Georgia Military:
Military branches:
Ground Forces (includes National Guard), Air and Air Defense Forces, Maritime Defense Force, Interior Forces
Military manpower — military age and obligation:
18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscript service obligation - 18 months (2004 est.)
Military manpower — availability:
males 18-49: 1,038,736 (2005 est.)
Military manpower — fit for military service:
males 18-49: 827,281 (2005 est.)
Military manpower — reaching military age annually:
males : 38,857 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures — dollar figure:
$23 million (FY00 est.)
Military expenditures — percent of GDP:
0.59% (FY00 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
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