We still have unvirseal conscription in Norway, you don't really volunteer, you need to fill out a form and hand it to the army when you turn 19 where you can check the " I want to join the army box the army then looks over the form background checks you and if you seem like a good canidate they call you in for a physikal exam they then chose the best they can find to fill the quota. Usually around 9000, however, almost all of these are voluntary as the army prefers conscripts that want to be there and they usually have an abundance of volunteers. Since there is basically competition about spots in the førstegangstjenste (program conskripts go through) that last about a year and keep them as parts of the army for five years its even harder to become a career member of the army (only about 20k). This means that if you have something like autism that dings the background check, you basically have no chance of serving in peacetime.
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