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Categories of military Service

Categories of military service

Categories of military service
Active duty service
  • Men enlisted in the military through conscription or volunteering
  • Officers, warrant officers, noncommissioned officers and officer cadets appointed or selected to serve on active duty as prescribed by the Military Service Act or the Military Personnel Management Act
Reserve service
  • Persons who have completed active duty service
  • Other persons assigned to reserve service pursuant to the Military Service Act
Supplementary service
  • Persons found to be capable of serving on active duty as a result of a draft physical examination, but not determined as those subject to enlistment in the military as active duty soldiers due to the supply and demand conditions of the armed forces
  • Any of the following persons, who are performing or have completed their service or mandatory service
    • Social service personnel
    • Art and sports personnel
    • Public health doctors
    • Doctors exclusively in charge of the draft physical examination
    • Public-service advocates
    • Public quarantine veterinarians
    • Expert research personnel
    • Industrial technical personnel
  • Other persons assigned to supplementary service pursuant to the Military Service Act
Preliminary military service
  • Persons found to be capable of serving on active duty as a result of a draft physical examination, but not determined as those subject to enlistment in the military as active duty soldiers due to the supply and demand conditions of the armed forces
Wartime labor service
  • Persons determined to be incapable of performing active duty service or supplementary service as a result of a draft physical examination or a physical examination, but to be capable of engaging in military support affairs through a call-up for wartime labor
  • Other persons assigned to the wartime labor service pursuant to the Military Service Act
Alternative service
  • Persons assigned to alternative service pursuant to the Act on Assignment to and Performance of Alternative Service, who performs or is obliged to perform military service instead of performing active duty service, supplementary service, or reserve service on the grounds of freedom of conscience guaranteed by the Constitution of the Republic of Korea