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Children in the military, including state armed forces, non-state armed groups, and other military organizations, may be trained for combat, assigned to support roles, such as cooks, porters/couriers, or messengers, or used for tactical advantage such as for human shields, or for political advantage in propaganda.
By 2006 children were no longer being used by any military groups in the country, although armed groups from Côte d'Ivoire and Guinea continued to abduct Liberian children. [31] As of 2018 [update] , children were no longer being used for military purposes in Liberia, and its armed forces were recruiting only adults over the age of 18.
As military forces around the world are constantly changing in size, no definitive list can ever be compiled. All of the 172 countries listed here, especially those with the highest number of total soldiers such as the two Koreas and Vietnam , include a large number of paramilitaries, civilians and policemen in their reserve personnel.
List of countries by number of military and paramilitary personnel; List of countries without armed forces; List of militaries that recruit foreigners; List of armies by country; List of navies; List of air forces; List of gendarmeries; List of space forces, units, and formations; List of military special forces units; List of active rebel groups
The United Nations has added Russia to a global list of offenders for killing 136 children in Ukraine in 2022.. Russian forces and affiliated groups “maimed 518 children and carried out 480 ...
Mar. 17—(StatePoint) Life in the U.S. Armed Forces can be challenging, especially for the youngest members of the nation's military community: the 1.6 million children of service members. From ...
For general coverage of military use of children, see the related Category:Children in the military. Subcategories. This category has the following 4 subcategories ...
Canada – 18 (voluntary; volunteers can join the Reserves and enter the Military Colleges at age 16, or join the regular forces at age 17 with parental consent) Central African Republic – 18 (voluntary) Chad – 18 (voluntary), 20 (compulsory – men), 21 (compulsory – women) Chile – 18 (voluntary)