page_title: Military of Guinea-Bissau
hierarchical_section_title: Military of Guinea-Bissau
caption_attribution_description: Português: Hastear da bandeira da Guiné Bissau após o arrear da de Portugal em Canjadude (CCac.5)(1974) English: Running up the flag of Guinea-Bissau after the striking of the Portuguese flag in Canjadude, North-East Guinea-Bissau. The public consists of civilians, coloured and white military and a group of young people in shirts with a large portrait of a man in dark glasses and cap on the back (Sékou Touré??). Rocks in the background.
context_page_description: The Revolutionary Armed Forces of the People or FARP are the national military of Guinea-Bissau. They consist of an Army, Navy, Air Force and paramilitary forces. A 2008 United Nations Development Programme census estimated that there were around 4,000 personnel in the Armed Forces. An earlier CIA World Fact Book figure was 9,250. The World Fact Book also estimated military expenditure as $9.46 million, and military spending as a percentage of GDP as 3.1%.
  The World Fact Book also reports that the military service age and obligation is 18–25 years of age for selective compulsory military service; 16 years of age or younger with parental consent, for voluntary service.
context_section_description: The Revolutionary Armed Forces of the People (Portuguese: Forças Armadas Revolucionárias do Povo) or FARP are the national military of Guinea-Bissau.  They consist of an Army, Navy, Air Force and paramilitary forces. A 2008 United Nations Development Programme census estimated that there were around 4,000 personnel in the Armed Forces. An earlier CIA World Fact Book figure was 9,250. The World Fact Book also estimated military expenditure as $9.46 million, and military spending as a percentage of GDP as 3.1%.
  The World Fact Book also reports that the military service age and obligation is 18–25 years of age for selective compulsory military service; 16 years of age or younger with parental consent, for voluntary service (2009).
caption: Soldiers of the PAIGC raise the flag of Guinea-Bissau in 1974.
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