Military branches:
Georgian Armed Forces: Land Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces
note: naval forces have been incorporated into the coast guard (2009)

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 16-49: 1,113,251
females age 16-49: 1,168,021 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 908,282
females age 16-49: 959,290 (2009 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 32,355
female: 30,809 (2009 est.)

Military expenditures:
0.59% of GDP (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