Training and Enlistment Opportunities
- During the last six months of conscriptive service, draftees not enlisted in the Regular Force must be offered viable training programs to acquire skills for gainful employment post-service.
- Priority in filling vacancies in the Regular Force is given to the best qualified draftees.
Compensation and Benefits
- Draftees receive base pay and allowances equivalent to a private in the Regular Force.
- Draftees engaged in combat operations receive benefits similar to regular force members.
- Separation gratuity of not less than one month salary is granted for each year of training and service; six months of service is considered a full year for this gratuity.
Priority in Government Employment
- Draftees or those who rendered extended service are given priority for government appointments matching their training, experience, and educational qualifications.
- This priority prevails despite conflicting provisions in the Civil Service Law.
Death Benefits
- Draftees or trainees on extended tour killed in action are automatically enlisted as private in the Regular Force on the date of death.
- They are separated as private first class with corresponding benefits.
Repeal and Effectivity
- All laws, rules, or regulations inconsistent with this decree are repealed or modified accordingly.
- The decree takes effect starting October 1, 1977.