Moldova:
Military & Transnational Issues


Military branches	National Army: Ground Forces, Rapid Reaction Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces (2006)
Military service age and obligation	18 years of age for compulsory military service; 12-month service obligation (2006)
Manpower available for military service	males age 18-49: 1,066,459 females age 18-49: 1,117,070 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service	males age 18-49: 693,913 females age 18-49: 911,568 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military age annually	males age 18-49: 43,729 females age 18-49: 42,354 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	0.4% (2005 est.)

Disputes - international	Moldova and Ukraine operate joint customs posts to monitor the transit of people and commodities through Moldova's break-away Transnistria region, which remains under OSCE supervision
Illicit drugs	limited cultivation of opium poppy and cannabis, mostly for CIS consumption; transshipment point for illicit drugs from Southwest Asia via Central Asia to Russia, Western Europe, and possibly the US; widespread crime and underground economic activity