field - Military service age and obligation

Country	Military service age and obligation
Ecuador	20 years of age for selective conscript military service; 12-month service obligation (2008)
Egypt	18-30 years of age for male conscript military service; service obligation 12-36 months, followed by a 9-year reserve obligation (2008)
El Salvador	18 years of age for selective compulsory military service; 16 years of age for voluntary service; 12-month service obligation (2006)
Equatorial Guinea	18 years of age (est.) for compulsory military service (2008)
Eritrea	18-40 years of age for male and female voluntary and compulsory military service; 16-month conscript service obligation (2006)
Estonia	compulsory military service for men between 19 and 28; conscription lasts 11 months for junior NCOs and reserve platoon leaders; reserve officers and designated specialists have a different conscript service obligation; Estonia has committed to retaining conscription for men up to 2010 and, unlike Latvia and Lithuania, has no plan to transition to a contract armed forces; 17 years of age for volunteers; reserve commitment up to the age of 60 (2006)
Ethiopia	18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; theoretically, no compulsory military service, but the military can conduct call-ups when necessary and compliance is compulsory (2008)
European Union	void
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	void
Faroe Islands	void
Fiji	18 years of age for voluntary military service; reserve obligation to age 45 (2006)
Finland	18 years of age for male voluntary and compulsory national military and nonmilitary service; service obligation 6-12 months (2007)
France	17-40 years of age for male or female voluntary military service); no conscription; 12-month service obligation; women serve in noncombat military posts (2005)
French Polynesia	void
French Southern and Antarctic Lands	void
Gabon	20 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service (2007)
Gambia, The	18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008)
Gaza Strip	void
Georgia	18 to 34 years of age for compulsory and voluntary active duty military service; conscript service obligation - 18 months (2005)
Germany	18 years of age (conscripts serve a 9-month tour of compulsory military service) (2004)
Ghana	18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008)
Gibraltar	void
Greece	18 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 of age for volunteers; conscript service obligation - 12 months for the Army, Air Force; 15 months for Navy; women are eligible for voluntary military service (2007)
Greenland	void
Grenada	void
Guam	void
Guatemala	all male citizens between the ages of 18 and 50 are liable for military service; conscript service obligation varies from 12 to 24 months; women can serve as officers (2007)
Guernsey	void
Guinea	18 years of age for compulsory military service; 2-year conscript service obligation (2006)
Guinea-Bissau	18 years of age for selective compulsory military service (2006)
Guyana	18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008)
Haiti	void
Heard Island and McDonald Islands	void
Holy See (Vatican City)	void
Honduras	18 years of age for voluntary 2 to 3-year military service (2004)
Hong Kong	void
Hungary	18 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished in June 2004; 6-month service obligation, with reserve obligation to age 50 (2006)
Iceland	void
India	16 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008)
Indian Ocean	void
Indonesia	18 years of age for selective compulsory and voluntary military service; 2-year conscript service obligation, with reserve obligation to age 45 (2006)

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