field - Military - note - European Union

Country	Military - note
European Union	the five-nation Eurocorps - created in 1992 by France, Germany, Belgium, Spain, and Luxembourg - has deployed troops and 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 Franco-German Brigade, the Multinational Command Support Brigade, and EUFOR in Bosnia and Herzegovina; in November 2004, the EU Council of Ministers formally committed to creating 13 1,500-man battle groups by the end of 2007, to respond to international crises on a rotating basis; 22 of the EU's 25 nations have agreed to supply troops; France, Italy, and the UK formed the first of three battle groups in 2005; Norway, Sweden, Estonia, and Finland established the Nordic Battle Group effective 1 January 2008; nine other groups are to be formed; a rapid-reaction naval EU Maritime Task Group was stood up in March 2007 (2007)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	defense is the responsibility of the UK
Faroe Islands	defense is the responsibility of Denmark
Fiji	void
Finland	void
France	void
French Polynesia	defense is the responsibility of France
French Southern and Antarctic Lands	defense is the responsibility of France
Gabon	void
Gambia, The	void
Gaza Strip	void
Georgia	a CIS peacekeeping force of Russian troops is deployed in the Abkhazia region of Georgia together with a UN military observer group; a Russian peacekeeping battalion is deployed in South Ossetia
Germany	void
Ghana	void
Gibraltar	defense is the responsibility of the UK; the Royal Gibraltar Regiment replaced the last British regular infantry forces in 1992
Greece	void
Greenland	defense is the responsibility of Denmark
Grenada	void
Guam	defense is the responsibility of the US
Guatemala	void
Guernsey	defense is the responsibility of the UK
Guinea	void
Guinea-Bissau	void
Guyana	void
Haiti	void
Heard Island and McDonald Islands	defense is the responsibility of Australia; Australia conducts fisheries patrols
Holy See (Vatican City)	defense is the responsibility of Italy; ceremonial and limited security duties performed by Pontifical Swiss Guard
Honduras	void
Hong Kong	defense is the responsibility of China
Hungary	void
Iceland	Iceland has no standing military force; under a 1951 bilateral agreement - still valid - its defense was provided by the US-manned Icelandic Defense Force (IDF) headquartered at Keflavik; however, all US military forces in Iceland were withdrawn as of October 2006; although wartime defense of Iceland remains a NATO commitment, in April 2007, Iceland and Norway signed a bilateral agreement providing for Norwegian aerial surveillance and defense of Icelandic airspace (2008)
India	void
Indian Ocean	void
Indonesia	void

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