What makes civilian service so attractive?

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Channel: SWI swissinfo.ch - English · 2018 · News & Politics

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“The army is where you become a man!”, that’s what they used to say. 
But more and more men are managing without the army.
The Swiss news programme “10vor10” investigated, and the numbers are clear:
The proportion of soldiers who switch to civilian service after basic military training has 
almost doubled in the last five years.
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