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Military branches:
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Georgian Armed Forces: Land Forces (includes National Guard), Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces (2006)
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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 18-49: 1,038,736
females age 18-49: 1,105,910 (2005 est.)
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Manpower fit for military service:
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males age 18-49: 827,281
females age 18-49: 903,791 (2005 est.)
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Manpower reaching military service age annually:
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males age 18-49: 38,857
females age 18-49: 38,238 (2005 est.)
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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0.59% (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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