Philippines
18-25 years of age (officers 21-29) for compulsory and
voluntary military service; applicants must be single male or female
Philippine citizens (2010)
Poland
18-28 years of age for male voluntary or compulsory military
service; service obligation shortened from 12 to 9 months in 2005;
conscription is to end in 2012; only soldiers who have completed
their conscript service are allowed to volunteer for professional
service; as of April 2004, women are only allowed to serve as
officers and noncommissioned officers; reserve obligation to age 50
(2009)
Portugal
18 years of age for voluntary military service; no
compulsory military service; women serve in the armed forces, on
naval ships since 1993, but are prohibited from serving in some
combatant specialties; reserve obligation to age 35 (2010)
Qatar
18 years of age for voluntary military service; no
conscription (2010)
Romania
18-35 years of age for male and female voluntary military
service; conscription officially ended October 2006; all military
inductees (including women) contract for an initial 5-year term of
service, with subsequent successive contracts for 3-year terms until
age 36 (2009)
Russia
18-27 years of age for compulsory or voluntary military
service; males are registered for the draft at 17 years of age;
service obligation - 1 year (conscripts can only be sent to combat
zones after 6 months training); reserve obligation to age 50
note: over 60% of draft-age Russian males receive some type of
deferment - generally health related - each draft cycle (2009)
Rwanda
18 years of age for voluntary military service; no
conscription (2010)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
18 years of age for voluntary military
service; no conscription (2010)
San Marino
16-55 for voluntary service in Voluntary Military Force
(2006)
Sao Tome and Principe
18 years of age (est.) (2004)