The period of compulsory service will be restored to one year from 2024; Deputy Minister of National Defense Bai Honghui said that draftees will learn the operation of new equipment based on the military majors required for their duties, combined with modern technology, and can learn to operate kestrel rockets, lancets, and javelins Capabilities for new types of equipment such as missiles.

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[Reporter Wu Shuwei/Taipei Report] President Tsai Ing-wen announced today that the compulsory service period will be restored to one year from 2024; Deputy Minister of National Defense Bai Honghui said that draftees will learn new equipment operations based on the military majors required for their duties, combined with modern technology , can learn the operation ability of new types of equipment such as kestrel rockets, lancets, javelin missiles, etc., which can improve the various combat skills of draftees to adapt to the future battlefield.

The Ministry of National Defense pointed out that when the 94-year-old draftee graduates from college in 2027, the compulsory service pre-examination will resume.

Bai Honghui said that the modern battlefield does not distinguish between the front of the enemy and the rear of the enemy. With reference to the military service system around the world, at least 1 year, the gap between the 4-month military training service and the 1-year military service system is very large. After the National Security Council, the Ministry of National Defense exercises, and military promotions, it was discovered The 4-month military training service cannot effectively protect national security work, because they are not familiar with weapon operation and the troops have insufficient practical experience to build effective combat capabilities.

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After the future service period is restored to one year, Bai Honghui said that the draftees will be able to operate new weapons proficiently and accumulate complete practical experience to improve their overall combat effectiveness and become qualified combat soldiers. Start the battle.

In the direction of strengthening military training, Bai Honghui said that military training will be increased from the current 5 weeks to 8 weeks, with actual combat as the core, introducing folk technology and new scientific knowledge, so that they have basic combat skills, and the modeled courses refer to advanced national models. The spirit of organizational training is set.

For example, shooting in various positions during battles has been increased, the number of ammunition shooting rounds has been increased from 104 to 160 rounds, and combat coaching courses such as war wound rescue and survival, tactical marching, camping, training on battlefield survival, and self-help and mutual assistance have been conducted.

As for the troops under the new training, Bai Honghui mentioned that the one-year compulsory service can receive complete training such as garrison, specialization, base and joint training, and add "new weapons, equipment and civil defense training", which is capable of performing homeland defense. And civil defense mission skills, according to the military department and assigned weapons, increase the shooting frequency and the number of rounds; taking the rifle as an example, the full service period is not less than 800 rounds.

Bai Honghui said that 18 weeks of resident training will be carried out in the camp area where the required specialties, civil defense and combat readiness training are carried out, so as to link up to specialized training; 7 weeks of specialized training will be carried out according to different military departments. Multi-person weapon training; base training for 13 weeks, based on military divisions such as infantry, artillery, etc., to implement comprehensive professional training, so as to have the ability to execute combat readiness and joint exercises; joint training for 6 weeks to implement defensive combat plan drills, participating in Hanguang and Civil Security Exercise, combat soldiers who can fight and perform civil defense tasks.

As for how the draftees are distributed to the various units, Bai Honghui explained, "Combine the distribution of specialties and seamlessly integrate into the workplace." Draftees can choose their own interests or distribute them to the garrison or main combat troops according to their household registration. If they have special civilian expertise, they can To the professional army to play to their strengths, after retiring from the army to quickly integrate with the civilian workplace.

The Ministry of National Defense also pointed out that most of the draftees who attended junior colleges in 1994 will graduate in 2027. In the future, they will follow the selection criteria for the professional non-commissioned officer class for voluntary service, and conduct the selection of reserve officers and non-commissioned officers for one-year voluntary junior college, so that those who are willing to serve The draftees of grass-roots cadres go to the army to learn the practical aspects of personnel, affairs, and material management, and also enable the troops to obtain high-quality manpower; after retiring from the army, they are included in the reserve management, which can meet the mobilization needs of grassroots cadres in the reserve army.

Vice Minister of National Defense Bai Honghui.

(Photo by reporter Tu Jianrong)