Georgia Military 2009, CIA World Factbook




Georgia Military 2009 http://www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/georgia/georgia_military.html SOURCE: 2009 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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Military branches:
Georgian Armed Forces: Land Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces
note: naval forces have been incorporated into the coast guard (2009)

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 16-49: 1,113,251
females age 16-49: 1,168,021 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 908,282
females age 16-49: 959,290 (2009 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually:
male: 32,355
female: 30,809 (2009 est.)

Military expenditures:
0.59% of GDP (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 2009 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Georgia Military 2009 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Georgia Military 2009 should be addressed to the CIA.

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