conscripted
18 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 30 months (18 months in the Syrian Arab Navy); women are not conscripted but may volunteer to serve (2004)
www.exxun.com/Syria/h_ml.html
conscription
18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008)
www.exxun.com/AntiguaandBarbuda/h_ml.html
conscription
18-24 years of age for voluntary military service (18-21 requires parental permission); no conscription (2001)
www.exxun.com/Argentina/h_ml.html
conscription
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 (2008)
www.exxun.com/Australia/h_ml.html
conscription
18 years of age (est.); no conscription (2008)
www.exxun.com/Bahamas/h_ml.html
conscription
17 years of age for voluntary military service; 15 years of age for NCOs, technicians, and cadets; no conscription (2008)
www.exxun.com/Bahrain/h_ml.html
conscription
16 years of age for voluntary military service; 17 years of age for officers (both with parental consent); conscription legally possible in emergency, but has never been implemented (2008)
www.exxun.com/Bangladesh/h_ml.html
conscription
18 years of age for voluntary military service (younger requires parental consent); no conscription (2008)
www.exxun.com/Barbados/h_ml.html
conscription
18 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription suspended (2008)
www.exxun.com/Belgium/h_ml.html
conscription
18 years of age for voluntary military service; laws allow for conscription only if volunteers are insufficient; conscription has never been implemented; volunteers typically outnumber available positions by 3:1 (2008)
www.exxun.com/Belize/h_ml.html
conscription
18-23 years of age; eligible men required to register for conscription as needed into the Bermuda Regiment, which is largely voluntary; term of service 39 months (2007)
www.exxun.com/Bermuda/h_ml.html
conscription
18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008)
www.exxun.com/Bhutan/h_ml.html
conscription
... military service; when annual number of volunteers falls short of goal, compulsory recruitment is effected, including conscription of boys as young as 14; 15-19 years of age for voluntary premilitary service, provides ...
www.exxun.com/Bolivia/h_ml.html
conscription
18 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished January 2006; 4-month service obligation (2009)
www.exxun.com/BosniaandHerzegovina/h_ml.html
conscription
... voluntary military service; as of May 2006, 67% of the Bulgarian Army comprised of professional soldiers; conscription ended January 2008; Air Forces and Naval Forces became fully professional at the end of ...
www.exxun.com/Bulgaria/h_ml.html
conscription
18 years of age for voluntary military service for both sexes; forced conscription of children, although officially prohibited, reportedly continues (2007)
www.exxun.com/Burma/h_ml.html
