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Military branches	Georgian Armed Forces: Land Forces (includes National Guard), Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces (2006)

Military service age and obligation	18 to 34 years of age for compulsory and voluntary active duty military service; conscript service obligation - 18 months (2005)

Manpower available for military service	males age 18-49: 1,038,736 females age 18-49: 1,105,910 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service	males age 18-49: 827,281 females age 18-49: 903,791 (2005 est.)

Military note	a CIS peacekeeping force of Russian troops is deployed in the Abkhazia region of Georgia together with a UN military observer group; a Russian peacekeeping battalion is deployed in South Ossetia

Manpower reaching military service age annually	males age 18-49: 38,857 females age 18-49: 38,238 (2005 est.)

Refugees and internally displaced persons	IDPs: 220,000-240,000 (displaced from Abkhazia and South Ossetia) (2006)

Military expenditures percent of gdp	0.59% (2005 est.)

Disputes international	Russia and Georgia agree on delimiting 80% of their common border, leaving certain small, strategic segments and the maritime boundary unresolved; OSCE observers monitor volatile areas such as the Pankisi Gorge in the Akhmeti region and the Argun Gorge in Abkhazia; UN Observer Mission in Georgia has maintained a peacekeeping force in Georgia since 1993; Meshkheti Turks scattered throughout the former Soviet Union seek to return to Georgia; boundary with Armenia remains undemarcated; ethnic Armenian groups in Javakheti region of Georgia seek greater autonomy from the Georgian government; Azerbaijan and Georgia continue to discuss the alignment of their boundary at certain crossing areas