Military branches:
Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia (Oruzane Snage Republike Hrvatske, OSRH) consists of five major commands directly subordinate to a General Staff: Ground Forces (Hrvatska Kopnena Vojska, HKoV), Naval Forces (Hrvatska Ratna Mornarica, HRM; includes coast guard), Air Force and Air Defense Command (Hrvatsko Ratno Zrakoplovstvo I Protuzracna Obrana), Joint Education and Training Command, Logistics Command; Military Police Force supports each of the three Croatian military forces (2012)
Military service age and obligation:
18-27 years of age for voluntary military service; 6-month service obligation (2012)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49: 1,016,234
[see also: Manpower available for military service - male country ranks ]
females age 16-49:
1,017,355 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 770,710
[see also: Manpower fit for military service - male country ranks ]
females age 16-49:
839,732 (2010 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 28,334
[see also: Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - male country ranks ]
female:
27,015 (2010 est.)
Military expenditures:
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Croatia on this page is re-published from the 2014 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Croatia Military 2014 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Croatia Military 2014 should be addressed to the CIA.
1.7% of GDP (2012)
country comparison to the world: 154
[see also: Military expenditures country ranks ]
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a) They assign increasing rank number, alphabetically for countries with the same value of the ranked item, whereas we assign them the same rank.
b) The CIA sometimes assignes counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order
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