it used to be that if an egyptian were married to a foreigner he would be exempted from obligatory service, however its not that way anymore, but if he can prove that i served back home in canada, they will exempt him for security reasons obviously. i dont understand what the first poster finds so fishy about my situation but a simple email address of someone in the admin office of PLF would have sufficed.
yes, he will be posted to a physician /medical unit but the salary for all obligatory people is 70 egyptian pounds a month ... 20 dollars canadian...dont see how we can take care of our baby on that income??? not to mention the repulsive conditions considering he is not an army guy to begin with , plus he would have to sacrifice his current position as a lab manager and UN community medicine consultant and that would destroy the future we have started to establish. i served PLF from 1997 - 2000 and i cant remember exactly, but i think there was a corporal smith working in the admin , she would probably remember me anyways if she is still there. i recall cpl. starky, sgt saunders and if i think long enough could prolly remember more if i thought about it deeply . i know the ambassador of canada here, phillip mckinnon, i am the warden for the canadian embassy and attended a reception for wardens back in december at his official residence, but i dont think he personnaly can verify my service, as friendly as he seems, i will email him and ask. i dont know if my mother can go to the armouries and pick up a statement for me? is there a way to get a copy of my pers file? the difficulty for me is being over here its hard to get stuff done because i cant go to the actual unit face to face u know what i mean?