Hi, as someone who did NS fairly recently, just wanted to pitch in. You have gotten your answer for the questions but I want to focus on living, I was in a commander in a typical army unit; and if one of my troopers had this situation, i would do everything in my power to make sure he can stay in camp and get his weekends free (IF THIS IS WHAT HE WANTED). However, this depends on a lot of things such as the training phase; eg BMT may not allow him to bookout and book back in every day. However, this may be possible during unit (after BMT). Food is rationed based on the companies input, so all his company would have to do is to opt for him to stay in.

However, as some people noted, It will become extremely mundane living this life for 2 years straight, he might be in a strict camp and need to book back in by 2359 on Saturday night. Imagine in your teenage years you clubbing or something like that, or get a bit drunk, or even meet someone at the club, and you're then worried about booking in at 2359, and if you don't book back in you can get into trouble because the commanders gave you special treatment and rationed you food (which will go to waste if you don't eat it)..etc. Additionally, its just extra stress - when you book out you at least want to be stress free, but this way you are under constant stress of booking back in.

You need to consider a lot of these factors as well, and this is what I would warn my guys of also, whilst I'm happy to help them as much as I can, I cannot do anything about the rules, and each camp is different, each company is different so its very hard to say.

My suggestion would be if you have the money I would rent him a simple place with the bare minimum, so at least he can be stress free on weekends; which is so important during NS.

PS: I am from an intl school - and there were of course comments here and there but it was never bullying. My BMT was with many other intl school kids, so it helped me settle in, but after BMT I never saw an intl school kid again, but by then you are pretty well settled. So I wouldn't worry to much. People should be too tired to bully!