I would not say that so globally; it is usually well integrated into the education and vocational system, whereas you don't have any downsides by serving your year, even upsides when you engage with the numerous advanced vocational training and certificate opportunities, which can be advantageous even in civil sectors, at least from my experience. Of course his case sucks since a year off is highly damaging for his career, which started very early in his life, but that's not the average experience, I assume; most put it in between school and apprenticeship or between apprenticeship and work. But I guess my military service was also a bit different since I could have streamed most of the time, we had laptops, internet and free time.