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Cuban Army
Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR)
The Cuban army (Revolutionary Armed Forces - FAR) were supported by the former Soviet Union from
1966 until 1980.
Military branches:
Revolutionary Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias, FAR)
Revolutionary Army (ER; includes Territorial Militia Troops (Milicia de Tropas de Territoriales, MTT)
Revolutionary Navy (Marina de Guerra Revolucionaria, MGR; includes Marine Corps)
Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Force (DAAFAR), Youth Labor Army (Ejercito Juvenil del Trabajo, EJT) (2009)
Military service age and obligation:
17-28 years of age for compulsory military service; 2-year service obligation; both sexes subject to military service (2006)
Manpower available for military service: males age 16-49: 3,094,388 females age 16-49: 3,024,876 (2008 est.)
Manpower fit for military service: males age 16-49: 2,532,495 females age 16-49: 2,468,631 (2009 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually: male: 75,969 female: 72,253 (2009 est.)
Military expenditures: 3.8% of GDP (2006 est.) country comparison to the world: 32
(source: CIA World Factbook)
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