word | | Military service age and obligation |
| allow | Belize | 18 years of age for voluntary military service; laws allow for conscription only if volunteers are insufficient; conscription has never been implemented; volunteers typically outnumber available positions by 3:1 (2008) |
| allowed | Australia | 17 years of age for voluntary military service (with parental consent); no conscription; women allowed to serve in Army combat units in non-combat support roles (2008) |
| allowed | Brazil | ... for voluntary service; an increasing percentage of the ranks are "long-service" volunteer professionals; women were allowed to serve in the armed forces beginning in early 1980s when the Brazilian Army became ... |
| allowed | Congo, Republic of the | 18 years of age for voluntary military service; women allowed to serve (2007) |
| allowed | India | 16 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription; women officers allowed in noncombat roles only (2008) |
| allowed | Poland | ... 2005; conscription is to end in 2012; only soldiers who have completed their conscript service are allowed to volunteer for professional service; as of April 2004, women are only allowed to serve ... |
| allows | Greece | 19-45 years of age for compulsory military service; during wartime the law allows for recruitment beginning January of the year of inductee's 18th birthday, thus including 17 year olds; 17 years ... |
| alternative | Taiwan | ... incremental voluntary enlistment system beginning 2010, with 10% fewer conscripts each year thereafter, although nonvolunteers will still be required to perform alternative service or go through 3-4 months of military training (2009 |
| America | Brazil | ... armed forces beginning in early 1980s when the Brazilian Army became the first army in South America to accept women into career ranks; women serve in Navy and Air Force only in ... |
| Angolan | Angola | 22-24 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 2 years; Angolan citizenship required (2009) |
| announced | Taiwan | ... are restricted to noncombat roles; reserve obligation to age 30 (Army); the Ministry of Defense has announced plans to implement an incremental voluntary enlistment system beginning 2010, with 10% fewer conscripts each ... |
| annual | Bolivia | 18-49 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 ... |
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