Mandatory Military Service?

<p>For those of you that live in countries with conscription, I am interested in finding out what it is like to know that the armed forces will be a part of life? Do people look forward to military service or do they try to avoid it? Also, how does it affect college plans? Are gender relations different because of military service (Im referring to countries that only conscript men?).</p>

<p>Also, do you believe in mandatory military service and if so, should both genders be conscripted or just men?</p>

<p>You should ask in this in the Singapore thread as well. They have compulsory conscription.</p>