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The Belgian Government has sent a letter to the 150,000 young people who have reached the age of 17 to invite them to become soldiers for one year. It is not a question of re-establishing military service but of offering a voluntary “training period” as a reinforcement to deal with the situation created by the war in Ukraine. To get an idea, the Belgian armed forces currently have fewer than 30,000 men, although in return they are highly qualifi…
The voluntary service will begin in September 2026 with the military training of 500 men and women between the ages of 18 and 25, who will receive a salary of €2,000 net per month Read
Tens of thousands of young adults from all over Belgium will begin, starting this Monday, to receive by mail a very particular invitation: to encourage themselves to test, in 2026, the military career or, at least, to register for a one-year voluntary military service. The Belgian Government has already sent 149,000 letters to 17-year-old men and women in the country, in which it encourages them to take advantage of this “one-time opportunity” t…
While Belgium celebrates Armistice Day this Tuesday, a national holiday in the country, thousands of young people have begun to receive a letter in which the government invites them to do voluntary military service for one year for a salary of 2,000 euros per month. The letter will reach the homes of a total of 149,000 men and women who will reach the age of majority in 2026, Defense Minister Theo Francken announced on social networks. The goal …
The intention of the Belgian Ministry of Defence is that in September next year 500 young people between the ages of 18 and 25 will begin training, who will charge €2,000 net per month. Read
The Belgian Government proposes the military training of 500 men and women in 2026 and gradually increase the number to a maximum of 7,000.
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