Carribean Nations - Armed Services Units and Bases - 1990 -2000

Features the Armed Services (Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard) Units and Bases (OBO) of the Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts, Saint Lucia, Trinidad And Tobago, and Trinidad And Tobago TIME-FRAME: 1990 - 2000 DATABASE: DB300 v511 SOURCES: The Naval Institute Guide To Combat Fleets of the World 1998-1999 by A. D. Baker III, Naval Institute Press, 1998 Aerospace Encyclopedia of World Air Forces, Edited by David Willis. Airtme Publishing, 1999 Note: Similar vessels are used in place of actual units when not represented by the current database. BAHAMAS ROYAL BAHAMAS DEFENSE FORCE Personnel (1997): 832 total Base: HMBS Coral Harbour, New Providence Island BARBADOS BARBADOS DEFENSE FORCE COAST GUARD Personnel (1998): 12 officers, 93 enlisted Base: HMBS Willoughby Fort, Bridgetown CUBA MARINA DE GUERRA REVOLUCIONARIA Personnel (1998): Approx. 3,500 total, including 1,000 naval infantry. There are also about 8,000 reserves. Bases: Cabanas Canasi Cienfuegos Granma (Naval Infantry Regiment) Havana Mariel Punta Ballenatos Varadero DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Personnel (1998): 3,900 officers and enlisted (including marines) Bases: Haina Las Calderas Puerto Plata Santo Domingo (the headquarters, 27 de Febrero) GRENADA GRENADA COAST GUARD Personnel (1996): 41 total, under the Commissioner of Police Bases: Grenville Hillsborough Prickly Bay (HQ) St. Georges HAITIHAITIAN DEFENSE FORCES Personnel (1996): 28 total Bases: Les Cayes Port-de-Paix Port-au-Prince (HQ) JAMAICA JAMAICA DEFENCE FORCE (JDF) COAST GUARD Personnel (1997): 26 officers, 159 enlisted (plus reserves: 16 officers, 34 enlisted) Bases: JDF Discovery Bay JDF Port Royal (HMJS Cagway) JDF Middle Cay JDF Pedro Cays ST. KITTS ST. CHRISTOPHER-NEVIS COAST GUARD Personnel (1998): 36 tot. Base: Basseterre SAINT LUCIA SAINT LUCIA COAST GUARD Personnel (1998): 39 total Base: Castries TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO COAST GUARD Personnel (1997): 51 officers, 599 enlisted Bases: Staubles B