by the U.S.; those unwilling to serve at all are 1-O.
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Two draft-board members voted to classify him 1-A-O, which would allow him to serve in the military in a noncombat capacity.
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The reason that San Antonio was so important as a conscientious objector center was that this was where the 1-A-O conscientious objectors were sent.
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