NATIONAL MILITARY SERVICE CARD: WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT IS FOR - CULTURE VOCABULARY - 2025

The National Military Service card (hereinafter SMN) is a document that is issued to each person who completes this service to guarantee the fulfillment and duty of their military obligations.

The National Military Service is an instruction that any citizen must comply with, in accordance with the provisions of Article V of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States.

Said weapons service is mandatory and of public order, for all those Mexican by birth or naturalization. This work can be rendered in the Army or the Navy, in roles of soldier or officer and in accordance with the capacities and aptitudes that are born in the individual.

The Military Service card is a document that is of great importance for a large number of civil processes and is of continuous use throughout the life of each person. You may also be interested in knowing the national symbols of Mexico and their meaning.

Characteristics and use of the military card

Article 155 of the Regulations of the Military Service Law establishes that the Identification Card may not be denied under any circumstances, to those Mexican citizens who have to request it within the established military age.

In the case of those who for any reason have not fulfilled this duty, they will be consigned to the corresponding authorities if they are of the corresponding age.

In article 163 of the same document, it is described that all citizens of military age are required to present the identification card between March 15 and April 15 of each year in order to obtain a visa. in the same.

This process is carried out in regional or sector recruitment offices or in the country's consulate, if the person resides abroad.

The purpose of the identification card visa process is to state whether the interested person is up to date with the obligations under article 5 of the Military Service Law. In the event that said military obligations have not been fulfilled, the person will go to the disposal of the corresponding authorities.

Once the penalty imposed has been carried out, the corresponding visa of the card will be granted. Likewise, in this document each change in the citizen's situation must be recorded.

In each contract that is signed and all those written requests sent to the authorities, mention must be made of the registration number granted to the person.

There it must also be indicated if the identification card was endorsed, that is, if the person is in compliance with the corresponding laws.

In the event of the death of a person, the civil registry judge, the acting doctor or the person in charge of the cemetery, must comply with the duty of stipulating in the identification card, the reason for the death supported by their own fingerprint.

The document must be sent to the Central Recruitment Office for further processing.

Process to obtain the primer: phases

1- Enlistment

Those Mexican citizens who are of military age, ranging from 18 to 40 years old, are requested at the recruiting delegations, at the municipal boards or at the country's consulates abroad.

It is in these places where you go in order to start the process to obtain the SMN card, in order to be able to fulfill your military obligations. This process is carried out between January 2 and October 15 of each year.

2- Draw

The draw process is carried out in the municipal and delegational recruitment boards each year, on a Sunday in November.

This activity aims to determine how each person will meet enlisted personnel. The draw is carried out through the use of ballots with the following characteristics:

• White or blue ball, the citizen will render his military service in the training centers of the army, the Air Force or the Navy of Mexico.
• Black ball, the citizen will be available under the orders of the military zone commanders present in each State.

3- Recruitment

This is the process in which the training centers proceed to assemble the contingent that will begin to fulfill their constitutional military duty.

This group includes those who voluntarily enlisted and who obtained a white, blue or black ball during the draw.

This also includes women volunteers who voluntarily wish to participate in the training program.

4- Training

Those people already recruited, will proceed to fulfill their military obligations listed in a Military Unit or Naval Sector. The instruction is carried out during every Saturday of the months between February and December.

5- Liberation

Finally, the liberation process is the one in which the Secretariat of National Defense and of the Navy and Navy of Mexico, grants the SMN identity card and the release sheet to anyone who has successfully completed the ordered military instruction.

Once registered, each citizen obtains the right of free issuance of the identification card.

The purpose of this document is to prove the identity and fulfillment of military duties. In this it is detailed:

1. A front portrait.
2. General information: full name, age, occupation, marital status and address of residence.
3. Registration number. This number is associated with a single individual and cannot be granted to any other person under any circumstances.
4. Class to which it belongs.
5. Destination corporation.
6. Number of the unit to which to go in case of mobilization.
7. Signature of the issuing authority.
8. Signature of the holder.
9. Seal of the Municipal Board of Recruitment or Consulate.
10. Fingerprint.

References

1. Municipal Government of Puebla. What is the national military service card? Recovered from pueblacapital.gob.mx.
2. Secretary of National Defense. Phases of the National Military Service. June 2015, 2015. Recovered from gob.mx.
3. -. Enlistment to obtain the Identity Card of the National Military Service. May 19, 2015. Recovered from gob.mx.
4. Secretariat of National Defense. REGULATION OF THE LAW OF THE MILITARY SERVICE. Recovered from sedena.gob.mx.