Angola
20-45 years of age for compulsory and 18-45 years for
voluntary military service; conscript service obligation - 2 years;
Angolan citizenship required; minimum age for women volunteers is
20; the MGA is entirely staffed with volunteers (2010)
Antigua and Barbuda
18 years of age for voluntary military service;
no conscription (2010)
Argentina
18-24 years of age for voluntary military service (18-21
requires parental permission); no conscription (2001)
Armenia
18-27 years of age for voluntary or compulsory military
service; 2-year conscript service obligation (2010)
Australia
17 years of age for voluntary military service (with
parental consent); no conscription; women allowed to serve in Army
combat units in non-combat support roles (2010)
Austria
18-35 years of age for compulsory military service; 16 years
of age for male or female voluntary service; service obligation 6
months of training, followed by an 8-year reserve obligation;
conscripts cannot be deployed in military operations outside Austria
(2009)
Azerbaijan
men between 18 and 35 are liable for military service; 18
years of age for voluntary military service; length of military
service is 18 months and 12 months for university graduates (2006)
Bahamas, The
18 years of age; no conscription (2010)
Bahrain
17 years of age for voluntary military service; 15 years of
age for NCOs, technicians, and cadets; no conscription (2010)
Bangladesh
16 years of age for voluntary enlisted military service
(Air Force); 17 years of age (Army and Navy); conscription is by law
possible in times of emergency, but has never been implemented (2010)