"Statistically speaking, you won't survive, but you wouldn't in civilian life either tbf"

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• Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  Join at 18 and retire at 43.

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• massive_bereavement@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  How much is that in salt?

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• Agent641@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  25 years? That seems an awfully long time to be armying about.

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  • wjrii@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I believe that’s as high as it ever got, but it was definitely a thing.

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    • Mika@piefed.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      May I challenge you with russian empire

      The term of service during the 18th century was for life.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscription_in_the_Russian_Empire

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