JORDAN's MILITARY PROFILE:
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Image: CIA WORLD FACT BOOK
Branches
Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF): Royal Jordanian Land Force (RJLF), Royal Jordanian Navy, Royal Jordanian
Air Force (Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Malakiya al-Urduniya, RJAF), Special Operations Command (Socom);
Public Security Directorate (normally falls under Ministry of Interior, but comes under JAF in wartime or crisis)
(2013)
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17 years of age for voluntary male military service; initial service term 2 years, with option to reenlist for
18 years; conscription at age 18 suspended in 1999; women not subject to conscription, but can volunteer
to serve in noncombat military positions in the Royal Jordanian Arab Army Women's Corps and RJAF (2013)
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males age 16-49: 1,674,260
females age 16-49: 1,611,315 (2010 est.)
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males age 16-49: 1,439,192
females age 16-49: 1,384,500 (2010 est.)
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male: 73,574
female: 69,420 (2010 est.)
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4.65% of GDP (2012)
country comparison to the world: 6
4.64% of GDP (2011)
4.65% of GDP (2010) Source CIA World Fact Book
"Tribal Jordanians form the backbone of the Jordanian military, an 88,000-member all voluntary force
(conscription ended in 1994). Jordan has a Public Security Force of 25,000, a Civil Defense Brigade
and a feared intelligence service. The military focuses on internal threats such as terrorism, unrest
from fundamentalist Muslims or the restless Palestinian majority, which opposes the Hashemite
regime’s close alliance with the United States. Since 2000, Jordan has received $1.9 billion in U.S.
military aid, which Jordan used to buy 70 to 80 F-16 fighters and Black Hawk helicopters, among
other U.S. military hardware." Source About.com
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