@France:Defense Forces
Branches: Army, Navy (includes Naval Air), Air Force and Air Defense,
National Gendarmerie
Manpower availability: males age 15-49 14,740,155; males fit for military service 12,258,691; males reach military age (18) annually 378,489 (1995 est.)
Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $47.1 billion, 3.1% of GDP (1995)
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FRENCH GUIANA
(overseas department of France)
@French Guiana:Geography
Location: Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Brazil and Suriname
Map references: South America