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Introduction - Portugal: | Location - Portugal: | People - Portugal: | Government - Portugal: | Economy - Portugal: | Communications - Portugal: | Transportation - Portugal: | Military - Portugal: | Military branches | Army, Navy (Marinha Portuguesa; includes Marine Corps), Air Force (Forca Aerea Portuguesa, FAP), National Republican Guard (Guarda Nacional Republicana) (2005) | | Military service age and obligation | 18 years of age for voluntary military service; compulsory military service ended in 2004; women serve in the armed forces, on naval ships since 1993, but are prohibited from serving in some combatant specialties (2005) | | Manpower available for military service | males age 18-49: 2,435,042
females age 18-49: 2,405,816 (2005 est.) | | Manpower fit for military service | males age 18-49: 1,952,819
females age 18-49: 1,977,264 (2005 est.) | | Manpower reaching military service age annually | males age 18-49: 67,189
females age 18-49: 60,626 (2005 est.) | | Military expenditures percent of gdp | 2.3% (2005 est.) | | Disputes international | Portugal does not recognize Spanish sovereignty over the territory of Olivenza based on a difference of interpretation of the 1815 Congress of Vienna and the 1801 Treaty of Badajoz | |
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