Russia
18-27 years of age; males are registered for the draft at 17
years of age; 200,000 conscripts were inducted into the armed forces
in 2003; length of compulsory military service is 2 years; plans as
of August 2004 call for reduction in mandatory service to 1 year by
2008; 2003 planning calls for volunteer servicemen to compose 70% of
armed forces by 2010, with the remaining servicemen consisting of
conscripts (August 2004)
Rwanda
16 years of age for voluntary military service; no
conscription (2001)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
18 years of age (est.) (2004)
Sao Tome and Principe
18 years of age (est.) (2004)
Saudi Arabia
18 years of age (est.); no conscription (2004)
Senegal
18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military
service; conscript service obligation - 2 years (2004)
Serbia and Montenegro
19 years of age (nine months compulsory
service) (2004)
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 reduced to 24
months beginning December 2004 (December 2004)