Military of Georgia
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 |