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National military infobox
A national military infobox may be used to summarize information about a country's military and armed forces. The infobox should be added using the infobox national military template, as shown below:

Note: When using parameters, avoid the ambiguous abbreviation "N/A", and instead use "unknown" or "none". All subjective or qualitative judgements and numerical quantities or statistics must be cited to a reliable source (see WP:MILMOS).


 * country – optional – the name of the country.
 * name – optional – the name of the country's armed forces, if different from "Military of Country".
 * native_name – optional – the name of the country's armed forces in that country's official language(s), if other than English.
 * image – optional – an image relevant to the county's armed forces. The image must be given in the form Example.jpg ; in particular, the thumb attribute must not be selected.
 * caption – optional – the text to be placed below the image.
 * image2 – optional – a secondary image relevant to the county's armed forces. The image must be given in the form Example.jpg ; in particular, the thumb attribute must not be selected.
 * caption2 – optional – the text to be placed below the secondary image.
 * founded – optional – the date when the armed forces were founded.
 * current_form – optional – in cases where the armed forces have undergone major reorganizations, the date when they took their current form.
 * disbanded – optional – the date when the armed force were disbanded.
 * branches – optional – the service branches (e.g. army, navy, air force, etc.) that comprise the armed forces.
 * headquarters – optional – the headquarters of the armed forces.
 * flying_hours – optional – the hours flown by the armed forces' air arm, if any.

Leadership parameters:
 * commander-in-chief – optional – the formal commander-in-chief of the armed forces.
 * commander-in-chief_title – optional – the formal title of the commander-in-chief named above; this defaults to "Commander-in-Chief" if left blank.
 * minister – optional – the civilian official (generally a minister or secretary) responsible for the armed forces.
 * minister_title – optional – the formal title of the official named above; this defaults to "Minister of Defense" if left blank.
 * commander – optional – the overall military commander or chief military leader of the armed forces.
 * commander_title – optional – the formal title of the military commander named above; this defaults to "Chief of staff" if left blank.

Manpower parameters:
 * age – optional – the minimum (and, if applicable, maximum) ages for military service.
 * conscription – optional – the conscription age and term.
 * manpower_data – optional – the source of the manpower data; for example, if the data is a 1998 estimate, this should be indicated as "1998 est.".
 * manpower_age – optional – the ages assumed for the manpower data; for example, if the data considers people of age 15–49 to be of military age, this should be indicated as "15–49".
 * available – optional – the total number of people of the proper age for military service; this may indicate either males and females together, or only males if the available_f field is used.
 * available_f – optional – for coutries that allow female military service, the total number of females of the proper age; if this field is used, the available field should only indicate males.
 * fit – optional – the total number of people of the proper age fit for service; this may indicate either males and females together, or only males if the fit_f field is used.
 * fit_f – optional – for coutries that allow female military service, the total number of females of the proper age fit for service; if this field is used, the fit field should only indicate males.
 * reaching – optional – the total number of people reaching military age each year; this may indicate either males and females together, or only males if the reaching_f field is used.
 * reaching_f – optional – for coutries that allow female military service, the total number of females reaching military age each year; if this field is used, the reaching field should only indicate males.
 * active – optional – the total number of personnel currently in the country's armed forces.
 * ranked – optional – the ranking of the country on the list of countries by number of military and paramilitary personnel (e.g. "21st").
 * reserve – optional – the total number of reserve personnel in the country's armed forces.
 * deployed – optional – the total number of personnel currently deployed outside the country's borders.

Financial parameters:
 * amount – optional – the country's total military expendiures.
 * percent_GDP – optional – the percent of the country's GDP spent on military expenditures.

Industrial parameters:
 * domestic_suppliers – optional – the major domestic suppliers of equipment to the country's armed forces.
 * foreign_suppliers – optional – the major foreign suppliers of equipment to the country's armed forces; this may be either countries or more specific organizations.
 * imports – optional – the total value of annual military imports by the country.
 * exports – optional – the total value of annual military exports by the country.

Related articles:
 * history – optional – links to one or more articles about the country's military history.
 * ranks – optional – links to one or more articles about the country's military ranks.