Editing Roger Federer (section)

===Military service===
Like all male Swiss citizens, Federer was subject to [[conscription in Switzerland|compulsory military service]] in the Swiss Armed Forces, which was mandatory for all able-bodied male citizens when they reached the age of majority, and so Federer was drafted when he turned 18 in 1999. However, he was soon discharged due to a chronic back problem.<ref name=discharged>{{cite web |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/tennis/news-roger-federer-reveals-discharged-swiss-military-18 |title=Roger Federer reveals why he was discharged from the Swiss military when he was 18 |website=www.sportskeeda.com |date=4 August 2020 |access-date=16 December 2023 }}</ref>

In 2003, he was ruled "unsuitable" and was subsequently exempted from his military service obligation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lematin.ch/actu/suisse/roger-federer-exempte-pc-143403 |title=Roger Federer: le voici exempté de PC... |work=Le Matin |date=13 July 2009 |access-date=14 October 2009 |first=Fabian |last=Muhieddine |language=fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091018040912/http://www.lematin.ch/actu/suisse/roger-federer-exempte-pc-143403 |archive-date=18 October 2009 }}</ref> Instead, he served in the civil protection force and was required to pay 3% of his taxable income.<ref name=15facts/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/tennis/2004-02-06-federer-military_x.htm |work=[[USA Today]] |title=Federer to serve in Swiss civil force, not army |access-date=25 March 2016 |date=6 February 2004 |archive-date=22 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170722062451/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/tennis/2004-02-06-federer-military_x.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>