Editor's Foreword

86 The MiLiTAry BALAnCe 2010
PFI 1 Copan less than 100 tonnes (US Guardian 32m)
PC 7: 6 Swift 21m; 1 Swift 26m
PBR 9: 5 various less than 100 tonnes; 4 BW-32
MISC BOATS/CRAFT 15 (river boats)
AMPHIBIOUS • LCU 1 Punta Caxinas
FACILITIES
Bases Located at Puerto Cortés, Puerto Castilla,
Amapala
Marines 830
Marine 3 indep coy
Air Force 2,300
FORCES By ROLE
FGA 1 sqn with 8 A-37B Dragonfly; 1 sqn with 8
F-5E Tiger II
Tpt sqn with 1 C-130A Hercules; 2 C-47 Skytrain
Trg/COIN some sqn with 2 Cessna 182 Skylane; 5
T-41B/D; 9 EMB-312
Liaison some sqn with 4 Cessna 185; 1 Cessna 401; 1
PA-31 Navajo; 1 PA-32T Saratoga
Hel 2 sqn with 5 Bell 412SP Twin Huey; 2 Hughes
500; 2 UH-1H Iroquois
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
AIRCRAFT 16 combat capable
FTR 8 F-5E Tiger II
FGA 8 A-37B Dragonfly
TPT 12: 1 C-130A Hercules; 2 C-47 Skytrain; 2 Cessna 182
Skylane; 4 Cessna 185; 1 Cessna 401; 1 PA-31 Navajo; 1
PA-32T Saratoga
TRG 14: 5 T-41B/D; 9 EMB-312
HELICOPTERS
UTL 9: 5 Bell 412SP Twin Huey; 2 Hughes 500; 2 UH-1H
Iroquois
MSL • AAM Shafrir
Paramilitary 8,000
Public Security Forces 8,000
Ministry of Public Security and Defence
Region 11 comd
DEPLOyMENT
WESTERN SAHARA
UN • MINURSO 12 obs
FOREIgN FORCES
United States US Southern Command: Army: 228; Navy
2; USAF: 183; USMC 8; 1 avn bn with CH-47 Chinook; UH-
60 Black Hawk
Jamaica JAM
Jamaican Dollar J$ 2008 2009 2010
GDP J$ 1.07tr 1.12tr
US$ 14.8bn 12.7bn
per capita US$ 5,275 4,486
Growth % -1.0 -3.6
inflation % 22.0 9.4
Def bdgt J$ ε7.0bn ε8.0bn
US$ 96m 90m
US$1=J$ 72.8 88.5
Population 2,825,928
Age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 17% 5% 5% 4% 15% 3%
Female 17% 5% 5% 4% 15% 4%
Capabilities
ACTIVE 2,830 (Army 2,500 Coast Guard 190 Air 140)
(combined Jamaican Defence Force)
RESERVE 953 (Army 877 navy 60 Air 16)
ORgANISATIONS By SERVICE
Army 2,500
FORCES By ROLE
Inf 2 bn
Engr 1 regt (4 engr sqn)
Spt 1 bn
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
APC (W) 4 LAV-150 Commando
MOR 81mm 12 L16A1
reserves
Inf 1 bn
Coast guard 190
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 18
PFC 1 Fort Charles (US 34m)
PFI 1 Paul Bogle less than 100 tonnes (US 31m)
PCI 6: 4 Dauntless; 2 Point less than 100 tonnes
PBF 3
PB 7: 3 Cornwall (Damen Stan 4207); 4 (Nor-Tech 43)
FACILITIES
Bases Located at Port Royal, Pedro Cays
Minor Base Located at Discovery Bay
Air Wing 140
Plus National Reserve
FORCES By ROLE
Tpt/MP 1 flt with 1 BN-2A Defender; 1 Cessna 210M
Centurio; 2 DA-40-180FP Diamond Star (trg)