Voluntary Military Service?

My problem wasn‘t the service itself but the fact that women and foreigners had no such duty and you therefore had a signifficant disadvantage in starting a carreer. Then in the service itself most of the gear was just so damn outdated and you allways get the explanation that everything will be different in case of war.

Don‘t get me wrong. A well functioning army is essential but the current army is far from it. It has no clear „auftrag“. The budget is way too little for a do everythinv army, the process of getting new stuff is way too slow and expensive. I could go on...

So is it too much to ask to spend a year? Generally? No! In that case? Yes. It‘s a discrimination and in my humble opinion a waste of time in the current state of the army.

/r/Switzerland Thread Parent