Cuba Military:
Military branches:
Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR): Revolutionary Army (ER), Revolutionary Navy (MGR), Air and Air Defense Force (DAAFAR), Territorial Militia Troops (MTT), Youth Labor Army (EJT)
Military manpower — military age and obligation:
both sexes are eligible for military service (2004 est.)
Military manpower — availability:
males 17-49: 2,967,865 (2005 est.)
females 17-49: 2,913,559 (2005 est.)
Military manpower — fit for military service:
males 17-49: 2,441,927 (2005 est.)
females 17-49: 2,396,741 (2005 est.)
Military manpower — reaching military age annually:
males : 91,901 (2005 est.)
females : 87,500 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures dollar figure:
$572.3 million (2003 est.)
Military expenditures — percent of GDP:
1.8% (2003 est.)
Military — note:
Moscow, for decades the key military supporter and supplier of Cuba, cut off almost all military aid by 1993
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