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Military branches:
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Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr): Army (Heer), Navy (Deutsche Marine, includes naval air arm), Air Force (Luftwaffe), Joint Support Service, Central Medical Service |
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Military service age and obligation:
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18 years of age (conscripts serve a nine-month tour of compulsory military service) (2004) |
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Manpower available for military service:
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males age 18-49: 18,917,537 (2005 est.) |
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Manpower fit for military service:
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males age 18-49: 15,258,931 (2005 est.) |
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Manpower reaching military service age annually:
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males: 497,048 (2005 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$35.063 billion (2003) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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1.5% (2003) |
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