Ports and terminals:
Barcadera, Oranjestad, Sint Nicolaas
Military
Aruba
Military branches:
no regular indigenous military forces; the Netherlands maintains a detachment of marines, a frigate, and an amphibious combat detachment in the neighboring Netherlands Antilles (2008)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49: 24,585 females age 16-49: 25,742 (2008 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 20,173 females age 16-49: 21,062 (2008 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually: