Starting from New Year's Day in 2024, the compulsory service period will be restored to one year.

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[Reporter Chen Yufu/Taipei Report] From New Year's Day 2024, the period of compulsory service will be restored to one year.

According to the special report sent by the Ministry of National Defense to the Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee of the Legislative Yuan, the number of people who can be recruited into the camp for one-year compulsory service is about 9,100 in 2024, and about 35,000 people will serve as one-year soldiers for 4 months in 2027. There are 32,700 people in training, and the golden cross has appeared for the first time. In 2029, the number of men enlisted in the one-year compulsory service is estimated to increase to more than 53,600.

The project report "Strengthening the National Defense Force Structure Adjustment Plan and Extending the Compulsory Service Period Supporting Measures and Preparation Planning" pointed out that the "Adjustment Plan" aims to create a "main combat force" mainly composed of volunteer soldiers, combined with compulsory service. Standing "garrison", as well as the four major areas of "civil defense system" and "backup system", construct a complete and strong national defense system, and enhance the overall national defense force.

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The Ministry of National Defense will begin recruiting men born in 1994 to serve in the military for one year from January 1 next year.

Due to the fact that draftees who graduated from high school are generally postponed for enrolment, about 9,100 draftees will be recruited next year (the first year) to serve in the camp for one year, and the remaining 69,500 will still receive military training for four months; The number of people in the 4-month military training is increasing year by year, while the number of people in the 4-month military training is decreasing year by year.

The Ministry of National Defense emphasized that in order to achieve this important policy goal, this year, it has gradually strengthened the connotation of military training for 4 months in units of "seasons", and improved personnel, logistics, training and other preparations, as well as coordination and promotion of cross-ministerial supporting measures , to set the monthly implementation of maintenance goals, in order to link up the adjustment of the service period in 2024.

In terms of project organization, the Ministry of National Defense recruited various industry management joint staff and military headquarters in May last year to set up a special group for the "National Army Military Service System Conversion Policy" to carry out various assessments of service period adjustments. On January 18 this year, it will The organization was converted into a special organization for the preparation work of "Strengthening the National Defense Force Structure Adjustment Plan". The work schedule is divided into three stages: "rearrangement", "verification", and "assessment", and various work control nodes are determined based on this, and they are reviewed every month Executive Profile.

In terms of personnel preparation, according to the estimate provided by the Ministry of the Interior from 2024 to 2029, the estimated number of people who can be recruited into the camp for one-year compulsory service will increase from about 9,100 to more than 53,600. Draft men give priority to supplementing the garrison troops, followed by the main combat troops, which can enrich the manpower of the garrison troops year by year and greatly increase the combat effectiveness of defensive operations.

In addition, in order to make proper use of human resources in the society, and according to the needs of the army, combined with what the draftees have learned from the people, we have developed a specialty selection and review mechanism, so that draftees with national certificates and relevant qualification certificates are given priority to serve in professional vacancies in the army. The director, the enlisted men can continue their private professional functions, and connect with the private workplace after retiring from the army.

In order to meet the leading cadres required by the army, and in line with the graduation time of the men's junior college in 1994, the selection of reserve officers and non-commissioned officers for compulsory service colleges will be conducted from 2027, and the admission standards for volunteer professional army and non-commissioned officers will be compared to broaden high-quality grassroots cadres , stabilize the combat power of the troops, and at the same time meet the mobilization and management needs of the reserve forces.

In terms of logistics and maintenance, the general equipment planning and adjustment of 50 machine guns, protective masks and other 27 items of more than 40,000 pieces, the control adjustments will be completed before September this year; more than 75,600 sets of combat equipment will be raised this year, and they will be distributed according to the attributes of the serving troops , Distributed after the troops report to duty, and control the completion of collection before December this year.

The clothing manager is expected to allocate more than 270,000 pieces of 14 items such as field uniforms and sportswear. The amount of distribution items is the same as that of volunteers. The living space can meet the needs of military service enlistment. In addition, this year plans to renovate 36 barracks including garrison brigade, reserve brigade, military police, and air force security platoon to improve the quality of living facilities for officers and soldiers.

The Ministry of National Defense mentioned that in terms of training and preparation, in order to link up with the 8-week enlistment training in 2024, the method of increasing training items and adjusting the number of hours will be adopted from 2023, and the 8-week new courses will be gradually integrated into the current 5-week schedule for training, and will be used in military training. During the training phase of training draftees to distribute troops, increase civil defense training and increase the number of rifle shots to strengthen military skills.

According to the plan: 1. Intensify the 5-week enlistment training.

In 2023, the training intensity will be gradually increased. In the first half of the year, shooting and combat coaching will be strengthened as the main axis. In the second half of the year, the original adjustment method will remain unchanged. Courses such as "disaster prevention and rescue, sports science, health management, and war wound rescue" will be added for 8 weeks. Integrate into the current 5-week schedule for training.

2. In 2024, 8 weeks of enlistment training and preparation for training.

Charts and teaching plan demand control were completed at the end of June this year and distributed to the units receiving training; teachers' ability control was completed in late July this year to send training and trial teaching to complete the teaching capacity of each unit next year.

3. Troop training.

(1) Actual combat shooting training.

Adjust the rifle live ammunition training mode, adjust the original single prone shooting posture, adjust the multiple shooting postures of standing, kneeling, and lying down, and add practical training items such as changing shooting positions, changing magazines, and troubleshooting, and modify shooting according to different types of troops Schedule and increase the number of shooting training sessions to meet the battlefield environment and combat missions; the Ministry of National Defense issued a training bulletin on January 17 to inform the entire army to promote implementation.

(2), civil defense training courses.

The Ministry of National Defense has invited the Ministry of the Interior, the Police Department, and the Fire Department to hold 4 consultation meetings to complete the planning of the civil defense training curriculum; the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Health and Welfare have also been invited to provide course teaching plans, teaching materials and the manpower of primary rescue training institutions. And cooperate with the echelon channel of the training unit to send personnel to give lectures, and the command of the armed forces, the combat area and the training unit will complete the civil defense training echelon channel and training and preparation operations.

(3) Base training.

In February of this year, the "Military Science Base Training Guidance" was completed for key items such as the base training cycle, test methods, and forensic planning. , the control completed the feasibility assessment and incorporated it into the revision of the instruction.

(4) Preparation of the training ground.

In response to the adjustment of the military service system, important training items such as live ammunition shooting and combat coaching have been strengthened. In addition to inventorying the existing training grounds, and reviewing the available field venues to increase the overall training volume; each combat zone has selected field training venues that can implement shooting and camping15 The site survey was completed on February 22, and training ground inspections have been gradually implemented since March. The site preparation can be completed in August and included in the training and use of each combat zone; in addition, 7 vacant camps were reviewed and included in the combat plan Drills, combat coaches, and educational convening are used to expand overall training capabilities.

The project report of the Ministry of National Defense pointed out that according to the estimated number of people who can be recruited into the camp for one-year compulsory service from 2024 to 2029 provided by the Ministry of the Interior, it will increase from about 9,100 to more than 53,600. Conscripts give priority to supplementing the garrison troops, followed by the main combat troops, which can enrich the manpower of the garrison troops year by year and greatly increase the combat effectiveness of defense operations.

(Taken from the Ministry of Defense project report)