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No regular military forces; Vanuatu Police Force (VPF), Vanuatu Mobile Force (VMF; includes Police Maritime Wing (PMW)) (2009) Manpower available for military service
Males age 16-49 62,216 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service
Males age 16-49 43,331
Females age 16-49 44,927 (2010 est.) Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually
Male 2,323
Female 2,230 (2010 est.) Military expenditures
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GPS points from Vanuatu (Port Vila)
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Multiple waves of colonizers, each speaking a distinct language, migrated to the New Hebrides in the millennia preceding European exploration in the 18th century. This settlement pattern accounts for the complex linguistic diversity found on the archipelago to this day. The British and French, who settled the New Hebrides in the 19th century, agreed in 1906 to an Anglo-French Condominium, which administered the islands until independence in 1980, when the new name of Vanuatu was adopted.