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Military branches: Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr): Army (Heer),
Navy (Deutsche Marine, includes naval air arm), Air Force (Luftwaffe), Joint
Service Support Command (Streitkraeftebasis), Central Medical Service (Zentraler
Sanitaetsdienst) (2006)
Military service age and obligation: 18 years of age (conscripts
serve a 9-month tour of compulsory military service) (2004)
Manpower available for military service: males age
18-49: 18,917,537
females age 18-49: 17,913,113 (2005 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 15,258,931
females age 18-49: 14,443,412 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males age 18-49: 497,048
females age 18-49: 470,537 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1.5% (2005 est.)
This information comes from the CIA
World Factbook January 2008.
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