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Military - note Kiribati, in 27 editions.
The entry for Kiribati published Military - note in 27 editions of 36, from 1999 to 2025. The text changed in 6 editions. Each is shown as published. Military - note in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 6
- the first edition with it
- 1999
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Military--note” (1999) and “Military - note” (2000 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Changed since 2024Published as “Military--note”
Kiribati does not have military forces; defense assistance is provided by Australia and NZ
Kiribati does not have military forces; defense
assistance is provided by Australia and NZ
The same text in 21 editions, 2000 to 2020.
Kiribati does not have military forces; defense assistance is provided by Australia and NZ
Kiribati does not have military forces; defense
defense assistance is provided by Australia and NZ
Kiribati does not have military forces; defense assistance is provided by Australia and NZ
defense assistance is provided by Australia and NZ
- Kiribati has a "shiprider" agreement with the US, which allows local maritime law enforcement officers to embark on US Coast Guard (USCG) and US Navy (USN) vessels, including to board and search vessels suspected of violating laws or regulations within Kiribati's designated exclusive economic zone (EEZ) or on the high seas;
- "shiprider" agreements also enable USCG personnel and USN vessels with embarked USCG law enforcement personnel to work with host nations to protect critical regional resources (2022)
Rewritten: too little of the 2021 text remains to mark the changes.
defense assistance is provided by Australia and NZ
Kiribati has a "shiprider" agreement with the US, which allows local maritime law enforcement officers to embark on US Coast Guard (USCG) and US Navy (USN) vessels, including to board and search vessels suspected of violating laws or regulations within Kiribati's designated exclusive economic zone (EEZ) or on the high seas; "shiprider" agreements also enable USCG personnel and USN vessels with embarked USCG law enforcement personnel to work with host nations to protect critical regional resources (2022)
defense assistance is provided by Australia and NZ
- Kiribati has a "shiprider" agreement with the US, which allows local maritime law enforcement officers to embark on US Coast Guard (USCG) and US Navy (USN) vessels, including to board and search vessels suspected of violating laws or regulations within Kiribati's designated exclusive economic zone (EEZ) or on the high seas;
- "shiprider" agreements also enable USCG personnel and USN vessels with embarked USCG law enforcement personnel to work with host nations to protect critical regional resources (2023)
defense assistance is provided by Australia and NZ
Kiribati has a "shiprider" agreement with the US, which allows local maritime law enforcement officers to embark on US Coast Guard (USCG) and US Navy (USN) vessels, including to board and search vessels suspected of violating laws or regulations within Kiribati's designated exclusive economic zone (EEZ) or on the high seas; "shiprider" agreements also enable USCG personnel and USN vessels with embarked USCG law enforcement personnel to work with host nations to protect critical regional resources (2022) (2023)
- Australia, NZ, and the US have provided security assistance;
- Kiribati has a "ship rider" agreement with the US, which allows local maritime law enforcement officers to embark on US Coast Guard (USCG) and US Navy (USN) vessels, including to board and search vessels suspected of violating laws or regulations within Kiribati's designated exclusive economic zone (EEZ) or on the high seas;
- ship rider agreements also enable USCG personnel and USN vessels with embarked USCG law enforcement personnel to work with host nations to protect critical regional resources (2024)
defense assistance is provided by Australia Australia, NZ, and NZthe US have provided security assistance; Kiribati has a "shiprider" "ship rider" agreement with the US, which allows local maritime law enforcement officers to embark on US Coast Guard (USCG) and US Navy (USN) vessels, including to board and search vessels suspected of violating laws or regulations within Kiribati's designated exclusive economic zone (EEZ) or on the high seas; "shiprider" ship rider agreements also enable USCG personnel and USN vessels with embarked USCG law enforcement personnel to work with host nations to protect critical regional resources (2023) (2024)
- Australia, NZ, and the US have provided security assistance;
- Kiribati has a "ship rider" agreement with the US, which allows local maritime law enforcement officers to embark on US Coast Guard (USCG) and US Navy (USN) vessels, including to board and search vessels suspected of violating laws or regulations within Kiribati's designated exclusive economic zone (EEZ) or on the high seas;
- ship rider agreements also enable USCG personnel and USN vessels with embarked USCG law enforcement personnel to work with host nations to protect critical regional resources (2025)
Australia, NZ, and the US have provided security assistance; Kiribati has a "ship rider" agreement with the US, which allows local maritime law enforcement officers to embark on US Coast Guard (USCG) and US Navy (USN) vessels, including to board and search vessels suspected of violating laws or regulations within Kiribati's designated exclusive economic zone (EEZ) or on the high seas; ship rider agreements also enable USCG personnel and USN vessels with embarked USCG law enforcement personnel to work with host nations to protect critical regional resources (2024) (2025)
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Kiribati: Military - note.” The World Factbook, 1999–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/kiribati/military-note.