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Military branches:
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Ground Forces (includes National Guard), Air and Air Defense Forces, Maritime Defense Force, Interior Forces |
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Military service age and obligation:
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18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscript service obligation - 18 months (2004) |
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Manpower available for military service:
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males age 18-49: 1,038,736 (2005 est.) |
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Manpower fit for military service:
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males age 18-49: 827,281 (2005 est.) |
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Manpower reaching military service age annually:
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males: 38,857 (2005 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$23 million (FY00) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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0.59% (FY00) |
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Military - note:
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a CIS peacekeeping force of Russian troops is deployed in the Abkhazia region of Georgia together with a UN military observer group; a Russian peacekeeping battalion is deployed in South Ossetia |
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