Military of Lithuania
| Lithuanian Armed Forces Lietuvos ginkluotosios pajėgos |
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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 |
 Special Operations Force
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| 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 |
EU Navfor Med - 20 (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
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| 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.)
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