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Military branches:
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Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR): Revolutionary Army (ER), Revolutionary Navy (MGR), Air and Air Defense Force (DAAFAR), Territorial Militia Troops (MTT), Youth Labor Army (EJT)
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Military manpower - military age:
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17 years of age (2004 est.)
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Military manpower - availability:
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males age 15-49: 3,134,622
note: both sexes are liable for military service (2004 est.)
females age 15-49: 3,075,534
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 1,929,370
females age 15-49: 1,888,498 (2004 est.)
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Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
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males: 83,992
females: 91,901 (2004 est.)
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$572.3 million (2003)
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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1.8% (2003)
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Military - note:
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Moscow, for decades the key military supporter and supplier of Cuba, cut off almost all military aid by 1993
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