Seychelles
18 years of age (est.); no conscription (2001)
Sierra Leone
18 years of age (est.); no conscription (2001)
Singapore
18 years of age for compulsory military service; 16 years
of age for volunteers; conscript service obligation to be reduced to
24 months from 30 months beginning December 2004 (June 2004)
Slovakia
18 years of age (conscripts serve nine months of basic
military service; term of service will be reduced to six months
effective 2004) complete transition to an all-volunteer professional
force is planned for 1 January 2007; 82% of Slovak armed forces will
be volunteers by December 2004; volunteers include women, with
minimum age of 17 years; 18 years of age for compulsory military
service; conscripts serve 9 months of basic military service;
service obligation reduced to 6 months effective 2004 (October 2004)
Slovenia
17 years of age for voluntary military service;
conscription abolished in 2004 (2004)
Somalia
18 years of age (est.) (2001)
South Africa
18 years of age for voluntary military service (October
2004)
Spain
20 years of age (2004 est.)
Sri Lanka
18 years of age for voluntary military service (2001)
Sudan
18-30 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript
service obligation - 3 years (August 2004)