Military branches:
Cameroon Armed Forces (Forces Armees Camerounaises, FAC), Army (L'Armee de Terre), Navy (Marine Nationale Republique (MNR), includes naval infantry), Air Force (Armee de l'Air du Cameroun, AAC), Rapid Intervention Brigade (Brigade d'Intervention Rapide, BIR, main counterterrorism force, consists of three battalions), Fire Fighter Corps, Gendarmerie (2015)

Military service age and obligation:
18-23 years of age for male and female voluntary military service; no conscription; high school graduation required; service obligation 4 years; periodic government calls for volunteers (2012)

Military expenditures:
1.42% of GDP (2012) 1.37% of GDP (2011) 1.42% of GDP (2010)
country comparison to the world: 70
[see also: Military expenditures country ranks ]