word | | Military service age and obligation |
| comprised | Bulgaria | ... years of age for voluntary military service; as of May 2006, 67% of the Bulgarian Army comprised of professional soldiers; conscription ended January 2008; Air Forces and Naval Forces became fully professional ... |
| 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 | 22-24 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 2 years; Angolan citizenship required (2009) |
| 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 6 months of training, followed by an 8-year reserve obligation (2008) |
| 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 | 18-49 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 ... |
| 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 | 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) |
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