Antigua and Barbuda
Military: Antigua and Barbuda
Military branches:
Ministry of National Security, Royal Antigua and Barbuda Defense Force (includes Antigua and Barbuda Coast Guard) (2012)
Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription; Governor-General has powers to call up men for national service and set the age at which they could be called up (2012)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49: 21,141
females age 16-49: 24,056 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 17,676
females age 16-49: 19,960 (2010 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 806
female: 799 (2010 est.)
Military expenditures:
country comparison to the world: 36
Transnational Issues: Antigua and Barbuda
Disputes - international:
none
Illicit drugs:
considered a minor transshipment point for narcotics bound for the US and Europe; more significant as an offshore financial center
