Uganda
18-26 years of age for voluntary military duty; 18-30 years
of age for professionals; no conscription; 9-year service
obligation; the government has stated that recruitment below 18
years of age could occur with proper consent and that "no person
under the apparent age of 13 years shall be enrolled in the armed
forces"; Ugandan citizenship and secondary education required (2010)
Ukraine
18-25 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military
service; conscript service obligation - 12 months for Army and Air
Force, 18 months for Navy (2010)
United Arab Emirates
18 years of age (est.) for voluntary military
service; 18 years of age for officers and women; no conscription
(2009)
United Kingdom
16-33 years of age (officers 17-28) for voluntary
military service (with parental consent under 18); women serve in
military services, but are excluded from ground combat positions and
some naval postings; as of October 2009, women comprised 12.1% of
officers and 9% of enlisted personnel in the regular forces; must be
citizen of the UK, Commonwealth, or Republic of Ireland; reservists
serve a minimum of 3 years, to age 45 or 55; 16 years of age for
voluntary military service by Nepalese citizens in the Brigade of
Gurkhas; 16-34 years of age for voluntary military service by Papua
New Guinean citizens (2009)
United States
18 years of age (17 years of age with parental
consent) for male and female voluntary service; maximum enlistment
age 42 (Army), 27 (Air Force), 34 (Navy), 28 (Marines); service
obligation 8 years, including 2-5 years active duty (Army), 2 years
active (Navy), 4 years active (Air Force, Marines) (2010)
Uruguay
18-30 years of age for voluntary military service; up to 40
years of age for specialists; enlistment is voluntary in peacetime,
but the government has the authority to conscript in emergencies;
minimum 6-year education (2009)
Uzbekistan
18 years of age for compulsory military service; 1-year
conscript service obligation; moving toward a professional military,
but conscription will continue; the military cannot accommodate
everyone who wishes to enlist, and competition for entrance into the
military is similar to the competition for admission to universities
(2009)
Venezuela
18-30 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military
service; 30-month conscript service obligation; all citizens of
military service age (18-60 years old) are obligated to register for
military service (2010)
Vietnam
18 years of age (male) for compulsory military service;
females may volunteer for active duty military service; conscript
service obligation - 2 years (3 to 4 years in the navy); 18-45 years
of age (male) or 18-40 years of age (female) for Militia Force or
Self Defense Forces (2006)
Yemen
voluntary military service program authorized in 2001; 2-year
service obligation (2006)