word | | Military - note |
| assistance | Kiribati | Kiribati does not have military forces; defense assistance is provided by Australia and NZ |
| assistance | Samoa | Samoa has no formal defense structure or regular armed forces; informal defense ties exist with NZ, which is required to consider any Samoan request for assistance under the 1962 Treaty of Friendship |
| assistance | Sao Tome and Principe | ... past, as reflected in the 1995 and 2003 coups; these issues are being addressed with foreign assistance aimed at improving the army and its focus on realistic security concerns; command is exercised ... |
| Assistance | Turkey | ... TLFC has taken on increasing international peacekeeping responsibilities, and took charge of a NATO International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) command in Afghanistan in April 2007; the Turkish Navy is a regional naval ... |
| Association | Palau | defense is the responsibility of the US; under a Compact of Free Association between Palau and the US, the US military is granted access to the islands for 50 years, but it ... |
| assumed | European Union | ... police on peacekeeping missions to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo and assumed command of the ISAF in Afghanistan in August 2004; Eurocorps directly commands the 5,000-man ... |
| attaining | Turkey | ... 2002 and has initiated project work on an integrated missile defense system; Air Force priorities include attaining a modern deployable, survivable, and sustainable force structure, and establishing a sustainable command and control ... |
| augmenting | Turkey | ... Policy Document" adopted in October 2005 increases the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) role in internal security, augmenting the General Directorate of Security and Gendarmerie General Command (Jandarma); the TSK leadership continues to ... |
| August | European Union | ... and the Democratic Republic of the Congo and assumed command of the ISAF in Afghanistan in August 2004; Eurocorps directly commands the 5,000-man Franco-German Brigade, the Multinational Command Support Brigade ... |
| Australia | Ashmore and Cartier Islands | defense is the responsibility of Australia; periodic visits by the Royal Australian Navy and Royal Australian Air Force |
| Australia | Christmas Island | defense is the responsibility of Australia |
| Australia | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | defense is the responsibility of Australia; the territory has a five-person police force |
| Australia | Coral Sea Islands | defense is the responsibility of Australia |
| Australia | Heard Island and McDonald Islands | defense is the responsibility of Australia; Australia conducts fisheries patrols |
| Australia | Kiribati | Kiribati does not have military forces; defense assistance is provided by Australia and NZ |
| Australia | Nauru | Nauru maintains no defense forces; under an informal agreement, defense is the responsibility of Australia |
| Australia | Norfolk Island | defense is the responsibility of Australia |
| Australian | Ashmore and Cartier Islands | defense is the responsibility of Australia; periodic visits by the Royal Australian Navy and Royal Australian Air Force |
| autonomous | Turkey | ... government), separatism (the Kurdish problem), and the extreme left wing; Ankara strongly opposed establishment of an autonomous Kurdish region; an overhaul of the Turkish Land Forces Command (TLFC) taking place under the ... |
| avian | Laos | ... civil unrest and similar national emergencies, but the LPA also has upgraded skills to respond to avian influenza outbreaks; there is no perceived external threat to the state and the LPA maintains ... |
| Ayios | Dhekelia | includes Dhekelia Garrison and Ayios Nikolaos Station connected by a roadway |
| Barbados | Barbados | the Royal Barbados Defense Force includes a land-based Troop Command and a small Coast Guard; the primary role of the land element is to defend the island against external aggression; the ... |
| base | Akrotiri | Akrotiri has a full RAF base, Headquarters for British Forces on Cyprus, and Episkopi Support Unit |
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