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Lithuania Armed Forces

Lithuanian Armed Forces
Lietuvos ginkluotosios pajėgos
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Insignia of the Ministry of National Defence
Flag of the Lithuanian Armed Forces.jpg
Flag and insignia of the Lithuanian Armed Forces
Founded 23 November 1918
Current form 25 April 1990
Service branches

Insignia of the Lithuanian Air Force.png Air Force
Insignia of the Lithuanian Land Force.svg Land Force
Insignia of the Lithuanian Naval Force.png Naval Force

Specialiųjų operacijų pajėgos.png Special Operations Force
Headquarters Vilnius
Leadership
Commander-in-Chief President Dalia Grybauskaitė
Minister of National Defence Raimundas Karoblis
Chief of Defence Lt. General Jonas Vytautas Žukas
Manpower
Military age 18–55
Conscription 9 months
Available for
military service
890,074 males, age 16–49 (2016 est.),
875,780 females, age 16–49 (2016 est.)
Fit for
military service
669,111 males, age 16–49 (2016 est.),
724,803 females, age 16–49 (2016 est.)
Reaching military
age annually
20,425 males (2016 est.),
19,527 females (2016 est.)
Active personnel 17,131
Deployed personnel

 Afghanistan – 21 (2017 est.)

 Kosovo - up to 5 (2017 est.)

EU Navfor Med - 20 (2017 est.)

 Mali - 2 (2017 est.)

 Iraq - 6 (2017 est.)

 Somalia - 1 (2017 est.))
Expenditures
Budget €723,8 million (2017)
Percent of GDP 1.8% (2017)
Industry
Foreign suppliers  United States
 Denmark
 Finland
 Germany
 Italy
 Norway
 Poland
 Sweden
 United Kingdom
 Israel
Related articles
History 1918–19 Lithuanian-Soviet War
1944–45 World War II
1944–53 Lithuanian partisans
1994 Bosnian War
2001-Present 2001 war in Afghanistan
2003-Present invasion of Iraq
2004-Present Kosovo Force
2013-Present EUTM Mali
2013-Present Operation Atalanta
2014 Operation Sangaris
2015-present EU Navfor Med
Ranks Lithuanian military ranks

Insignia of the Lithuanian Air Force.png Air Force
Insignia of the Lithuanian Land Force.svg Land Force
Insignia of the Lithuanian Naval Force.png Naval Force

 Afghanistan – 21 (2017 est.)

 Kosovo - up to 5 (2017 est.)


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