RE: National Service
February 9, 2017 at 12:36 pm
(This post was last modified: February 9, 2017 at 12:37 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Nope, completely voluntary, there's no law that says, upon turning 18..that you must choose some branch of the service or be barred from x y and z service or assistance...and I don;t think, personally, that military service should -be- compulsory, though I do think that an excellent argument can be made for compulsory national service, with all the exemptions and provisions you'd expect in a free..first world country.
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