|
Military branches:
|
Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR): Revolutionary Army (ER), Revolutionary Navy (Marina de Guerra Revolucionaria, MGR), Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Force (DAAFAR), Youth Labor Army (EJT) (2007)
|
|
Military service age and obligation:
|
17-28 years of age for compulsory military service; 2-year service obligation; both sexes subject to military service (2006)
|
|
Manpower available for military service:
|
males age 17-49: 2,967,865
females age 17-49: 2,913,559 (2005 est.)
|
|
Manpower fit for military service:
|
males age 17-49: 2,441,927
females age 17-49: 2,396,741 (2005 est.)
|
|
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
|
males age 18-49: 91,901
females age 18-49: 87,500 (2005 est.)
|
|
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
|
3.8% (2006 est.)
|
|
Military - note:
|
Moscow, for decades the key military supporter and supplier of Cuba, cut off almost all military aid by 1993
|
