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Military branches: Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) includes ground forces, Revolutionary Navy (MGR), Air and Air Defense Force (DAAFAR), Territorial Troops Militia (MTT), and Youth Labor Army (EJT); the Border Guard (TGF) is controlled by the Interior Ministry
Military manpower - military age: 17 years of age
Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49:  3,090,633

females age 15-49:  3,029,274 (2001 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49:  1,911,160

females age 15-49:  1,867,958 (2001 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males:  79,562

females:  85,650 (2001 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $NA
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: roughly 4% (FY95 est.)
Military - note: Moscow, for decades the key military supporter and supplier of Cuba, cut off almost all military aid by 1993

 

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