Yes but military service has been abolished since!
It was still in force when I would have been eligible (I see you're 5 years older than me), but I got around it by not living in France. I had to get my uni to sign a piece of paper saying I was studying in London. Then there was some deal about how for the next x years (10?) I'd not be able to live in France for more than a few months a year without being liable for it.
I don't know which 10 years you were in France but there should be room to wangle surely?
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andrewducker) wrote2010-04-30 03:33 pm
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I hadn't realised that France used to have military service.
Ok, yes, that sucks.
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I checked with a lawyer who told me that if I joined the French military the American government could prosecute me for serving in a foreign army.
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My god, that's stupid.
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It was still in force when I would have been eligible (I see you're 5 years older than me), but I got around it by not living in France. I had to get my uni to sign a piece of paper saying I was studying in London. Then there was some deal about how for the next x years (10?) I'd not be able to live in France for more than a few months a year without being liable for it.
I don't know which 10 years you were in France but there should be room to wangle surely?
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