Zmitzt dinna - Moderator in the military (Swiss Press Video 2012, by Sereina Venzin) - Swiss Press Award

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Sereina Venzin

At recruit school, young Swiss citizens learn the art of war. Tens of thousands enlist in the Swiss Armed Forces each year. What kind of daily routine awaits conscripts? How do the young people cope with their integration into the community of purpose? What meaning and benefit can they derive from this training, which is undergoing more change than ever before? Sereina Venzin explores these questions in her documentary "Zmitzt dinna - Moderator in the Military." The journalist regularly mingles with the conscripts. With a special permit from the military, she completes several weeks of Infantry Recruit School 12 – from the first shooting session to bivouacking to a 50-km march. During her deployments, Sereina Venzin feels the pulse of the times and the army.