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Military branches:
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Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR): Revolutionary Army (ER), Revolutionary Navy (MGR), Air and Air Defense Force (DAAFAR), Territorial Militia Troops (MTT), Youth Labor Army (EJT) |
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Military service age and obligation:
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17 years of age; both sexes are eligible for military service (2004) |
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Manpower available for military service:
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males age 17-49: 2,967,865
females age 17-49: 2,913,559 (2005 est.) |
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Manpower fit for military service:
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males age 17-49: 2,441,927
females age 17-49: 2,396,741 (2005 est.) |
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Manpower reaching military service age annually:
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males: 91,901
females: 87,500 (2005 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$572.3 million (2003) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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1.8% (2003) |
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Military - note:
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Moscow, for decades the key military supporter and supplier of Cuba, cut off almost all military aid by 1993 |
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