UAE announces compulsory military service for males

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The UAE has announced compulsory military service for all males between the ages of 18 and 30.

The move was announced by Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice president and prime minister of the UAE and ruler of Dubai, on Twitter.

Sheikh Mohammed said that the country’s cabinet had endorsed the plan, although there is no indication when the rules will take effect.

The length of service is set to be two years for those without high school degrees, and nine months for those who have graduated from high school.

Military service will be optional for women.

“A reserve force for the UAE will be made up of those who have completed their national service, as well as members of the military who have finished their service in the armed forces,” Sheikh Mohammed said.

In November, Qatar announced that All Qatari men aged between 18 and 35 will soon be forced to undertake up to four months compulsory military service if a new government draft law is given the green light by authorities, according to a report by the AFP news agency.

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UAE General Ali Mohammed Subaih Al Kaabi visited 2011 in Finland to see how conscription army works.

Same year Finnish general resigned and started to work as a security adviser in UAE, I wonder if there is a any connection between these events.

In May 2011, Finland's Chief of Defence Command, Lt General Markku Koli, resigned unexpectedly to take the position of a security advisor to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This unique and unprecedented event has gone relatively unnoticed in the Finnish media. Koli, FDF's second in command, was party to the nation's most sensitive preparedness plans and e.g. led the cyber warfare effort and joint projects with the US armed forces.

Suomen Sotilas 4/2012 | Suomen Sotilas

 

[al-Hasani]

Already posted. Not the section for this news either. Should be posted in the Arab Defence forum.

UAE announces compulsory military service for males.

But to tell it shortly. This has nothing to do with that Finnish general. Kuwait made a similar move. This is due to the instability of the ME. Things are boiling.

UAE soldiers in Afghanistan: