Military service
Military service is the legal generic term in Austria for some types of service carried out in the armed forces, which are anchored on the one hand in the context of general conscription and on the other hand in the context of the militia system .
The term is derived from the fact that every Austrian who is liable for military service from the position (examination and fitness assessment; compulsory military service legally from the age of 17, in fact from the age of 18) to the end of compulsory military service (legally 51 year, in fact up to the age of 35 , Reserve officers , non-commissioned officers and certain special forces up to the age of 65 / retirement age) must be present for military service. This means that he is also required to report to the supplementary departments of his responsible military command . This compulsory presence also applies to Austrians abroad , but is suspended for the duration of the stay abroad, but the stay (longer than six months) itself is also subject to registration and authorization.
The military service comprises several types of military service according to Section 4, Section 19 ff of the 2001 Defense Act . The first two form the usual eight-month military service, nos. 2-4 the militia exercises and preparatory militia training .
- Basic military service (§ 20): the six-month schooling today
- Troop exercises (§ 21): the framework in which the last two months of military service are completed. These are mostly one-week exercises spread over the years.
- Cadre exercises (§ 21): the exercises of the militia officers (reserve officers) and NCOs and other military personnel who have moved into private life
- Voluntary weapons exercises and functional services (Section 22)
- Military service as a regular soldier (§ 23): Military service is a multi-year obligation to military service.
- Mission presence service (on the basis of a ruling in accordance with Section 24 Paragraph 3 in the event of a deployment in accordance with Section 2 Paragraph 1 lit. a – c): The term describes the "emergency", i.e. the actual lifting of the Austrian militia army in a strength of up to 5,000 men for national military defense and assistance missions (e.g. in the event of a disaster).
- extraordinary exercises
- Postponement service: Military service in the event of a provisional postponement of the discharge (according to Section 28 Paragraph 2 in the case of exceptional circumstances, corresponds to an "alarm case")
- Foreign mission presence service: Performing the military service in the foreign mission of the Austrian Armed Forces.
Individual evidence
- ↑ See leaflet "Conscripts Abroad" ( Memento of the original from November 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Status: February 23, 2005 (, pdf).
