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1 Status of conscription
2 Merging Army and Armed Forces
3 Marine Corps as a branch?
4 Armed Forces flag?
5 Marinha instead of Armada

[edit] Status of conscription

The article states that "Since 2003, the military service is optional." Does that mean that military service is now fully on a contract basis, or is there still a draft but with an "alternative service" option of some kind? Moonshiner 05:40, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

In line with how the Portuguese Armed Forces call themselves in Portuguese, and how they translate that into English, I propose renaming this article "Portuguese Armed Forces". This would make the name of the article more descriptive too, rather than the current title "Military of Portugal" which was originally created only for the purpose of transcribing information from an American facts & figures source, the CIA World Fact Book. The "porting" of this fact book into Wikipedia is a subject of some contention as well.--jrleighton 05:50, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

Can somebody please - de link the Portuguese Navy article- this redirects back to the Armed forces article - I wish to start work on a dedicated article

--- Regarding the conscription, citizens must report to the military registration office of their area of residence in January of the year when they complete eighteen years. They must present their I.D. and give their address. In May, they will receive notice of they day when they will have to attend the Day for National Defense (I think it translates like this). On that day, they will be transported to a military training camp, where they will assist a lecture about the importance of defending the country, and how the Armed Forces will support it's members in their studies and in their return to the civilian life. There is also a demonstration of how the Armed Forces work, and what equipment they use. By the end of the day, attendants will be given contacts for the enlistment offices for the various branches, if they want to enlist, and a document confirming of their attendance. Military registration is mandatory for male citizens only, and voluntary for females. All who are registered must attend the assigned Day of National Defense, or face heavy fines.

And the Military age is eighteen, not twenty.

[edit] Merging Army and Armed Forces

The Portuguese Armed Forces include three branches, Army, Navy and Air Force. Therefore no merging will be done between the Armed Forces article and the Army article. HKFlash

[edit] Marine Corps as a branch?

I dont see the Marine Corps is a branch of the Portuguese Armed Forces. It is part of the Navy, unlike in the United States. HKFlash

So true. I have removed it now from the table. Cheers, Get_It 22:38, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Armed Forces flag?

I dont see the current image used in the current Infobox as the flag of the portuguese Armed Forces. It is as far as I know used as flag/emblem BUT by the Army.

HKFlash —Preceding comment was added at 14:16, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Marinha instead of Armada

I changed the term 'Armada' to 'Marinha', because that's the term used in the National Defense Ministry site (http://www.mdn.gov.pt), even though the head of the Navy is called "Chefe do Estado-Maior da Armada". The Navy's URL is also www.marinha.pt and not www.armada.pt Gazilion (talk) 09:37, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Wrong! "Armada" is the right term. In fact, the Marines call themselves "Fuzileiros da Armada". Navy personnel carry shoulder insignia with the word "Armada". HKFlash 1:04, 1 June 2008 [UTC)