army recruit sandra moradi must act. >> hands over your head! drop your weapon! orter: luckily, this was just a drill. sandra is training to defend her home country, norway. the 19-year-old is one of norway's first female military conscripts. having joined in summer, she's now stationed in the tundra, north of the arctic circle, 1600 kilometres from her home city of oslo. but she won't let herself get homesick. women in uniform are highly respected in norway, and her family supports what she does. >> everyone is proud of me. so, it's good to be here, when everyone's proud of me. >> they're not scared? >> my mum is scared of course. but none of my friends. >> your mum is scared? >> yeah. it's always like that. mum's always scared for their children. reporter: the first women enlisted in the norwegian army 40 years ago, but through choice. norway has now made military service compulsory for women, and they're treated no differently than men. >> it's nice, i guess. i've never experienced a problem with. i'm really happy that it works. and that it is the way it is. re