Haiti:
Military & Transnational Issues


Military branches	no regular military forces - small coast guard; the regular Haitian Armed Forces (FAdH) - Army, Navy, and Air Force - have been demobilized but still exist on paper unless they are constitutionally abolished (2007)
Manpower available for military service	males age 18-49: 1,626,491 females age 18-49: 1,637,657 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service	males age 18-49: 948,320 females age 18-49: 931,972 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military age annually	males age 18-49: 98,554 females age 18-49: 97,690 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	0.4% (2006)

Disputes - international	since 2004, about 8,000 peacekeepers from the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) maintain civil order in Haiti; despite efforts to control illegal migration, Haitians cross into the Dominican Republic and sail to neighboring countries; Haiti claims US-administered Navassa Island
Illicit drugs	Caribbean transshipment point for cocaine en route to the US and Europe; substantial bulk cash smuggling activity; Colombian narcotics traffickers favor Haiti for illicit financial transactions; pervasive corruption; significant consumer of cannabis