Military Turkmenistan
Military branches:
Ground Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces (2004)
Military service age and obligation: 18 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 2 years (2004)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 1,132,833 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 759,978 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males: 56,532 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$90 million (FY99)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
3.4% (FY99)
Transnational Issues Turkmenistan
Disputes - international:
cotton monoculture in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan creates
water-sharing difficulties for Amu Darya river states; bilateral
talks continue with Azerbaijan on dividing the seabed and contested
oilfields in the middle of the Caspian; demarcation of land boundary
with Kazakhstan has started but Caspian seabed delimitation remains
stalled