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Introduction - Bulgaria: | Location - Bulgaria: | People - Bulgaria: | Government - Bulgaria: | Economy - Bulgaria: | Communications - Bulgaria: | Transportation - Bulgaria: | Military - Bulgaria: | Military branches | Bulgarian Armed Forces: Ground Forces, Naval Forces, Bulgarian Air Forces (Bulgarski Voennovazdyshni Sily, BVVS) (2006) | | Military service age and obligation | 18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; service in the Army is mandatory for all men under the age of 27; conscript service obligation - 9 months; as of May 2006, 67% of the Bulgarian Army comprised of professional soldiers; conscription into the Army to end as of 1 January 2008; Air and Air Defense Forces and Naval Forces became fully professional at the end of 2006; Bulgarian Armed Forces encountered difficulties meeting conscript quotas in April 2007 (2007) | | Manpower available for military service | males age 18-49: 1,661,211
females age 18-49: 1,660,982 (2005 est.) | | Manpower fit for military service | males age 18-49: 1,302,037
females age 18-49: 1,365,126 (2005 est.) | | Manpower reaching military service age annually | males age 18-49: 51,023
females age 18-49: 48,651 (2005 est.) | | Military expenditures percent of gdp | 2.6% (2005 est.) | | Disputes international | none | |
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