Been there done that, hated pretty much every moment there until I got ejected due to a fracture in my leg. Finished the service with civil service as I didn't feel like going back to military service at the age of 25...
In Finland you can actually choose between military and civil service and if you "want" you can always go to jail as well. Military service lasts from 6 to 12 months while civil service is 11 months (1 month at the civil service center and 10 months doing something, in my case worked at the local university).
While they claim military service is rite of passage to manhood I don't think I learned anything that I couldn't have learned elsewhere. Learning how to make my bed, clean, start a fire (with matches) or ski are all things I knew (and pretty much everyone should know at the age of 19). Mostly the thing I learned in the army was how idiotic pretty much half of unit was and how to get along with people who I normally wouldn't care to talk to. For example a career criminal with loads of convictions for theft, robberies etc. Sure there were some good people as well, the original group of about 7 people we had in the same room was awesome.
To summarize my time in the army: absolute waste of time. Made me slack more, lie more (easier to get out of things), lost a huge amount of respect towards doctors. I complained 2