Malaysia
18 years of age for voluntary military service (2005)
Maldives
18 years of age for voluntary military service; no
conscription (2008)
Mali
18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service;
conscript service obligation - 2 years (2008)
Malta
17 years 6 months of age for voluntary military service; no
conscription (2008)
Mauritania
18 years of age (est.); conscript service obligation - 2
years; majority of servicemen believed to be volunteers; service in
Air Force and Navy is voluntary (2006)
Mexico
18 years of age for compulsory military service, conscript
service obligation - 12 months; 16 years of age with consent for
voluntary enlistment; conscripts serve only in the Army; Navy and
Air Force service is all voluntary; women are eligible for voluntary
military service (2007)
Moldova
18 years of age for compulsory military service; 12-month
service obligation (2006)
Mongolia
18-25 years of age for compulsory military service;
conscript service obligation - 12 months in land or air defense
forces or police; a small portion of Mongolian land forces (2.5
percent) is comprised of contract soldiers; women cannot be deployed
overseas for military operations (2006)
Montenegro
compulsory national military service abolished August 2006
Morocco
18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military
service; conscript service obligation - 18 months (2004)