word | | Military service age and obligation |
| serve | Norway | ... practice they are seldom called to duty after age 30; reserve obligation to age 35-60; 16 years of age for volunteers to the Home Guard, who serve 6-month duty tours (2009 |
| serve | Portugal | 18 years of age for voluntary military service; no compulsory military service; women serve in the armed forces, on naval ships since 1993, but are prohibited from serving in some combatant specialties ... |
| serve | Slovakia | 18-30 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription; women are eligible to serve (2011) |
| serve | South Africa | 18 years of age for voluntary military service; women are eligible to serve in noncombat roles; 2-year service obligation (2007) |
| serve | Spain | ... age for voluntary military service by citizen or legal immigrant, 2-3 year obligation; women allowed to serve in all SAF branches, including combat units; Spanish Government can mobilize citizens 19-25 years of ... |
| serve | Switzerland | ... 18 years of age for voluntary male and female military service; every Swiss male has to serve at least 260 days in the armed forces; conscripts receive 18 weeks of mandatory training ... |
| serve | Syria | 18 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 21 months (18 months in the Syrian Arab Navy); women are not conscripted but may volunteer to serve (2010) |
| serve | Turkey | ... is trying to reduce dependency on conscription, as of 2004, 75% of soldiers were conscripts; women serve in the Turkish Armed Forces only as officers; reserve obligation to age 41; under a ... |
| serve | United Kingdom | ... 16-33 years of age (officers 17-28) for voluntary military service (with parental consent under 18); women serve in military services, but are excluded from ground combat positions and some naval postings; as ... |
| serve | Zimbabwe | 18-24 years of age for compulsory military service; women are eligible to serve (2010) |
| service | Afghanistan | 22 years of age; inductees are contracted into service for a 4-year term (2005) |
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