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| Military | Last updated on 15 January, 2010 |
| 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 militarily significant age annually: | male: 32,355
female: 30,809 (2009 est.) | | Military expenditures: | 0.59% of GDP (2005 est.)
country comparison to the world: 158 | | 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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