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No regular military forces; French military, police, and gendarmerie (2009) Manpower available for military service
Males age 16-49 68,219 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service
Males age 16-49 56,233
Females age 16-49 55,983 (2010 est.) Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually
Male 2,272
Female 2,167 (2010 est.) Military expenditures
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Military - note
Defense is the responsibility of France
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New Caledonia [ France ] (Overseas Territory):
 
GPS points from New Caledonia [ France ] (Overseas Territory)
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Settled by both Britain and France during the first half of the 19th century, the island was made a French possession in 1853. It served as a penal colony for four decades after 1864. Agitation for independence during the 1980s and early 1990s ended in the 1998 Noumea Accord, which over a period of 15 to 20 years will transfer an increasing amount of governing responsibility from France to New Caledonia. The agreement also commits France to conduct a referendum between 2014 and 2018 to decide whether New Caledonia should assume full sovereignty and independence.