What is the Jehovah's Witnesses' official position on alternative national service?

As I understand, Jehovah's Witnesses refuse to serve in the military in countries with compulsory national service, since it's viewed as directly violating or participating in violation of the sixth commandment as well as the principle of political neutrality. Many countries with national service (including mine) offer alternative national service based on religious convictions, often in hospitals or postal services. However, a (now edited) answer on this question quotes a former member of the JW Governing Body (now rejected by JWs as apostate) as saying: > "...doing civilian work in lieu of military duty is... a tacit or implied acknowledgement of one's obligation to Caesar's war machine... A Christian therefore cannot be required to support the military establishment either directly or indirectly." > "For one of Jehovah's Witnesses to tell a judge that he is willing to accept work in a hospital or similar work would be making a 'deal' with the judge, and he would be breaking his integrity with God." > "To accept the alternative civil service is a form of moral support to the entire arrangement." Alternative service is rejected as implicitly supporting "Caesar's war machine", but it seems obvious that someone who works a regular 40-hour week in an office supports "Caesar's war machine" more substantially and more directly by paying taxes than someone working in a hospital (which seems a fairly worthy profession for a believer). Nevertheless, Jehovah's Witnesses pay taxes . They justify this (reasonably enough) based on Romans 13. However, I don't really see the distinction between a government taking my *money* (and possibly using it for immoral purposes) and taking my *time* (and using it for purposes that aren't inherently immoral). Is there an official explanation of why Romans 13 doesn't apply to alternative national service? Or, I noted that there is some controversy over the source of the quotes above, are they not in fact representative of the JW position?