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[–] 17 points 3 months ago (8 children)

25 years? That seems an awfully long time to be armying about.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    I believe that's as high as it ever got, but it was definitely a thing.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    May I challenge you with russian empire

    The term of service during the 18th century was for life.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscription_in_the_Russian_Empire

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    Then again, like in most other jobs, your schedule wasn't as packed with fighting compared to today. After all you had to walk to every deployment.

    And basically you'd be chilling in some camp and just get a few bruises every other month from some oversized or undersized Gauls, but they'd never kill.

    Source: read some source material from eye witnesses, those scrolls known as "the Asterix chronicles".

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  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago

    How much is that in salt?

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Join at 18 and retire at 43.

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