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Military branches: Swiss Armed Forces: Land Forces, Swiss Air Force (Schweizer
Luftwaffe); Switzerland has no navy, but maintains a fleet of military patrol
boats to patrol Swiss borders (2006)
Military service age and obligation: 19 years of age for male
compulsory military service; 17 years of age for voluntary military service; the
Swiss Constitution states that "every Swiss male is obliged to do military
service"; every Swiss male has to serve for at least 260 days in the armed
forces; conscripts receive 18 weeks of mandatory training, followed by seven
3-week intermittent recalls for training over the next 10 years; women are
accepted on a voluntary basis but are not conscripted (2005)
Manpower available for military service: males age 19-49:
1,707,694
females age 19-49: 1,662,099 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service: males age 19-49: 1,375,889
females age 19-49: 1,342,945 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually: males age 18-49:
46,319
females age 19-49: 43,829 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1% (2005 est.)
This information comes from the CIA
World Factbook January 2008.
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