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I don't understand why they are doing this, Wikipedia states that they have 900 000 citizens that went through military service. If you can't defend your countr

• seer 5y ago
  Thats the thing - they’ve passed the mandatory military service, so they know how to follow orders and maintain discipline, but they went home and became doctors/programmers, now that there’s war, they are given arms and asked to remember their training.
  • chefkoch 5y ago
    But then they aren't just giving out guns to civilians, but they are calling them back to service (i don't know the proper english term for this).
    • dylan604 5y ago
      In the US, we have active military members where they are 24/7 soldiers. There are also reservists where once a month, they get together for a weekend to do solider stuff. There's also a two week stint once a year to keep up training. So not quite as well trained as active military, but a hell of a lot more well trained than just handing rifles to someone with a slap on the backside with a "good luck" for extra measure. Otherwise, calling a retired active military member back to active service is known as being recalled.