Greece Military 2009, CIA World Factbook




Greece Military 2009 http://www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/greece/greece_military.html SOURCE: 2009 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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Military branches:
Hellenic Army (Ellinikos Stratos, ES), Hellenic Navy (Ellinikos Polemiko Navtiko, EPN), Hellenic Air Force (Elliniki Polimiki Aeroporia, EPA) (2009)

Military service age and obligation:
19-45 years of age for compulsory military service; during wartime the law allows for recruitment beginning January of the year of inductee's 18th birthday, thus including 17 year olds; 17 years of age for volunteers; conscript service obligation - 1 year for all services; women are eligible for voluntary military service (2008)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49: 2,535,174
females age 16-49: 2,517,273 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 2,067,878
females age 16-49: 2,050,289 (2009 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually:
male: 53,401
female: 50,084 (2009 est.)

Military expenditures:
4.3% of GDP (2005 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Greece 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 Greece Military 2009 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Greece Military 2009 should be addressed to the CIA.

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