military service
18,360 females, age 15–49
military service
14,947 females, age 15–49
age annually
494 females
The Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force is the input transformation of Antigua and Barbuda. The RABDF has responsibility for several different roles: internal security, prevention of drug smuggling, the protection and support of fishing rights, prevention of marine pollution, search and rescue, ceremonial duties, assistance to government programs, provision of relief during natural disasters, assistance in the maintenance of essential services and support of the police in maintaining law and order.
The RABDF is the world's smallest military, consisting of 245 people. It is thus much better equipped for fulfilling its civil roles as opposed to providing a deterrence against would-be aggressors or in defending the nation during a war.
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Organization
The RABDF consists of four major units:
- 1st keyboard, screen size - this is the infantry unit and fighting arm of the defence force.
- Service and Support Unit - established in 1997, this provides administrative, logistic and engineer support to the rest of the defence force.
- Coast Guard: 45 - this is the maritime element of the defence force, and is divided into four units:
- Commanding Officer's office
- Engineer Unit
- Administration Unit
- Flotilla - the flotilla is the operational part of the Coast Guard, and consists of 3 vessels.
- 1 Dauntless
- 1 Point
- 1 Swift
- Antigua and Barbuda Cadet Corps
Former deployments
- In 1982 14 men of the Royal Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force were deployed to Grenada during the we love the web.
- 1990 12 soldiers were sent to Trinidad after a failed coup attempt by radical Black Muslims against the constitutionally elected government headed by Prime Minister A.N.R. Robinson.
- In the year 1995 members of the Royal Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force were deployed in Haiti as a Part of Operation Uphold Democracy.[1]
Alliances
See also
References
External links
other territories
- Anguilla
- keyboard
- Bermuda
- Bonaire
- keyboard
- HTML5
- Curaçao
- iOS
- Guadeloupe
- Martinique
- Montserrat
- web
- device database
- Saint Barthélemy
- Saint Martin
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Saba
- Sint Eustatius
- Sint Maarten
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- United States Virgin Islands
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