s are for successive 3-year terms until
the age of 36 (2006)

Russia
18-27 years of age for compulsory or voluntary military
service; males are registered for the draft at 17 years of age;
service obligation - 1 year; reserve obligation to age 50; as of
July 2008, a draft military strategy called for the draft to
continue up to the year 2030 (2008)

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

Saint Kitts and Nevis
18 years of age for voluntary military
service; no conscription (2008)

San Marino
16-55 for voluntary service in Voluntary Military Force
(2006)

Sao Tome and Principe
18 years of age (est.) (2004)

Saudi Arabia
18 years of age (est.); no conscription (2004)

Senegal
18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military
service; conscript service obligation - 2 years (2004)

Serbia
19-35 years of age for compulsory military service; under a
state of war or impending war, conscription can begin at age 16;
conscription is to be abolished in 2010; 9-month service obligation,
with a reserve obligation to age 60 for men and 50 for women (2007)

Seychelles
18 years of age for voluntary military service (younger
with parental consent); no conscription (2008)

Sierra Leone
17 years 6 months of age for voluntary military service
(younger with parental consent); no conscription (2008)

Singapore
18-21 years of age for male compulsory military service;
16 years of age for volunteers; 2-year conscript service obligation,
with a reserve obligation to age 40 (enlisted) or age 50 (officers)
(2008)

Slovakia
17-30 years of age for voluntary military service;
conscription abolished in 2006; women are eligible to serve (2007)

Slovenia
17 years of age for voluntary military service;
conscription abolished in 2003 (2007)

South Africa
18 years of age for voluntary military service; women
have a long history of military service in noncombat roles dating
back to World War I (2004)

Spain
20 years of age (2004)

Sri Lanka
18 years of age for voluntary military service (2007)

Sudan
18-30 years of age for compulsory military service; 2-year
service obligation (2006)

Suriname
18 years of age (est.); recruitment is voluntary, with
personnel drawn almost exclusively from the Creole community (2007)

Swaziland
18-30 years of age for male and female voluntary military
servi