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Finland has mandatory military service for men of a minimum duration of five and half months (165 days); depending on the assigned position: those trained as officers or NCOs serve for eleven and half months (347 days), specialist troops serve for eight and half (255 days) or eleven and half months, while rank and file serve for the minimum period.
Chad – 18 (voluntary), 20 (compulsory – men), 21 (compulsory – women) Chile – 18 (voluntary) People's Republic of China – 18 (compulsory; only registration is compulsory. People do not have to serve in the military) Colombia – 18 (compulsory) Comoros – 18 (voluntary) Democratic Republic of the Congo – 18 (compulsory)
On 15 December 2010, the Parliament of Serbia voted to suspend mandatory military service. The decision fully came into force on 1 January 2011. [265] In September 2024, Prime Minister Miloš Vučević announced that conscription will return in September 2025 with the mandatory military service lasting 75 days. [170] Civil service will still be ...
Latvia reintroduced compulsory military service for adult males on January 1 last year, having abolished it in 2006. The Baltic country shares a 180-mile border with Russia to its east and is ...
National service is a system of compulsory or voluntary government service, usually military service. Conscription is mandatory national service. The term national service comes from the United Kingdom's National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939. [1] [2] The length and nature of national service depends on the country in question.
As defined by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, "fit for military service" means all citizens of a country (both male and female) between the ages of 16 and 49 that are not otherwise disqualified for health reasons. [1]
Under the plan, Serb men will have compulsory military service consisting of 60 days of training and 15 days of exercises, the government said. The service will be voluntary for girls.
-Myanmar's junta made military service mandatory for all young men and women, state media said, as it struggles to contain armed rebel forces fighting for greater autonomy in various parts of the ...