Conscripts may attain the rank of private first class by the completion of initial training. Those with leadership potential may serve a longer period to obtain noncommissioned officer (NCO) status in the militia. Those volunteering for the career service can, after three to four years, apply to attend the NCO academy and later a senior NCO course to qualify as warrant officers. Both regular and militia officer candidates undergo a one-year program of basic training. After a further three years, regular officer candidates attending the military academy at Wiener Neustadt and militia officer candidates undergoing periodic intensified refresher training qualify as second lieutenants. The reserve obligation of conscripts generally ends by the time they reach their mid-thirties; NCOs and officers usually end their reserve status at a later age depending on their rank and specialization. By the early 1990s, some 1.3 million men had completed their initial service and refresher training obligations and had no further active-duty commitment.
conscripts may attain the rank of private first class by the completion of initial training those with leadership potential may serve a longer period to obtain noncommissioned officer (nco) status in the militia those volunteering for the career service can after three to four years apply to attend the nco academy and later a senior nco course to qualify as warrant officers both regular and militia officer candidates undergo a one-year program of basic training after a further three years regular officer candidates attending the military academy at wiener neustadt and militia officer candidates undergoing periodic intensified refresher training qualify as second lieutenants the reserve obligation of conscripts generally ends by the time they reach their mid-thirties; ncos and officers usually end their reserve status at a later age depending on their rank and specialization by the early 1990s some 13 million men had completed their initial service and refresher training obligations and had no further active-duty commitment