Military branches: Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Forces, Naval Forces, National Guard, Republic Security Forces (internal and border troops)
Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age
Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 1,291,190 (2000 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 1,021,072 (2000 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 40,694 (2000 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $27 million (FY99)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1% (FY99)
Military - note: a CIS peacekeeping force consisting 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
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