@Philippines:Military
Military branches: Army, Navy (includes Coast Guard and Marine Corps),
Air Force
Military manpower-military age: 20 years of age
Military manpower-availability: males age 15-49: 19,734,347 (1998 est.)
Military manpower-fit for military service: males: 13,921,259 (1998 est.)
Military manpower-reaching military age annually: males: 800,148 (1998 est.)
Military expenditures-dollar figure: $1.3 billion (1996)
Military expenditures-percent of GDP: 0.7% (1996)
@Philippines:Transnational Issues
Disputes-international: involved in a complex dispute over the Spratly Islands with China, Malaysia, Taiwan, Vietnam, and possibly Brunei; claims Malaysian state of Sabah