Abstract

Until the end of the last century, Military Service in the Armed Forces of Peru was mandatory. Upon reaching the age of 18, young people had the duty to enroll in any of the branches of the militia. In 1999, the government of the time, for political reasons and especially due to inequality in access to the service (generally those enlisted came from the lower segments of the social scale), enacted the end of compulsory military service, making it voluntary. It was up to the Peruvian Armed Forces to implement innovative and attractive strategies to convince youth to perform military service.Based on regulatory and situational analysis, this article highlights this strategy of the Armed Forces, which since it was implemented has been forming an added value chain around technical training, thus adding to the classic values ​​of discipline and order, the training of human talent to contribute to national development. A successful experience that after just over two decades meant a return of youth to the barracks.

Keywords:
education; innovation; military service; technical training; national development