Military branches:
Swiss Armed Forces: Land Forces, Swiss Air Force (Schweizer Luftwaffe) (2013)

Military service age and obligation:
19-26 years of age for male compulsory military service; 18 years of age for voluntary male and female military service; every Swiss male has to serve at least 260 days in the armed forces; conscripts receive 18 weeks of mandatory training, followed by seven 3-week intermittent recalls for training during the next 10 years (2012)

Military expenditures:
0.64% of GDP (2014) 0.69% of GDP (2013) 0.76% of GDP (2012) 0.75% of GDP (2011) 0.76% of GDP (2010)
country comparison to the world: 117
[see also: Military expenditures country ranks ]