field - Military service age and obligation

Country	Military service age and obligation
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	18-25 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
Howland Island	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
Iles Eparses	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 (officers); Indonesian citizens only (2008)
Iran	19 years of age for compulsory military service; 16 years of age for volunteers; 17 years of age for Law Enforcement Forces; 15 years of age for Basij Forces (Popular Mobilization Army); conscript military service obligation - 18 months; women exempt from military service (2008)
Iraq	18-40 years of age for voluntary military service (2006)
Ireland	17-25 years of age for male or female voluntary military service (17-27 years of age for the Naval Service); enlistees 16 years of age can be recruited for apprentice specialist positions; maximum obligation 12 years; 17-35 years of age for the Reserve Defense Forces; EU citizenship or 5-year residence in Ireland required (2008)
Isle of Man	void
Israel	18 years of age for compulsory (Jews, Druzes) and voluntary (Christians, Muslims, Circassians) military service; both sexes are obligated to military service; conscript service obligation - 36 months for enlisted men, 21 months for enlisted women, 48 months for officers; reserve obligation to age 41-51 (men), 24 (women) (2008)
Italy	18-27 year of age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished January 2005; women may serve in any military branch; 10-month service obligation, with a reserve obligation to age 45 (Army and Air Force) or 39 (Navy) (2006)
Jamaica	18 years of age for voluntary military service; younger recruits may be conscripted with parental consent (2001)
Jan Mayen	void
Japan	18 years of age for voluntary military service (2001)
Jarvis Island	void
Jersey	void
Johnston Atoll	void
Jordan	17 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription at age 18 was suspended in 1999, although all males under age 37 are required to register; women not subject to conscription, but can volunteer to serve in non-combat military positions (2004)
Juan de Nova Island	void
Kazakhstan	18 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 2 years; minimum age for volunteers NA (2004)
Kenya	18 years of age (est.) for voluntary service, with a 9-year obligation (2007)
Kingman Reef	void
Kiribati	void
Korea, North	17 years of age (2004)

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