The term of obligatory service varies among the services.

An Israeli citizen, even those living outside of the state will be recruited for obligatory military service at age 18.

"The army is full of young guys doing obligatory two-year military service," he said.

The Typhoons split when its members had to join the obligatory military service.

Williamson's writing career has its roots in his obligatory national service as a young man.

Of these innovations, the most important was the institution of obligatory military service.

Usually he goes through an officer training after his studies and before starting his obligatory service.

He kept his number one jersey in next two seasons before losing it to obligatory military service.

The obligatory service is usually 24 months, however it can be reduced accordingly, up to 3 months.

Many countries with obligatory military service have similar requirements.