Military branches:
Hellenic Army (Ellinikos Stratos, ES), Hellenic Navy (Ellinikos Polemiko Navtiko, EPN), Hellenic Air Force (Elliniki Polimiki Aeroporia, EPA) (2009)
Military service age and obligation:
19-45 years of age for compulsory military service; during wartime the law allows for recruitment beginning January of the year of inductee's 18th birthday, thus including 17 year olds; 17 years of age for volunteers; conscript service obligation - 1 year for all services; women are eligible for voluntary military service (2008)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49: 2,535,174
females age 16-49:
2,517,273 (2008 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 2,067,878
females age 16-49:
2,050,289 (2009 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 53,401
female:
50,084 (2009 est.)
Military expenditures:
4.3% of GDP (2005 est.)
