Branches: Army, Gendarmerie
Manpower availability: males age 15-49: 1,582,656 males fit for military service: 805,722 (1996 est.)
Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $112.5 million, 7% of GDP (1992)
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@Saint Helena ——————
(dependent territory of the UK)
Map —-
Location: 15 56 S, 5 42 W — Southern Africa, island in the South
Atlantic Ocean, west of Angola, about two-thirds of the way from
South America to Africa
Flag ——
Description: blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Saint Helenian shield centered on the outer half of the flag; the shield features a rocky coastline and three-masted sailing ship