Military Philippines
Military branches:
Army, Navy (including Coast Guard and Marine Corps), Air Force,
paramilitary units
Military manpower - military age:
20 years of age (2003 est.)
Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 21,923,324 (2003 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 15,428,043 (2003 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 846,994 (2003 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$995 million (FY98)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.5% (FY98)
Transnational Issues Philippines
Disputes - international:
involved in complex dispute over Spratly Islands with China,
Malaysia, Taiwan, Vietnam and possibly Brunei; claimants in November
2002 signed the "Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South
China Sea", a mechanism to ease tension but which fell short of a
legally binding "code of conduct"; Sultanate of Sulu granted
Philippines Government power of attorney to pursue its sovereignty
claim over Malaysia's Sabah State but Malaysia rejects claim