Hi, was about to join the TA in UK, but then shifted over here. Can a foreigner on a B permit do the equivalent of National Service here?

and no..................this isnt related to the other "Gay Swiss Army thread"!!!!!

No, that would get messy on the neutrality-front!
You can only join the Swiss Armed Forces if you are a Swiss Citizen
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Hmmmm, will create my own one then, we can go hiking, camping, hunting and then sleep in the nearest Travelodge, anyone in???

Or PLAN C?
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Does the initiation involve burning some cars every year?

Dunno, but there does seem to be a sizeable market in shooting rabbits!!!
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There are a lot of civil jobs at the army! The army employs many persons who work in the field they've learned but the condition that they do so in a military structure certainly is a new twist for most (e.g. instructors, medical personel). And then there are job openings in administration for the pencil pushers but language requirements are high there.

http://www.epa.admin.ch/dienstleistu...ote/index.html

I don't think he's too keen on being a secretary for a general.
He wants to shoot people, not bring coffee for some old fart!