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Military branches:
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Estonian Defense Forces: Land Force, Navy, Air Force, Volunteer Defense League (Kaitseliit, KL) (2006)
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Military service age and obligation:
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compulsory military service for men between 19 and 28; conscription lasts 11 months for junior NCOs and reserve platoon leaders; reserve officers and designated specialists have a different conscript service obligation; Estonia has committed to retaining conscription for men up to 2010 and, unlike Latvia and Lithuania, has no plan to transition to a contract armed forces; 17 years of age for volunteers; reserve commitment up to the age of 60 (2006)
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Manpower available for military service:
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males age 18-49: 291,696
females age 18-49: 304,961 (2005 est.)
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Manpower fit for military service:
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males age 18-49: 200,382 (in 2004, 51% of the young men called up for service were determined to be unfit; main obstacles to conscription were psychiatric and behavioral)
females age 18-49: 250,351 (2005 est.)
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Manpower reaching military service age annually:
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males age 15-49: 11,146
females age 18-49: 10,605 (2005 est.)
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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2% (2005 est.)
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