Military branches:
Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia (Oruzane Snage Republike Hrvatske, OSRH) consists of five major commands directly subordinate to a General Staff: Ground Forces (Hrvatska Kopnena Vojska, HKoV), Naval Forces (Hrvatska Ratna Mornarica, HRM; includes coast guard), Air Force and Air Defense Command (Hrvatsko Ratno Zrakoplovstvo I Protuzracna Obrana), Joint Education and Training Command, Logistics Command; Military Police Force supports each of the three Croatian military forces (2012)
Military service age and obligation:
18-27 years of age for voluntary military service; 6-month service obligation (2012)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49:
1,016,234
females age 16-49:
1,017,355 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49:
770,710
females age 16-49:
839,732 (2010 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male:
28,334
female:
27,015 (2010 est.)
Military expenditures:
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Croatia on this page is re-published from the 2015 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Croatia Military 2015 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Croatia Military 2015 should be addressed to the CIA.
1.7% of GDP (2012)
country comparison to the world: 52
[see also: Military expenditures country ranks ]
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b) The CIA sometimes assignes counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order
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