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No regular military forces; under the 1983 Compact of Free Association, the US has full authority and responsibility for security and defense of the Marshall Islands; Marshall Islands Police (2009) Manpower available for military service
Males age 16-49 16,446 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service
Males age 16-49 13,568
Females age 16-49 13,606 (2010 est.) Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually
Male 653
Female 631 (2010 est.) Military expenditures
NA
Military - note
Defense is the responsibility of the US
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Marshall Islands (Majuro):
 
GPS points from Marshall Islands (Majuro)
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After almost four decades under US administration as the easternmost part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Marshall Islands attained independence in 1986 under a Compact of Free Association. Compensation claims continue as a result of US nuclear testing on some of the atolls between 1947 and 1962. The Marshall Islands hosts the US Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA) Reagan Missile Test Site, a key installation in the US missile defense network.