■ Categories of Military Service(Article 5 of ROK Military Service Act)
1. Preliminary Military Service(Korean: 병역준비역)
- Liable for Military Service Person(Not Active duty Service, Reserve Service, Supplementry Service, or Wartime Labor Service)
Note: Before 2016 1st Citizen Service(Korean: 제1국민역)
2. Active duty(Korean: 현역)
2-1. Enlisted Men(Draft or Volunteering)
2-2. Officers, WO, NCO, Officer cadets Appointed or Selected to serve on Active duty
3. Reserve Service(Korean: 예비역)
- Completed Active duty Service
4. Supplementary Service(Korean: 보충역)
4-1.
4-2. Any of the following persons, who are performing or have completed their service or mandatory service
- Social Service Personnel(Korean: 사회복무요원)
5. Wartime labor Service(Korean: 전시근로역)
- incapable of performing active duty service or supplementary service as a result of a conscription physical examination or a physical examination, but to be capable of wartime labor(military support affairs etc)
Note: Before 2016 2nd Citizen Service(Korean: 제2국민역)
■ Determination of Physical Grade and Disposition of Military Service(Article 12 and 14 of ROK Military Service Act)
1. Grade I, II, III, IV: Active duty, Supplementry Service, Wartime Labor Service
- Those whose physical is healthy enough to peform service(Active duty or Supplementary Service)
- Military Disposition(Active duty, Supplementry Service, Wartime Labor Service) is based on their Educational Background, age and Qualifications(Health, Exconvict, etc)
- Grade I, II and III is Active duty, Grade IV is Supplementary Service(As of 1998 to 2003, High School Graduate) by internal rule(Administrative rule of Military Manpower Administration)
- Exconvict(based on Criminal Record): Imprisonment for least 6 months up to below 1 year and 6 months is Supplementary Service, Imprisonment for least 1 year and 6 months is Wartime Labor Service
2. Grade V: Wartime Labor Service
3. Grade VI: Exemption for Military Service
4. Grade VII: Subject to Re-Physical Examination
■ Exconvict and Disposition of Military Service(Article 136 of ROK Enforcement Decree of Military Service Act)
- Disposition of Military Service for Exconvict is based on Criminal Record.
- Imprisonment for least 6 months up to below 1 year and 6 months: Supplementary Service
- Imprisonment for least 1 year and 6 months: Wartime Labor Service
- Imprisonment for least 6 years: expunged from the Military Register(a de facto Exemption for Military Service)
Note: Exconvicts Caused by Wilful Body Injuried etc(Aricle 86 of ROK Military Service Act) is Excluded from Supplementary Service and Wartime Labor Service(After November 2011)
■ Disposition of Military Service for Educational background and Physical Grade(After 2014)
Educational Background |
Physical Grade |
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I |
II |
III |
IV |
V |
VI |
VII |
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Being College
or above |
Active duty |
Supplementary
Service |
Wartime Labor
Service |
Exemption for
Military Service |
Subject to Re-Physical Examination |
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High school
graduate |
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High School Dropout
or below |
Supplementary
Service |
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Middle School
graduate |
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Middle School
Dropout or below |