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  • Branches: The names of the ground, naval, air, marine, and other defense or security forces
  • Military branches: This entry lists the service branches subordinate to defense ministries or the equivalent (typically ground, naval, air, and marine forces).
  • Military service age and obligation: This entry gives the required ages for voluntary or conscript military service and the length of service obligation.
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STAT Holy See (Vatican City) Israel HISTORY
Branches Pontifical Swiss Guard (Corpo della Guardia Svizzera Pontificia) Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israel Naval Forces (INF), Israel Air Force (IAF)
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature 24 SEP 1996 25 SEP 1996
Military branches Pontifical Swiss Guard Corps (Corpo della Guardia Svizzera Pontificia) Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israel Naval Force (IN), Israel Air Force (IAF)
Military service age and obligation Pontifical Swiss Guard Corps (Corpo della Guardia Svizzera Pontificia): 19-30 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription; must be Roman Catholic, a Swiss citizen, with a secondary education 18 years of age for compulsory (Jews, Druzes) military service; 17 years of age for voluntary (Christians, Muslims, Circassians) military service; both sexes are obligated to military service; conscript service obligation - 36 months for enlisted men, 21 months for enlisted women, 48 months for officers; pilots commit to 9 years service; reserve obligation to age 41-51 (men), 24 (women)

SOURCES: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wikipedia: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty; CIA World Factbooks 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

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