olunteers; only
soldiers who have completed their conscript service are allowed to
volunteer for professional service; as of April 2004 women are only
allowed to serve as officers and non-commissioned officers (April
2004)

Portugal
18 years of age for voluntary military service; compulsory
military service was ended in September 2004 (September 2004)

Qatar
18 years of age for voluntary military service (2001)

Reunion
18 years of age (2004 est.)

Romania
20 years of age for compulsory military service, 18 in
wartime; conscript service obligation - 12 months; 18 years of age
for voluntary military service (2004)

Russia
18-27 years of age; males are registered for the draft at 17
years of age; 200,000 conscripts were inducted into the armed forces
in 2003; length of compulsory military service is 2 years; plans as
of August 2004 call for reduction in mandatory service to 1 year by
2008; 2003 planning calls for volunteer servicemen to compose 70% of
armed forces by 2010, with the remaining servicemen consisting of
conscripts (August 2004)

Rwanda
16 years of age for voluntary military service; no
conscription (2001)

Saint Kitts and Nevis
18 years of age (est.) (2004)

Sao Tome and Principe
18 years of age (est.) (2004)

Saudi Arabia
18 years of age (est.); no conscription (2004)

Senegal
18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military
service; conscript service obligation - 2 years (2004)

Serbia and Montenegro
19 years of age (nine months compulsory
service) (2004)

Seychelles
18 years of age (est.); no conscription (2001)

Sierra Leone
18 years of age (est.); no conscription (2001)

Singapore
18 years of age for compulsory military service; 16 years
of age for volunteers; conscript service obligation to be reduced to
24 months from 30 months beginning December 2004 (June 2004)

Slovakia
18 years of age (conscripts serve nine months of basic
military service; term of service will be reduced to six months
effective 2004) complete transition to an all-volunteer professional
force is planned for 1 January 2007; 82% of Slovak armed forces will
be volunteers by December 2004; volunteers include women, with
minimum age of 17 years; 18 years of age for compulsory military
service; conscripts serve 9 months of basic military service;
service obligation reduced to 6 months effective 2004 (October 2004)

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