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Military branches:
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Department
of the Army, Department of the Navy (includes Marine
Corps), Department of the Air Force
note: the Coast Guard is normally subordinate to the Department of Transportation, but in wartime reports to the Department of the Navy
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Military manpower - military age:
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18
years of age (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - availability:
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males
age 15-49: 73,597,731 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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NA
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Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
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males:
2,093,263 (2002 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$276.7
billion (FY99 est.) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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3.2%
(FY99 est.) |
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Military - note:
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note:
2002 estimates for military manpower are based on
projections that do not take into consideration
the results of the 2000 census
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