Danes are changing their country's conscription policy
by editors@theworld.org (Teri Schultz) from The World: Latest Stories on (#73M2J)
The Danish government is strengthening its military. Partially fueled by uncertainty about its relationship with the United States, Denmark is increasing the length of mandatory military service from four months to 11 months. The country is also ending a rule that allowed women to opt out of serving. In Denmark, Deutsche Welle, DW's, Teri Schultz visited the first class of conscripts beginning their training under the new system.