Military branches:

Georgian Armed Forces: Land Forces, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces, National Guard (2008)

Military service age and obligation:

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

Manpower available for military service:

males age 16-49: 1,113,251
females age 16-49: 1,168,021 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 16-49: 910,720
females age 16-49: 967,566 (2008 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

males age 16-49: 35,917
females age 16-49: 34,566 (2008 est.)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

0.59% (2005 est.)

Military - note:

a CIS peacekeeping force of Russian troops is deployed in the Abkhazia region of Georgia together with a UN military observer group; a Russian peacekeeping battalion is deployed in South Ossetia