Military ranks of Singapore

More than 5,000 are the vacant positions in the army, reports bTV. The Chief of Defense demanded an increase in the retirement age for soldiers to end the dangerous tendency of them leaving the armed forces.

The Defense Ministry has prepared new posters to attract fresh recruits to Turkey's Special Forces Command, amid ongoing suspensions and dismissals carried out in the army since the failed coup attempt of July 15. 

In line with the new campaign, the Special Forces Command will recruit personnel from outside the military for the first time ever. 

The US Air Force has told a sergeant he will have to leave the military unless he agrees to take an oath with the phrase "so help me God," officials said Tuesday.