Seems like you added precisions in another comment, so at least now people reading this have the full picture.
As far as I’m concerned, the picture was correct for UK, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Belgium, Netherlands. For other countries, I was hoping other people could jump in, as you did.
However, they call far from everyone, and there’s about 1001 things you can do to not get called for service if you really don’t want to.
First step is that you’re sent a form to fill out. Questions about your health and habits among other things. So. If you really don’t want to… Let’s just say they probably won’t be too interested in someone that (allegedly) smokes 1-2 pack of cigarettes a day.
Not to be confused with the Swedish concept of “Total Defense” (probably poorly translated).
Should “total-defense” be called however. Everyone between 16 and 70 have to report in for war-duty. This doesn’t mean everyone is going into battle. But it means you have to be at service for the defensive effort of our nation. Could be administrative tasks, logistical, construction, anything really, depends on who you are and what your experience is. This is not something you can get out of. It’s one of your duties as a citizen
The vast majority of countries in Europe don’t have military service, and it’s no coincidence that the few countries which do, also border Russia.
Not everybody has 40k American troops stationed in their country
From a few years ago
Edit: source https://old.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/iejyu9/european_countries_with_mandatory_military_service/
Colourful image with no source. Just a bcbp logo which, wtf is that?
It’s not even accurate. At least not for Sweden. So, if they got that wrong. I will assume the rest is possibly wrong too.
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Both have the same colour on the map, so I’m not sure how much that confusion could matter.
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Jag är säker. Fler dumma frågor?
https://old.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/iejyu9/european_countries_with_mandatory_military_service/
First comment addresses the Sweden situation
By that logic signing up for Selective Service in the US means the US doesn’t have a volunteer military.
First comment is not correct either. Everyone does not fill out a form at 18.
Maybe you should stop posting things you cannot verify.
Seems like you added precisions in another comment, so at least now people reading this have the full picture.
As far as I’m concerned, the picture was correct for UK, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Belgium, Netherlands. For other countries, I was hoping other people could jump in, as you did.
Iirc Sweden reinstated compulsory service in 2017?
It’s compulsory with a huge asterisk next to it.
If they call you in, it’s compulsory.
However, they call far from everyone, and there’s about 1001 things you can do to not get called for service if you really don’t want to.
First step is that you’re sent a form to fill out. Questions about your health and habits among other things. So. If you really don’t want to… Let’s just say they probably won’t be too interested in someone that (allegedly) smokes 1-2 pack of cigarettes a day.
Not to be confused with the Swedish concept of “Total Defense” (probably poorly translated). Should “total-defense” be called however. Everyone between 16 and 70 have to report in for war-duty. This doesn’t mean everyone is going into battle. But it means you have to be at service for the defensive effort of our nation. Could be administrative tasks, logistical, construction, anything really, depends on who you are and what your experience is. This is not something you can get out of. It’s one of your duties as a citizen
No, “Total Defense” translates well. And that’s an interesting system.
More is mentioned in this pdf if your curious. This one is in English.
I will highlight the most important part
https://www.msb.se/sv/publikationer/om-krisen-eller-kriget-kommer-pa-engelska/
Yeah everything I’ve read about Sweden, militarily, seems like they’ve spent the entire cold war making an invasion a nightmare for the invaders.
Except for Greece and Turkey. They’re both waiting for a cow to wander onto the wrong side of Cyprus. (I joke, but not by much)