The expansion of the Taiwan army, the public opinion is related to the extension of the service period

The original "dry training class" of the Taiwan Army's various regions was expanded into infantry camps, which was considered to suggest that Taiwan was about to recover one year of recruitment.

According to Taiwan's "Lianhe Daily" reported on the 26th, in order to resume the one -year recruitment, the Taiwan "Department of Resources of the Ministry of Defense" established the "Volunteer Services Adjustment Project Planning Room" to conduct various affairs coordination and coordination and coordination and coordination and coordination of military recruitment during the one -year service period. Plan planning. At present, in addition to deciding to make up for the four Army's later reserve brigades and expand the enforcement and calling forces of 18 counties and cities in Taiwan to regulate the military power of the Army to take over the training of the army. It is reported that the grass -roots troops of the Taiwan Army have increased some unit levels, expanded their preparation, and prepared for the one -year -old voluntary service soldiers who entered the camp in the future. For example, the Taiwan Army's "Penghu Defense Headquarters" expanded the original "dry training class" into infantry battalions, and in the future, it should also take off the training tasks of non -commissioned officer training and obligations.

After the outbreak of the Russian and Ukraine conflict, there has been a debate on whether to restore the recruitment system on the island. The United States has always believed that Taiwan should show the so -called "self -defense" determination, and the 4 -month military training period should be too short. Subsequently, the Taiwan Defense Department stated that it was studying to extend the 4 -month service period to one year. Former United States Minister of Defense Esper also suggested that Taiwan should restore the recruitment system and defense budget to 3.2%of GDP in July.

However, the island has different views. According to Lianhe News Network, the biggest difficulty of restoring the recruitment is that if military training will become one year, the amount of staff of the Taiwan army is expected to increase by 47,000, which is equivalent to 25%of the expansion of the army. Expansion will become a huge burden. In addition, how the hardware and software training in place is in place in a short period of time. Some scholars on the island said that extending service time is likely to cause young people to be dissatisfied, especially the "nine -in -one" election is approaching, and the DPP authorities are unlikely to announce the recovery system before election.

Related expansion news aroused concerns from young people on the island. In the comments of social platforms such as PTT and Facebook, many young netizens have said that the official statement of the previous official's statement of recovery for one year was unclear, but with the expansion of the "training classes" and the defense department, this discussed this in three consecutive ways to discuss this. Things seem to have become a matter of nailing on the board. Many people said, "I don't want to fight for the DPP."

This year, the freshmen of the Taiwan Army Specialty College have the lowest in the history of freshmen. In June, it was scheduled to recruit 1,000 new students, but the number of freshmen reported only more than 200 people. Xie Guorong, a free commentator who was the former chief of the Golden Gate Artillery Battalion, wrote in September that when Tsai Ing -wen first took office, he chopped the annuity of the retired military public education police. "In Taiwan today, why most young people are unwilling to go to the army, the reason is self -evident."

According to the "China Times", from the perspective of the promotion experience of the recruitment system, extending the service period is a political issue. No matter how planned the final plan, only Tsai Ing -wen can make a decision. It is expected that it should not be implemented before the election of Taiwan leaders in 2024. (Zhang Ruo) ▲

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