Norway has become the first NATO member to introduce compulsory military service for women as well as for men. The first female recruits have already joined the ranks in the Norwegian Army’s Armored Battalion in Setermoen, northern Norway.
It has been exactly 100 years since Norway gave voting rights to women. Now, the country’s parliament voted for compulsory female military service.
It has been exactly 100 years since Norway gave voting rights to women. Now, the country’s parliament voted for compulsory female military service.
Now everyone shall have the same rights and obligations.
The Norwegian governance has decided to recruit the best, regardless of sex. According to the authorities, they need diversity in military force.
Female servicemen are quite useful in the army. They have access to places that men do not have such as intelligence gathering.
Today, conscripted women try to feminize the army.
The majority of new female recruits were born in 1997.
Norway has set a goal to have 20 percent of women in its military forces by the end of 2020.
New female recruits attend basic training at the Armored Battalion in Setermoen, northern Norway.
At the Setermoen military base, new servicemen learn the basics of how to handle high-tech equipment for use on combat missions.
Army recruits attend basic training at the armored battalion in Setermoen.
Female army recruits attend training at the armored battalion in Setermoen.
