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Military branches: Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr): Army (Heer),
Navy (Deutsche Marine, includes naval air arm), Air Force (Luftwaffe), Joint
Support Services (Streitkraeftbasis), Central Medical Service (Zentraler
Sanitaetsdienst) (2009)
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
16-49: 19,594,118
females age 16-49: 18,543,955 (2008 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 15,747,493
females age 16-49: 14,899,416 (2009 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
male: 431,508
female: 409,111 (2009 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1.5% (2005 est.)
This information comes from the CIA
World Factbook June 2009.
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