| Military | Cuba |
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Military branches:
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Revolutionary Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias, FAR): Revolutionary Army (Ejercito Revolucionario, ER, includes Territorial Militia Troops (Milicia de Tropas de Territoriales, MTT)); Revolutionary Navy (Marina de Guerra Revolucionaria, MGR, includes Marine Corps); Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Forces (DAAFAR), Youth Labor Army (Ejercito Juvenil del Trabajo, EJT) (2011) |
Military service age and obligation:
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17-28 years of age for compulsory military service; 2-year service obligation; both sexes subject to military service (2006) |
Manpower available for military service:
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males age 16-49: 2,998,201
females age 16-49: 2,919,107 (2010 est.) |
Manpower fit for military service:
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males age 16-49: 2,446,131
females age 16-49: 2,375,590 (2010 est.) |
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
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males: 72,823
females: 69,108 (2010 est.) |
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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3.8% of GDP (2006 est.) |
Military - note:
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the collapse of the Soviet Union deprived the Cuban military of its major economic and logistic support and had a significant impact on the state of Cuban equipment; the army remains well trained and professional in nature; while the lack of replacement parts for its existing equipment has increasingly affected operational capabilities, Cuba remains able to offer considerable resistance to any regional power (2010) |
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