word | | Military service age and obligation |
| compulsory | Mongolia | 18-25 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 12 months in land or air defense forces or police; a small portion of Mongolian land forces (2.5 percent) is comprised ... |
| compulsory | Montenegro | compulsory national military service abolished August 2006 |
| compulsory | Morocco | 18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscript service obligation - 18 months (2004) |
| compulsory | Mozambique | 19-35 years of age for compulsory military service; 18 years of age for voluntary service; 2-year service obligation (2009) |
| compulsory | Norway | 18-44 years of age for male compulsory military service; 16 years of age in wartime; 17 years of age for male volunteers; 18 years of age for women; 12-month service obligation ... |
| compulsory | Paraguay | 18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscript service obligation - 12 months for Army, 24 months for Navy (2007) |
| compulsory | Philippines | 18-25 years of age (officers 21-29) for compulsory and voluntary military service; applicants must be single male or female Philippine citizens (2007) |
| compulsory | Poland | 18-28 years of age for male voluntary or compulsory military service; service obligation shortened from 12 to 9 months in 2005; conscription is to end in 2012; only soldiers who have completed ... |
| compulsory | Portugal | 18 years of age for voluntary military service; compulsory military service ended in 2004; women serve in the armed forces, on naval ships since 1993, but are prohibited from serving in some ... |
| compulsory | Russia | 18-27 years of age for compulsory or voluntary military service; males are registered for the draft at 17 years of age; service obligation - 1 year; reserve obligation to age 50; as of ... |
| compulsory | Senegal | 18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscript service obligation - 2 years (2004) |
| compulsory | Serbia | 19-35 years of age for male compulsory military service; under a state of war or impending war, conscription can begin at age 16; conscription is to be abolished in 2010; 6-month ... |