News reports say that propaganda songs have been written to attract more women into the coastal artillery units – so much so that women fighters now guard nearly all tunnels and bridges. According to the photo herein, the men play instruments and the women instruments of war. The fact is, North Korea soldiers serve six years in the army, keeping them out of trouble for that time in their lives (18-24), when they are most likely to act out revolutionary fantasies. The North Korean military is really a large prison system. While the troops are trained to use weapons, they get little ammunition for training, and the weapons are locked up most of the time.