Recently, вιg нιт Music on behalf of SUGA released an announcement that he is preparing for his m̷i̷l̷i̷t̷a̷r̷y̷ enlistment right after the end of the world tour on the 6th. In response to SUGA's sudden enlistment news, fans expressed regret but still supported his decision.
In addition to sending thanks and wishes to SUGA, ARMYs are also very interested in an issue related to his enlistment. It is whether SUGA will enlist as a public service worker or as an active-duty sol∂ιєr because of his health-related problems.
Here is the information given and the debate on the issue:
For BTS fans, SUGA's enlistment is not a surprise because this was announced by BTS 1 year ago and also 2/7 members of the group have enlisted. However, fans' surprise is that this announcement comes just 1 day after SUGA and his fans enjoyed 3 memorable encore concerts.
Despite this, fans are still showing great support for his decision and waiting for SUGA's next enlistment plan to be made. Similar to other members like Jin or j-hope, fans believe that he will enlist in mid-September - 1 month since his application for postponement of enlistment was submitted.
Meanwhile, there's been a lot of talk about how SUGA will enlist in the army. For many people who do not know, in kσrєα, in addition to performing m̷i̷l̷i̷t̷a̷r̷y̷ service as active-duty sol∂ιєrs, there is another type of enlistment, which is to perform the duties of a public service worker.
If SUGA enlists as an active-duty sol∂ιєr, he'll be like Jin or j-hope - serving the army at the barracks as well as doing w@r-related training. Meanwhile, if performing m̷i̷l̷i̷t̷a̷r̷y̷ service as a public service worker, SUGA will work at the ρσℓι¢є department, providing community support and customer service. In this role, his duties include necessary administrative duties such as filing search warrants, issuing permits, and distributing information to government officials and the public.
The majority of fans as well as kσrєαn media previously äṩṩumed that SUGA would work as a community service worker because it was an alternative form of m̷i̷l̷i̷t̷a̷r̷y̷ service for those who were unfit to serve as a sol∂ιєrs in m̷i̷l̷i̷t̷a̷r̷y̷ bases due to health-related factors. As many people know, SUGA had a serious shoulder injury and had to undergo major surg3ry in 2020 to heal his shoulder.
Because of that, SUGA might not be able to carry out the heavy duties and work in the barracks. These factors lead to the majority of statements that he is suitable for the position of a community service worker. Earlier this year, Yonhap News - a major news agency in South kσrєα also reported the same and quoted a m̷i̷l̷i̷t̷a̷r̷y̷ commander. However, вιg нιт Music refused to confirm the news afterwards as no SUGA plans were revealed at the time.
On the contrary, there are also a small number of other ARMYs who think that SUGA will do his m̷i̷l̷i̷t̷a̷r̷y̷ service like Jin and j-hope because he has recovered from the surgery. Not only that, вιg нιт Music also announced that he canceled his enlistment postponement like the other members instead of giving an announcement that he would be doing his m̷i̷l̷i̷t̷a̷r̷y̷ service instead.
The current discussion is still the focus of many fans' attention:
- Yoongi will be in public service ?
- No one knows even Kmedia doesn't know anything so if you see anything it's just rumors
- He might be, since he had shoulder surgery, right?
- He most likely will be in public service
- we do not know but it is likely he will be in public service because of his injury. but for now we dont know for sure
- Is not public service a lot longer then 18 months? I want him back as soon as possible
- No one knows so far only Yoongi knows and people around him. Anything you hear right now before it is confirmed, is all rumors and speculations
- i think he qualifies for it bc i saw a k-army talking about some of the requirements being injuries and major limb surgeries that had been conducted within the last x amount of years (i cant remember the specifics but ik yoongi qualified for it) but we’ll have to wait and see.
- Yoongi will likely be joining as the public service worker due to his shoulders injury. So he'll be working 9 to 6 like us corporate slaves on weekdays in government institutions
- Yoongi said, "See u in 2025," which means he is sure he will go to the m̷i̷l̷i̷t̷a̷r̷y̷. If there would be other possibilities, he would have told us that, so pls stop making things up that are not there or confirmed.
- Public service is also part of the m̷i̷l̷i̷t̷a̷r̷y̷, means he still cant promote or do any commercial activities. He's basically will dip and come back after serving for 2 years.
- The more I think of it, I think yoongi will be äṩṩigned as a public service worker that’s why he isn’t going to the m̷i̷l̷i̷t̷a̷r̷y̷ the same time with the rest of the members.
In general, it is difficult to draw a final conclusion when both SUGA and вιg нιт Music have not officially spoken about this. Not only that, to complete the enlistment process, SUGA also has to go through the m̷i̷l̷i̷t̷a̷r̷y̷'s medical examination and cläṩṩification to know what form he will perform his service in.
In the short term, hope fans always support and send good words to him!
