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Introduction - France: | Location - France: | People - France: | Government - France: | Economy - France: | Communications - France: | Transportation - France: | Military - France: | Military branches | Army (includes marines, Foreign Legion, light aviation), Navy (includes naval air), Air Force (includes air defense), National Gendarmerie | | Military service age and obligation | 17 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription ended in the 1990s; women serve in non-combat military posts (2001) | | Manpower available for military service | males age 17-49: 13,676,509 females age 17-49: 13,504,539 (2005 est.) | | Manpower fit for military service | males age 17-49: 11,262,661
females age 17-49: 11,079,472 (2005 est.) | | Manpower reaching military service age annually | males age 17-49: 389,204 females age 17-49: 372,719 (2005 est.) | | Military expenditures percent of gdp | 2.6% (2005 est.) | | Disputes international | Madagascar claims the French territories of Bassas da India, Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, and Juan de Nova Island; Comoros claims Mayotte; Mauritius claims Tromelin Island; territorial dispute between Suriname and the French overseas department of French Guiana; France asserts a territorial claim in Antarctica (Adelie Land); France and Vanuatu claim Matthew and Hunter Islands, east of New Caledonia | |
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