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| PHILIPPINE MILITARY STATS: |
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Air force personnel
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17,400 |
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[21st of 49]
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Armed forces growth
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-8 |
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[82nd of 132]
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Armed forces personnel
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106,000 |
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[39th of 166]
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Army personnel
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74,500 |
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[28th of 49]
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Branches
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP): Army, Navy (includes Marine Corps), Air Force |
Conscription
Conscription exists (FWCC). |
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Conventional arms imports
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$59,000,000.00 |
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[43rd of 85]
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expenditure > % of GDP
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0.82 %
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[99th of 145]
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$805,500,000.00 |
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[19th of 111]
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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21,923,300 |
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[13th of 175]
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Manpower > Military age
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20 years of age |
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Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
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1,012,779 |
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[10th of 226]
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Navy personnel
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25,900 |
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[18th of 49]
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Ongoing conflicts > Start of Conflict
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1967 |
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personnel
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147,000
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[43rd of 170]
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personnel > % of total labor force
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0.4 %
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[133rd of 168]
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Service age and obligation
18-25 years of age (officers 21-29) for compulsory and voluntary military service; applicants must be single male or female Philippine citizens |
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US deployment
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0.8% |
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US military exports
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$44,450.00 thousand |
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[15th of 109]
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Weapon holdings
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794,000 |
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[71st of 137]
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SOURCES: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy; calculated on the basis of data on armed forces from IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press; IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland, 1997. Data collected from the nations concerned, unless otherwise indicated. Acronyms: Amnesty International (AI); European Council of Conscripts Organizations (ECCO); Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC); International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHFHR); National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors (NISBCO); Service, Peace and Justice in Latin America (SERPAJ); War Resisters International (WRI); World Council of Churches (WCC); SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.; World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Wikipedia: Ongoing conflicts
; Dr T.R. O'Connor, (05/15/04); Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Philippines, Republic of the Philippines, Republika ng Pilipinas, Pilipinas, the philippines
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