@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