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Military branches:
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Georgian Armed Forces: Land Forces, Navy (includes coast guard), Air and Air Defense Forces, National Guard (2008)
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Military service age and obligation:
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18 to 34 years of age for compulsory and voluntary active duty military service; conscript service obligation - 18 months (2005)
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Manpower available for military service:
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males age 16-49: 1,113,251
females age 16-49: 1,168,021 (2008 est.)
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Manpower fit for military service:
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males age 16-49: 910,720
females age 16-49: 967,566 (2008 est.)
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Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
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male: 35,917
female: 34,566 (2008 est.)
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Military expenditures:
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0.59% of GDP (2005 est.)
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Military - note:
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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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