Military branches:

Army, Navy (includes Marine Corps), Air Force, Coast Guard Administration, Armed Forces Reserve Command, Combined Service Forces Command, Armed Forces Police Command

Military service age and obligation:

19-40 years of age for military service (being lowered to 35 years of age in July 2005); service obligation 22 months (being shortened to 18 months in July 2005 and 12 months in 2008) (2005)
Manpower available for military service:

males age 19-49: 5,883,828 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 19-49: 4,749,537 (2005 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually:

males: 174,173 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:

$7.574 billion (2003)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP :

2.6% (2004)