word | | Military service age and obligation |
| comprised | Bulgaria | ... military service; conscript service obligation - 9 months; as of May 2006, 67% of the Bulgarian Army comprised of professional soldiers; conscription ended as of 1 January 2008; Air and Air Defense Forces ... |
| comprised | Mongolia | ... months in land or air defense forces or police; a small portion of Mongolian land forces (2.5 percent) is comprised of contract soldiers; women cannot be deployed overseas for military operations (2006 |
| compulsory | Algeria | 19-30 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 18 months (6 months basic training, 12 months civil projects) (2006) |
| compulsory | Angola | 17 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 2 years plus time for training (2001) |
| compulsory | Armenia | 18-27 years of age for voluntary or compulsory military service; 2-year conscript service obligation (2007) |
| compulsory | Austria | 18-35 years of age for compulsory military service; 16 years of age for male or female voluntary service; service obligation 7 months of training, followed by an 8-year reserve obligation (2006) |
| compulsory | Belarus | 18-27 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 18 months (2005) |
| compulsory | Benin | 21 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; in practice, volunteers may be taken at the age of 18; both sexes are eligible for military service; conscript tour of duty ... |
| compulsory | Bolivia | 18 years of age for 12-month compulsory military service; when annual number of volunteers falls short of goal, compulsory recruitment is effected, including conscription of boys as young as 14; 15-19 ... |
| compulsory | Brazil | 21-45 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 9 to 12 months; 17-45 years of age for voluntary service; an increasing percentage of the ranks are "long-service" volunteer ... |
| compulsory | Burkina Faso | 18 years of age for compulsory military service; 20 years of age for voluntary military service (2001) |
| compulsory | Burundi | 16 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; children as young as 10 years of age have been conscripted into the armed forces; the enrollment of children is still not ... |
| compulsory | Cape Verde | 18 years of age (est.) for selective compulsory military service; 14-month conscript service obligation (2006) |
| compulsory | Central African Republic | 18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; 2-year conscript service obligation (2006) |
| compulsory | Chad | ... of age for volunteers; no minimum age restriction for volunteers with consent from a guardian; women are subject to 1 year of compulsory military or civic service at age of 21 (2004 |
| compulsory | Chile | 18-45 years of age for voluntary male and female military service, although the right to compulsory recruitment is retained; service obligation - 12 months for Army, 22 months for Navy and Air Force ... |
| compulsory | China | 18-22 years of age for selective compulsory military service, with 24-month service obligation; no minimum age for voluntary service (all officers are volunteers); 18-19 years of age for women high school ... |
| compulsory | Colombia | 18-24 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; service obligation - 18 months (2004) |
| compulsory | Cote d'Ivoire | 18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service (2008) |
| compulsory | Croatia | 18-27 years of age for compulsory military service; 16 years of age with consent for voluntary service; 6-month conscript service obligation; full conversion to professional military service by 2010 (2006) |
| compulsory | Cuba | 17-28 years of age for compulsory military service; 2-year service obligation; both sexes subject to military service (2006) |
| compulsory | Cyprus | Greek Cypriot National Guard (GCNG): 18-50 years of age for compulsory military service for all Greek Cypriot males; 17 years of age for voluntary service; females are not conscripted; age of military ... |
| compulsory | Czech Republic | 18-28 years of age for voluntary and 19-28 for compulsory military service (2008) |
| compulsory | Denmark | 18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscripts serve an initial training period that varies from 4 to 12 months according to specialization; reservists are assigned to mobilization units ... |
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