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Military branches:
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Defense Command: Army Operational Command, Admiral Danish Fleet, Island Command Greenland, Tactical Air Command (2006)
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Military service age and obligation:
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18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscripts serve an initial training period that varies from 4 to 12 months according to specialization; reservists are assigned to mobilization units following completion of their conscript service; women eligible to volunteer for military service (2004)
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Manpower available for military service:
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males age 18-49: 1,175,108
females age 18-49: 1,150,627 (2005 est.)
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Manpower fit for military service:
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males age 18-49: 955,168
females age 18-49: 935,643 (2005 est.)
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Manpower reaching military service age annually:
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males age 18-49: 31,317
females age 18-49: 29,558 (2005 est.)
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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1.5% (2006; 1.28% 2007 est.; 1.24% 2008 projected)
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