What makes civilian service so attractive?
“The army is where you become a man!”, or so it used to be said. Nowadays, more and more men are managing without the army.
The Swiss Public Television, SRF, news programme “10vor10” investigated, and the numbers are clear: The proportion of soldiers who switch to civilian service after basic military training has almost doubled in the last five years. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)
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