{"id":10395,"date":"2026-04-30T07:22:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T07:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/10395\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T07:22:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T07:22:12","slug":"france-sees-surge-in-applications-for-10-month-voluntary-military-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/10395\/","title":{"rendered":"France sees surge in applications for 10-month voluntary military service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>30 April 2026 10:45<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">France is experiencing strong demand for its voluntary military service programme, with applications already exceeding available places, according to\u00a0<a style=\"color: rgb(53, 152, 219);\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lefigaro.fr\/flash-actu\/service-national-l-armee-de-terre-a-recu-plus-de-candidatures-que-de-places-ouvertes-20260428\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Le Figaro<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The newspaper reported that more than 2,300 young people have applied for the 10-month national service scheme, while around 1,800 places are currently available. The application process is still ongoing.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">General Arnaud Goujon, deputy head of the recruitment unit, said about 1,600 candidates are already undergoing selection, and 260 have been assigned placements so far.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The programme is open to French citizens aged 18 to 25 and runs between September and November, with a service duration of 10 months. Military figures indicate that around 22% of applicants are women.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Approximately 90% of applicants have chosen combat-related roles, including infantry, engineering units and artillery, though logistics, technical maintenance and intelligence positions are also in demand.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">After one month of basic training, participants are assigned to units based on medical fitness, motivation and operational needs. They receive a monthly allowance of around \u20ac800 and are provided with accommodation throughout their service.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Army Chief of Staff General Pierre Schill said the programme could serve as both a formative experience for young people and a contribution to strengthening France\u2019s defence readiness.<\/p>\n<p>By Vugar Khalilov<\/p>\n<p>Caliber.Az<\/p>\n<p>Read more about the key topics in this news story.<\/p>\n<p>Views: 61<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"30 April 2026 10:45 France is experiencing strong demand for its voluntary military service programme, with applications already&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3975,3657,3656,5,3976,3979,1277,3978,3977,3974],"class_list":{"0":"post-10395","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-analysis-of-azerbaijan","9":"tag-azerbaijan","10":"tag-baku","11":"tag-france","12":"tag-important-news-of-azerbaijan","13":"tag-international-experts","14":"tag-interviews","15":"tag-interviews-with-azerbaijani-analysts","16":"tag-news-from-baku","17":"tag-news-of-azerbaijan"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}