Tuesday, March 10, 2009

New Zealand (Answer to previous post)

Capital:Wellington

New Zealand military consists of an Army, Air Force, and Navy. The military outfit is rather small, but highly trained and well equipped to meet the challenges in this world today. A army that is make up of approximately 4500 full time soldiers and 2500part time. Their armed forces concentration is on providing defense against threat and security to their homeland and global security. Soldiers cannot be deployed until the age of 18; however they can voluntary at the age of 17 for military service. New Zealand has been a participant in the United Nations peace support effort since the early 50's. They assisted their coalition partners with the military operation in the middle east.

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