# Military Horror Story **URL:** \ **Category:** Military Conscription\ **Created:** [February 18, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/military-horror-story/188754 "2020-02-18T17:35:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![yyy](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/yyy/32/12085_2.png) [@yyy](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/yyy)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 12:17am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/military-horror-story/188754/3 "2020-02-19T00:17:06Z")
This thread is about the express version, but it’s still relevant: > [@12 days a conscript](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/12-days-a-conscript/161106): > > So I thought I share my experience after finishing up my 12 days of military conscription. Just to be clear, you have to get approval to do only 12 days from usually the mayor of the city if you apply. It’s usually 4 months depending on what year you were born and possibly 14 months if you are born before a certain year like me. I moved back to Taiwan about 3 years ago after being born here and moving away to the states at the age of 9. I have dual U.S and ROC citizenship so the past 3 years I h… --- _[View the full topic](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/military-horror-story/188754)._