Latvia
18 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription
abolished January 2007; under current law, every citizen is entitled
to serve in the armed forces for life (2006)
Lebanon
18-30 years of age for voluntary military service; no
conscription (2007)
Lesotho
18 years of age for voluntary military service; no
conscription (2008)
Liberia
16 years of age for voluntary military service; no
conscription (2008)
Libya
17 years of age (2004)
Lithuania
19-45 years of age for compulsory military service; 18
years of age for volunteers; 12-month conscript service obligation
(2006)
Luxembourg
17-25 years of age for male and female voluntary military
service; soldiers under 18 are not deployed into combat or with
peacekeeping missions; no conscription; Luxembourg citizen or EU
citizen with 3-year residence in Luxembourg (2008)
Macedonia
18 years of age for voluntary military service (2007)
Madagascar
18-25 years of age for male-only compulsory military
service; 18-month conscript service obligation (either military or
equivalent civil service); 20-30 years of age for National
Gendarmerie recruits (35 years of age for those with military
experience) (2008)
Malawi
18 years of age for voluntary military service; standard
obligation is 2 years of active duty and 5 years of reserve service
(2007)