OREANDA-NEWS  At the very beginning of the annual recruitment campaign, the Thai ground forces recruited more than 30,000 online volunteers thanks to an advertising campaign on social networks, which consisted, among other things, of joking calls to take a break from his wife and stop suffering for his girlfriend after breaking up, RIA Novosti found out after studying the data of the Army command and the features of the PR campaign.

The draft in Thailand takes place annually from April 1 to April 12 and is carried out through a lottery among young people from the age of 21. The military service lasts two years. In addition to participating in the lottery, you can enlist in the army as a volunteer.

"At the beginning of the conscription campaign, the ground forces received more than 30,000 online applications from volunteers, as a result of which the plan of the online conscription campaign was completed by 105% for the first time," the command of the Thai Army said.