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Introduction - Switzerland: | Location - Switzerland: | People - Switzerland: | Government - Switzerland: | Economy - Switzerland: | Communications - Switzerland: | Transportation - Switzerland: | Military - Switzerland: | Military branches | Swiss Armed Forces: Land Forces, Swiss Air Force (Schweizer Luftwaffe); Switzerland has no navy, but maintains a fleet of military patrol boats to patrol Swiss borders (2006) | | Military service age and obligation | 19 years of age for compulsory military service; 17 years of age for voluntary military service; the Swiss Constitution states that every Swiss male is obliged to do military service; every Swiss male has to serve for at least 260 days in the armed forces; conscripts receive 18 weeks of mandatory training, followed by seven 3-week intermittent recalls for training over the next 10 years; women are accepted on a voluntary basis but are not conscripted (2005) | | Manpower available for military service | males age 19-49: 1,707,694
females age 19-49: 1,662,099 (2005 est.) | | Manpower fit for military service | males age 19-49: 1,375,889
females age 19-49: 1,342,945 (2005 est.) | | Manpower reaching military service age annually | males age 18-49: 46,319
females age 19-49: 43,829 (2005 est.) | | Military expenditures percent of gdp | 1% (2005 est.) | | Disputes international | none | |
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