182:. Like other fresh boot camp graduates, he experienced some hazing from more senior soldiers. He served on guard duty at the base's entrance, checking identity cards and on one occasion coming into contact with a superior officer surprised to see a non-Han Chinese man serving in the army. He was later promoted to corporal, and took on lighter duties at the brigade headquarters. He was honorably discharged from the army in early 1998.
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on all qualified males of military age, including naturalized citizens. Friends of the former Locke — now Lin — did not expect he would be called up, since he was of foreign origin, but his draft notice indeed arrived in late 1995. His military service coincided with a tense time for Taiwan, as the
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