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Georgia Military 2008

Military branches:
Georgian Armed Forces: Land Forces (includes National Guard), Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces (2006)

Military service age and obligation:
18 to 34 years of age for compulsory and voluntary active duty military service; conscript service obligation - 18 months (2005)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 1,038,736
females age 18-49: 1,105,910 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 827,281
females age 18-49: 903,791 (2005 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males age 18-49: 38,857
females age 18-49: 38,238 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
0.59% (2005 est.)

Military - note:
a CIS peacekeeping force of Russian troops is deployed in the Abkhazia region of Georgia together with a UN military observer group; a Russian peacekeeping battalion is deployed in South Ossetia

NOTE: The information regarding Georgia on this page is re-published from the 2008 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Georgia Military 2008 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Georgia Military 2008 should be addressed to the CIA.