Military Greece
Military branches:
Hellenic Army, Hellenic Navy, Hellenic Air Force (Polemiki
Aeroporia, EPA)
Military service age and obligation: 18 years of age for compulsory military service; during wartime the law allows for recruitment after reaching January of the year of inductee's 18th birthday, thus including 17 year olds; 17 years of age for volunteers; conscript service obligation - 12 months for the Army and Air Force, 15 months for Navy (2005)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 2,459,988 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 2,018,557 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males: 58,399 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$5.89 billion (2004)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
4.3% (2003)
Transnational Issues Greece
Disputes - international:
Greece and Turkey continue discussions to resolve their complex
maritime, air, territorial, and boundary disputes in the Aegean Sea;
Cyprus question with Turkey; Greece rejects the use of the name
Macedonia or Republic of Macedonia