Army service for foreign Elis
Wen Yu Ho ’10 is a typical college student, at least by Yale standards.
He serves as the librarian for the Yale Symphony Orchestra. He is the president of Yale’s Malaysian and Singaporean Association. He plays piano in a student jazz group.
But unlike most juniors, Ho is 23 years old. Before enrolling at Yale, he served for over two years in the Singaporean military.
For Yalies like Ho, military service is not a consideration, but a necessary reality. Students from countries with programs of National Service, or mandatory military conscription, are often required to...
as a singaporean businessman, i do find my two and a half years in National Service as wasteful at times. but the friendship and brotherhood made during those years last a long time. i want my son to go through the same "sufferings" as myself, the hard military physicals, the jungle training, the live firings, the weapons skills, .... the tradition of turning boys into men.
To 0Y8,
Why do Israelis need to be mentioned here? The article makes its point well enough without them. We hear so much about Israelis anyway. I like to hear about the other people on the planet from time to time.
How is it possible that this article was written without mentioning the many Israeli students at Yale who served in the Israeli military?