Brasilien Truppenstärke - alter militärischer

18-45 Jahre for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation is 10-12 months; 17-45 Jahre 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 (2012)