Originally posted by Pajus
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First: Military service in the Czech Republic is no longer obligatory. I've got to be in the last batch and it was cancelled after six months.
Now. When you are a man 17 years of age, you'll receive a drafting notice sometime in december (or June). You fill out the paperwork attached to it and go with the notice to the regional military directorate within 14 days after receiving the notice. In April (October) of the following year, you'll receive another letter telling you when and where you are supposed to go to the drafting committee. They examine you medically (eyesight, hearing, allergies, ...) and pronounce you either fit or not fit for military service. Students could have the service postponed by one year to complete secondary school. When you are pronounced fit for duty, you'll receive a notice about two months later, telling you where and when to go.
In case you want to use this in a fanfiction, please bear in mind that Radek is almost 20 years older than me. Back then they didn't take only those, who couldn't so much as carry a rifle, let alone fire it (including John Sheppard). And even they were subjected to detailed medical testing. And the time you spend in a brig doesn't count as active duty and you'd have to serve over-time for it (meaning Sheppard would probably serve until the end of his days)
Evading obligatory military service was a full-fledged crime and was punished with (I think, can't remember exactly) 2 years of prison
Now. When you are a man 17 years of age, you'll receive a drafting notice sometime in december (or June). You fill out the paperwork attached to it and go with the notice to the regional military directorate within 14 days after receiving the notice. In April (October) of the following year, you'll receive another letter telling you when and where you are supposed to go to the drafting committee. They examine you medically (eyesight, hearing, allergies, ...) and pronounce you either fit or not fit for military service. Students could have the service postponed by one year to complete secondary school. When you are pronounced fit for duty, you'll receive a notice about two months later, telling you where and when to go.
In case you want to use this in a fanfiction, please bear in mind that Radek is almost 20 years older than me. Back then they didn't take only those, who couldn't so much as carry a rifle, let alone fire it (including John Sheppard). And even they were subjected to detailed medical testing. And the time you spend in a brig doesn't count as active duty and you'd have to serve over-time for it (meaning Sheppard would probably serve until the end of his days)
Evading obligatory military service was a full-fledged crime and was punished with (I think, can't remember exactly) 2 years of prison
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What I was said was cute and no bad words were used, it just had a double meaning...*thunk* Think I have had lots of practice with double meanings on this thread! 
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