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MilitaryMilitary branches
No regular military forces (establishment prevented by the constitution); Police Force (2011) Manpower available for military service
Males age 16-49 25,190 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service
Males age 16-49 18,364
Females age 16-49 20,302 (2010 est.) Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually
Male 1,132
Female 1,120 (2010 est.) Military expenditures
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Military - note
Kiribati does not have military forces; defense assistance is provided by Australia and NZ
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Kiribati (South Tarawa):
 
GPS points from Kiribati (South Tarawa)
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The Gilbert Islands became a British protectorate in 1892 and a colony in 1915; they were captured by the Japanese in the Pacific War in 1941. The islands of Makin and Tarawa were the sites of major US amphibious victories over entrenched Japanese garrisons in 1943. The Gilbert Islands were granted self-rule by the UK in 1971 and complete independence in 1979 under the new name of Kiribati. The US relinquished all claims to the sparsely inhabited Phoenix and Line Island groups in a 1979 treaty of friendship with Kiribati.