"I Hold Machine Gun In Hands Two Times For Year And Half"

What does the service in the army give the Belarusians?

The Ministry of Defense calls 650 reservists from the reserve to test the army's combat readiness. There is much debate about the usefulness of the military service. Some people say that this is a "school of life," others say that it is "lost time."

Tut.by journalists went out to the streets of Minsk and asked the Belarusians what the service in the army had taught them.