cript service obligation
(2006)

Estonia
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)

Ethiopia
18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military
service; theoretically, no compulsory military service, but the
military can conduct call-ups when necessary and compliance is
compulsory (2008)

Fiji
18 years of age for voluntary military service; reserve
obligation to age 45 (2006)

Finland
18 years of age for male voluntary and compulsory national
military and nonmilitary service; service obligation 6-12 months
(2008)

France
17-40 years of age for male or female voluntary military
service); no conscription; 12-month service obligation; women serve
in noncombat military posts (2005)

Gabon
20 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service
(2007)

Gambia, The
18 years of age for voluntary military service; no
conscription (2008)

Georgia
18 to 34 years of age for compulsory and voluntary active
duty military service; conscript service obligation - 18 months
(2005)

Germany
18 years of age (conscripts serve a 9-month tour of
compulsory military service) (2004)

Ghana
18 years of age for voluntary military service; no
conscription (2008)

Greece
19-45 years of age for compulsory military service; during
wartime the law allows for recruitment beginning January of the year
of inductee's 18th birthday, thus including 17 year olds; 17 years
of age for volunteers; conscript service obligation - 1 year for all
services; women are eligible for voluntary military service (2008)

Guatemala
all male citizens between the ages of 18 and 50 are liable
for military service; conscript service obligation varies from 12 to
24 months; women can serve as officers (2007)

Guinea
18 years of age for compulsory military service; 2-year
conscript service obligation (2006)

Guinea-Bissau
18 years of age for selective compulsory military
service (2006)

Guyana
18-25 years of age for voluntary military service