Brésil Main d'oeuvre militaire - âge minimum d'enrôlement

Main d'oeuvre militaire - âge minimum d'enrôlement: 21-45 ans for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 9 to 12 months; 17-45 ans for voluntary service; an increasing percentage of the ranks are "long-service" volunteer professionals; women were allowed to serve in the armed forces beginning in early 1980s when the Brazilian Army became the first army in South America to accept women into career ranks; women serve in Navy and Air Force only in Women's Reserve Corps (2001)

Source: CIA World Factbook - Version du Mars 11, 2012