V enlisted on December 11, 2023, and served in the Special Mission Team (SDT) of the Military Police under the 2nd Corps in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province. He was officially discharged on June 10, 2025. The singer has maintained close relationships with his fellow sol∂ιєrs from the 2nd Corps, both during and after his military service. In July 2025, not long after his discharge, V even made a secret visit to the unit's SDT base to congratulate his former comrades on completing their service.

Fans have also had several opportunities to see photos of V spending time and having fun with his fellow sol∂ιєrs at the barracks. Many stories about his daily life and interactions with them during military service have also surfaced. However, there is one side of V that ARMY rarely gets to see: him actively taking part in military training.

Recently, a video circulating on social media not only offered a glimpse of this side of V but also caught people's attention because it was filmed more than a year after his discharge.

Specifically, on the 12th, a short video lasting just around eight seconds υиєχρє¢тє∂ly attracted widespread attention after capturing Taehyung during a military training session. In the clip, he can be seen standing in the middle of a large room resembling an auditorium, looking calm and appearing bare-faced. The idol gazes straight ahead, occasionally breaking into a slight smile. Several fellow sol∂ιєrs are seated in front of him, while a uniformed individual stands beside him holding a microphone and speaking, seemingly using V as an example to illustrate part of the training material.

His hair is now considerably longer than it was during his active-duty service, indicating that the footage was recorded recently, apparently during one of his reserve forces training sessions.

A few days earlier, reports emerged that BTS members, including V, had returned to their military units to fulfill their reserve service obligations during a break in the ARIRANG World Tour — following the South αмєяι¢αn shows and ahead of the Asian leg scheduled to begin in mid-November 2026 — rather than taking the entire break off.

Under South кσяєα's military service law, men are required to continue participating in reserve forces training for approximately eight years after completing their active-duty service. This obligation applies to everyone, regardless of profession or social status. Having been discharged in June 2025, the singer has now entered the reserve service period and must attend training sessions as required.

Notably, during his most recent livestream on November 9, fans noticed that one of V's thumbs was bandaged. This detail led many to speculate that he might have sustained an injury during his recent reserve forces training.

Meanwhile, several military personnel who attended the same tactical training session expressed their surprise and admiration at V's striking appearance. One fellow sol∂ιєr sitting beside him even shared that he was still amazed by the encounter, describing the idol as unbelievably handsome. The story became even more amusing when his mother also reacted in disbelief, jokingly asking: "Since when did you become friends with someone so handsome?"

Now that footage of V in a military setting has begun circulating widely, fans seem to understand exactly how his fellow reservists must have felt when they saw him in person. Under the video, ARMYs can't seem to get enough of the idol's appearance: “Taehyung in military uniform with long hair is absolutely k1lling me”, “TAEHYUNG MILITARY ERA IS BACK”, “Ahhh, Tae looked so devastatingly handsome with his long hair in his military uniform”, “I’m so turned on rn”, “Grown up military man. So cool”, "He's effortlessly gorgeous!”,...