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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ulfgeir" data-source="post: 9809731" data-attributes="member: 7015719">We had here in Sweden that all men age 18, had to do a thing we call "Mönstring" (translates as "Inspection/Scrutiny" "), which was basically checking our physical /mental fitness and then unless you were some concientious objector (I believe Witnesses of Jehova would get tossed out for being considered hopeless religious fanatics), or you were so infirm that you could not do any military service, or there were other reasons you could not do it (like you were not a Swedish citizen or you had committed crimes), you were drafted, and had to serve  between 7.5 months  to 1.5 years depending on what you were drafted as (the higher level was for those that would be the equivalent of non-commissioned officers leading small groups of soldiers). So more like Israel.I got placed in the signal corps, and did 10 months. Good mental things, and not that good physical shape.  For some kind of services you would later on (a large number of years later) be called back to do a "repmånad" (translated as "Repetition month". for me it was already included in the service I did. It alsos used to be thata  lot fo people would eb placed in places far away from their home. For example I did my service up in Stockholm, and I live near Gothenburg.This drafting was kind of mandatory service (to be able to protect the country), it depended a lot on the budget the military got, so later on when they got less of a budget and they felt the world was a safer place, they reduced the number of people that had to do the service. Women could participate voluntarily here, not many did but some did.And then later, the still had the "Mönstring", but opted for getting just the very best, and offering them that as a kind of job.We realized though that we needed a bigger military, as they are also part of the civil defence and can help in case of natural disasters etc. so they have now extended "Mönstringen" to also apply to women, but they only take those they think are the best (both men/women), and you kind fo have to want to do the military service.Now, we also have a voluntary thing called "Hemvärnet" (Translates as "Home-guard"). Think of that as the national guard, and they have yearly training-sessions.As for the the people we sent to Libya, well it was pilots that enforced the no-fly zone, and in Afghanistan it was some special officers. No enlisted people.Edit: And I figured the banan-thing was just friendly teasing.</blockquote>

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