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CubaMilitary

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Military branches:
Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR): Revolutionary Army (ER), Revolutionary Navy (MGR), Air and Air Defense Force (DAAFAR), Territorial Militia Troops (MTT), Youth Labor Army (EJT)
Military manpower - military age and obligation:
17 years of age; both sexes are eligible for military service (2004)
Military manpower - availability:
males age 17-49: 2,967,865 females age 17-49: 2,913,559 (2005 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 17-49: 2,441,927 females age 17-49: 2,396,741 (2005 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 91,901 females: 87,500 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$572.3 million (2003)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.8% (2003)
Military - note:
Moscow, for decades the key military supporter and supplier of Cuba, cut off almost all military aid by 1993

More about Cuba:

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  • The World Factbook 2005, by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

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