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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 (2011) 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 World Ranking: 161
0.5% of GDP (2009)
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The Siboney were the first people to inhabit the islands of Antigua and Barbuda in 2400 B.C., but Arawak Indians populated the islands when COLUMBUS landed on his second voyage in 1493. Early Spanish and French settlements were succeeded by an English colony in 1667. Slavery, established to run the sugar plantations on Antigua, was abolished in 1834. The islands became an independent state within the British Commonwealth of Nations in 1981.