Dominican Republic
Military: Dominican Republic
Military branches:
Army (Ejercito Nacional, EN), Navy (Marina de Guerra, MdG; includes naval infantry), Dominican Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Dominicana, FAD) (2013)
Military service age and obligation:
17-21 years of age for voluntary military service; recruits must have completed primary school and be Dominican Republic citizens; women may volunteer (2012)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49: 2,580,083
females age 16-49: 2,464,698 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 2,188,358
females age 16-49: 2,090,180 (2010 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 100,047
female: 96,302 (2010 est.)
Military expenditures:
country comparison to the world: 152
Transnational Issues: Dominican Republic
Disputes - international:
Haitian migrants cross the porous border into the Dominican Republic to find work; illegal migrants from the Dominican Republic cross the Mona Passage each year to Puerto Rico to find better work
Illicit drugs:
transshipment point for South American drugs destined for the US and Europe; has become a transshipment point for ecstasy from the Netherlands and Belgium destined for US and Canada; substantial money laundering activity in particular by Colombian narcotics traffickers; significant amphetamine consumption (2008)