Today, December 13 KST, Jin finally left safely and enlisted to perform his mandatory military service for Korean men. Jin was present and attended the enlistment ceremony at the training camp in Yeocheon in the company of BTS and his family.

Across the newspapers, Jin appeared with the most prominent headlines. But besides that, the attitude and actions of ARMYs on this special day of Jin were also paid great attention by domestic and foreign press.

People were not only amazed by the number of ARMYs that showed up at Yeoncheon, but were also deeply moved by the way ARMYs showed their love for their idols:

As was announced in advance and appeared all over the news today, Jin attended the rookie training center in Yeoncheon - a town near the border between South and North Korea. He began his 5 weeks of training before being officially deployed to the frontline unit.

As BIGHIT MUSIC mentioned in an official announcement, no special fan events were held to say goodbye to him. They also requested that ARMYs refrain from gathering or appearing in front of the barracks so as not to affect the enlistment of JIn and his teammates.

Before that, after the news of Jin's date and unit was spread, he also went to Weverse and intimately talked to ARMYs that he did not want the information to be public. He also expressed hope that ARMYs were not crowded in Yeoncheon that day for everyone's safety. Jin also said that BTS and his family were with him when he went to the army barracks.

Meanwhile, ARMYs have been whispering about Jin's wish before enlistment and all agree that sending wishes and love while watching him from afar is the best thing they can do for him. Jin. But the press and military authorities still judged that the situation would probably be messy so they took extra precautions on the day of Jin's enlistment to maintain order.

But contrary to previous conjecture, both the local government as well as the media were surprised when the Yeoncheon barracks became quieter than usual. Only about 40-50 ARMYs were present before Jin's enlistment and they lined up very orderly with reporters without causing any fuss.

This number compared to hundreds of millions of people who love BTS and Jin around the world is really small. It was so small that the reporters wondered among themselves why ARMYs didn't show up. During a live stream from BootCamp, a chat between reporters revealed that they were surprised that fans were able to make such an impossible promise to Jin.

A female reporter started asking: "But are the fans really not coming?". The other immeadiately replied that: "They were asked not to come" and the first one continued: "They listen (to the artist) that well?". Another reporter explained for her that: "BTS fans are more orderly than you think…it’s the same at airports too" and they concluded that: "Ah, they must take after the singers since the singers are so kind".

ARMYs respected Jin's decision and gave him the most love and respect before he left them for a while. With banners and posters hanging along the way to Jin's barracks, ARMYs showed their great and polite love for him.

ARMYs have also made headlines online for their admirable gesture, and netizens have rushed to praise the rare event. Major Korean newspapers such as Yonhap News, Top Star News, Daily Star, etc. have also spent a lot of articles praising ARMYs for silently supporting Jin with sincere hearts:

- Looks like they take after the artist, since the artist is very kind

- 'Matured fan culture' that dazzled through BTS Jin's enlistment

- The fans are amazing

- ARMY who kept their promise with BTS' Jin

- BTS' Jin enlisted quietly thanks to the loyalty of fans

- The way there are no fans, so amazing *shivers*

- So cool

- The fans' self control is wow *shivers*"

Meanwhile, even major newspapers such as CNN, Reuters, BBC, ... also reported on Jin's enlistment event with fandom ARMY. That's how stanning a group and idol with a good personality makes their fans grow.

ARMYs were happy that they were able to send Jin off in the most respectful way, but they also expressed disappointment in front of the press for appearing despite Big Hit's announcement. But luckily, everything worked out in the end and Jin enlisted safely.

Hopefully he will complete his military service well and come back healthy!