Lithuanian Armed Forces | |
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Lietuvos ginkluotosios pajėgos | |
Insignia of the Ministry of National Defence
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Flag and insignia of the Lithuanian Armed Forces
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Founded | 23 November 1918 |
Current form | 25 April 1990 |
Service branches |
Air 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 |
Air Force
Land Force
Naval Force
Afghanistan – 21 (2017 est.)
Kosovo - up to 5 (2017 est.)