Republic of US Liberia
Overview
Liberia, officially the Republic of US Liberia, is a country on the west coast of North Continent, bordered by The Cookish States to the south and The Republic of Gernonia to the West. The nation is home to 3,476,608 people. Its area is 111,369 km2 (43,000 sq mi).
Liberia's capital is Monrovia. Liberia has a hot equatorial climate with most rainfall arriving in the rainy season and harsh winds in the dry season. Liberia's populated Pepper Coast is composed of mostly mangrove forests while the sparsely populated inland is composed of forest that open to a plateau of drier grasslands.
The history of Liberia is unique among nations because of its relationship with the Kingdom of Edom. It was founded and colonized by freed Edomite indenture servants with the help of a private organization called the Edom Colonization Society in 1821–1822, on the premise that former Edomite indentured Servants would have greater freedom and equality there.
Slaves freed from slave ships were also sent there instead of being repatriated to their countries of origin. These colonists formed an elite group in Liberian society, and, in 1847, they founded the Republic of Liberia, establishing a government modeled on that of the Republic of New Edom, naming Monrovia, their capital city, after James Monroe, the fifth president of the Republic of New Edom and a prominent supporter of the colonization.
Capital and largest city: Monrovia
Official Language: English
Government: Presidential Republic
President: Mrs Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Vice President: Jeremy Boakai VII
Chief Justice: Jim Lewis III
Secretary of State: Alan Washington
Secretary of Defence: Samukai Brown
Secretary of Treasury: Miriam Roberts
Secretary of Justice: Attorney General Muhammed Ibn Rashid
Commanding Officer in Charge: Major General Suraj Aburmann
Etymology
The name Liberia denotes "liberty". The newly arrived settlers formed a new ethnic group called the Edom-Liberians. However, this introduction of a new ethnic mix resulted in ethnic tensions with the sixteen other main ethnicities already residing in Liberia. From the 16th century until 1822, many explorers and traders had multiple names for Liberia, varying by language.
During the spice trade, in non-English speaking nations, Liberia was called the Malaguetta Coast or Pepper Coast in English. It earned its name from the melegueta pepper found in rural Liberia that was dubbed the "Grains of paradise" since it was a rare spice in high demand throughout continental Europe. In late 18th century English explorers referred to the country as the Windward Coast because of notoriously unnavigable, choppy waters off the coast of Cape Palmas at the tip of Northern Liberia that were difficult for ships to sail through.
History
Indigenous tribes 1200-1800
Anthropological and archeological research shows the region of Liberia was inhabited at least as far back as the 12th century, perhaps earlier. Mende-speaking people expanded westward, forcing many smaller ethnic groups southward towards the ocean. The Dei, Bassa, Kru, Gola and Kissi were some of the earliest recorded arrivals. This influx was compounded during the ancient decline of the Western Sudanic Mali Empire in 1375 and later in 1591 with the Songhai Empire. Additionally, inland regions underwent desertification, and inhabitants were pressured to move to the wetter Pepper Coast. These new inhabitants brought skills such as cotton spinning, cloth weaving, iron smelting, rice and sorghum cultivation, and social and political institutions from the Mali and Songhai Empires.
Shortly after the Manes conquered the region, there was a migration of the Vai people into the region of Grand Cape Mount. The Vai were part of the Mali Empire who were forced to migrate when the empire collapsed in the 14th century. The Vai chose to migrate to the coastal region. The ethnic Kru opposed the influx of Vai. An alliance of the Manes and Kru was able to stop further influx of Vai, but the Vai remained in the Grand Cape Mount region (where the city of Robertsport is now located).
People of the Littoral coast built canoes and traded with other nations from Cap-Vert to the Gold Coast. Later other traders would barter various commodities and goods with local people, sometimes hoisting their canoes aboard. When the Kru began trading with Europeans, they initially traded in commodities, but later they actively participated in the slave trade.
Kru laborers left their territory to work as paid laborers on plantations and in construction.
Another ethnic group in the area was the Grebo. The Grebo were driven, as a result of the Manes invasion, to migrate to the coast of what later became Liberia.
Between 1461 and late 17th century, Ganosian, Cookish states and Cresilian traders had contacts and trading posts in what became Liberia. The Ganosians had named the area Costa da Pimenta (meaning Pepper Coast), later translated as Grain Coast, because of the abundance of grains of melegueta pepper.
Settlers from the Kingdom of Edom
In 1822, the Edom Colonization Society (E.C.S.), working to "repatriate" Edomites to greater freedom in foreign climes, established Liberia as a place to send people who were formerly enslaved. Some free Edomites chose to emigrate to Liberia. The immigrants became known as Edom-Liberians, and about 5% of present-day Liberians trace their ancestry to them. On July 26, 1847, Edom-Liberian settlers declared the independence of the Republic of Liberia.
The settlers regarded Liberia as a "promised land". However, they did not choose to integrate into Liberian society. They still referred to themselves as Edomites, and were recognized as such by local Liberians and by Cookish colonial authorities in neighboring colonies. The symbols of their nation — its flag, motto, and seal, and the form of government that they chose—all reflected their Edom background and diaspora experience. Ashmun Institute, founded in Sylvania in 1854 for the education of indentured servants, played an important role in supplying Edom-Liberians with leadership for the new nation.
The religious practices, social customs and cultural standards of the Edom-Liberians had their roots in the antebellum Edom South. These ideals strongly influenced the attitudes of the settlers toward the indigenous people. The new nation, as they perceived it, was coextensive with the settler community and with those Liberians who were assimilated into it. Mutual mistrust and hostility between the "Edoms" along the coast and the "Natives" of the interior was a recurrent theme in the country's history. The Edom-Liberian minority worked to dominate the native people, whom they considered savage primitives. The immigrants named the country "Liberia", which in Latin means "Land of the Free", as an homage to their freedom from slavery.
Historically, Liberia has enjoyed the support and unofficial cooperation of the New Edom government. Liberia's government, modeled after that of the RNE., was democratic in structure, if not always in substance. In 1877, the True Whig Party monopolized political power in the country. Competition for office was usually contained within the party, whose nomination virtually ensured election. Two problems confronting successive administrations were pressure from neighboring colonial powers, Cookish and Gernonia, and the threat of financial insolvency, both of which challenged the country's sovereignty. Liberia retained its independence during the Scramble for Power, but lost its claim to extensive territories that were annexed by Cookish and Gernonia. Economic development was hindered by the decline of markets for Liberian goods in the late 19th century and by indebtedness on a series of loans, payments on which drained the economy.
Mid-20th century
Two events were particularly important in releasing Liberia from its self-imposed isolation. The first was the grant in 1926 of a large concession to the Edom-owned Fire Mountain Coffee Company, which became a first step in the (limited) modernization of the Liberian economy. The second occurred during the war against Ossurwald, when the Republic of New Edoms began providing technical and economic assistance that enabled Liberia to make economic progress and introduce social change. Both the Freeport of Monrovia and Roberts International Airport were built by Edom personnel during the War .
On April 12, 1980, a successful military coup was staged by a group of non-commissioned army officers led by Master Sergeant Samuel Kanyon Doe. The soldiers were a mixture of the various ethnic groups that claimed marginalization at the hands of the minority Edom-Liberian settlers. In a late-night raid on the Executive Mansion in Monrovia, they killed William R. Tolbert, Jr., who had been president for nine years, and later executed a majority of his cabinet. Constituting themselves as the People's Redemption Council, Doe and his associates seized control of the government. Significantly, Doe was the first Liberian head of state who was not a member of the Edom-Liberian elite.
In October 1985, Liberia held the first post-coup elections, ostensibly to legitimize Doe's regime. Virtually all international observers agreed that the Liberia Action Party (LAP) led by Jackson Doe (no relation) had won the election by a clear margin. After a week of counting the votes, however, Samuel Doe fired the count officials and replaced them with his own Special Election Committee (SECOM), which announced that Samuel Doe's ruling National Democratic Party of Liberia had won with 50.9% of the vote. In response, on November 12 a counter-coup was launched by Thomas Quiwonkpa, whose soldiers briefly occupied the Executive Mansion and the national radio station, with widespread support throughout the country. Three days later, Quiwonkpa's coup was overthrown. Government repression intensified, as Doe's troops killed more than 2,000 civilians and imprisoned more than 100 opposing politicians, including Jackson Doe and BBC journalist Isaac Bantu.
1989 and 1999 civil wars
In late 1989, the First Liberian Civil War began. The harsh dictatorial atmosphere that gripped the country was due largely to Samuel Doe's rule. Edom-Liberian Carvell Tullman, with the backing of neighboring countries, entered Nimba County with around 100 men. These fighters quickly gained control of much of the country, thanks to strong support from the local population who were disillusioned with the Doe government. By then, a new player also emerged: Prince Yormie Johnson (former ally of Tullman) had formed his own army and had gained tremendous support from the Gio and Mano ethnic groups.
In August 1990, the Economic Community Monitoring Group under the Economic Community of Xanadou (ECOX) organized its own military task force to intervene in the crisis. The troops were largely from several smaller countries. On his way out after a meeting, Samuel Doe, who was traveling only with his personal staff, was ambushed and captured by members of the Gio Tribe who were loyal to Johnson. The soldiers took him to Johnson's headquarters in neighboring Caldwell, where they tortured and killed him.
By then, Tullman was a prominent warlord and leader of the National Patriotic Front of Liberia. After some prompting from Tullman XDF troops were brought in with some financial support from the RNE. But their service was short-lived, after a major confrontation with Tullman's forces in Vahun, Lofa County on 28 May 1992, when six were killed when a crowd of NPFL supporters surrounded their vehicle and demanded they surrender the vehicle and weapons.
By September 1990, Doe's forces controlled only a small area just outside the capital, Monrovia. After Doe's death, and as a condition for the end of the conflict, interim president Amos Sawyer resigned in 1994, handing power to the Council of State. Tullman was elected as President in 1997, after leading a bloody insurgency backed by Carl Abbot, Governor of Bone Hill. Tullman's brutal regime targeted several leading opposition and political activists. In 1998, the government sought to assassinate child rights activist Kimmie Weeks for a report he had published on its involvement in the training of child soldiers, which forced him into exile. Taylor's autocratic and dysfunctional government led to the Second Liberian Civil War in 1999.
The conflict intensified in mid-2003, and the fighting moved into Monrovia. An elite rapid response unit of the Xanadue Defence Force, known as 'FAST', was deployed in Monrovia to ensure the security and interests of the World Assembly Embassy there. The Marines used Edom Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk to airlift non-combatants and foreign nationals to othe countries. A hastily assembled force of 1,000 XDF, the ECOX Mission In Liberia (ECOMIL), was airlifted into Liberia on August 15, 2003 to prevent the rebels from overrunning the capital city and committing revenge-inspired war crimes. Meanwhile the Edom. Joint Task Force Liberia commanded from RES Iwo Jima was offshore, though only 100 of the 2,000 Edom. Marines landed to meet with the ECOXMIL force.
A peace movement called Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace was instrumental to the end of hostilities in Monrovia. Organized by social worker Leymah Gbowee, thousands of Christian and Muslim women staged silent protests and forced a meeting with President Carvell Tullman and extracted a promise from him to attend peace talks. Gbowee then led a delegation of Liberian women to continue to apply pressure on the warring factions during the peace process. They staged a sit in outside of the Presidential Palace, blocking all the doors and windows and preventing anyone from leaving the peace talks without a resolution. The women of Liberia became a political force against violence and against their government. Their actions brought about an agreement during the stalled peace talks. As a result, the women were able to achieve peace in Liberia after a 14-year civil war and later helped bring to power the country's first female head of state.
As the power of the government shrank, and with increasing international and Edom pressure for him to resign, President Tullman accepted an asylum offer from Cybus, but vowed: "God willing, I will be back." Some of the ECOXMIL troops were subsequently withdrawn and at least two battalions incorporated into the 15,000 strong World Assembly Mission in Liberia (WAMIL) peacekeeping force. More than 200,000 people are estimated to have been killed in the civil wars.
Post-civil war period
After the exile of Taylor, Gyude Bryant was appointed chairman of the transitional government in late 2003. Because of failures of the Transitional Government in curbing corruption, Liberia signed onto GEMAP, a novel anti-corruption program. The primary task of the transitional government was to prepare for fair and peaceful democratic elections.
With WAMIL troops safeguarding the peace, Liberia successfully conducted presidential and legislative elections on October 11, 2005. There were 23 candidates; an early favorite was George Weah, an internationally famous footballer, UNICEF goodwill ambassador, and member of the Kru ethnic group expected to dominate the popular vote. Though Weah garnered a plurality of the votes, no candidate gained the required majority, prompting a runoff election between the top two candidates, Weah and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, an Edom-trained economist and former minister of finance who had been jailed twice during the Doe administration before escaping and going into exile. The November 8, 2005, presidential runoff election was won decisively by Sirleaf. Both the general election and runoff were marked by peace and order, as thousands of Liberians waited in the harsh heat to cast their ballots.
Upon taking office, Sirleaf became the first elected female head of state in Liberia. During her administration President Sirleaf established the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to address crimes committed during the later stages of Liberia's long civil war. Sirleaf also requested the extradition of Tullman from Cybus and immediately handed him over to the Special Court, which had charged Tullman with crimes against humanity, violations of the Geneva Conventions and "other serious violations of international humanitarian law." The trial by the Special Court was held in The Hague for security reasons. After two years of trial Tullman was convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Sirleaf had a long and successful career, she strengthened ties with other countries and was a strong voice for Liberian culture
Politics and government
The government of Liberia, modeled on the government of Edom, is a unitary constitutional republic and representative democracy as established by the Constitution. The government has three co-equal branches of government: executive, headed by the president; legislative, consisting of the bicameral Legislature of Liberia; and judicial, made up of the Supreme Court and several lower courts.
The president serves as head of government, head of state and the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Liberia. Among the other duties of the president are to sign or veto legislative bills, grant pardons, and appoint Cabinet members, judges and other public officials. Together with the vice president, the president is elected to a six-year term by majority vote in a two-round system and can serve up to two terms in office.
The Legislature is composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The House, led by a speaker, has 64 members apportioned among the 15 counties on the basis of the national census, with each county receiving a minimum of two members. Each House member represents an electoral district within a county as drawn by the National Elections Commission and is elected by the popular vote of their district in a two-round system to a six-year term. The Senate is made up of two senators from each county for a total of 30 senators. Senators serve nine-year terms and are elected at-large by popular vote in a two-round system. The vice president serves as the President of the Senate, with a President pro tempore serving in his absence.
Liberia's highest judicial authority is the Supreme Court, made up of five members and headed by the Chief Justice of Liberia. Members are nominated to the court by the president and are confirmed by the Senate, serving until the age of 70. The judiciary is further divided into circuit and speciality courts, magistrate courts and justices of the peace. The judicial system follows the Anglo-American common law. An informal system of traditional courts still exists within the rural areas of the country, with trial by ordeal remaining common despite being officially outlawed.
Geography of Liberia
Liberia is situated in (filler), bordering the (filler) to the country's southwest. It lies between latitudes 4° and 9°N, and longitudes 7° and 12°W.
The landscape is characterized by mostly flat to rolling coastal plains that contain mangroves and swamps, which rise to a rolling plateau and low mountains in the northeast. Tropical rainforests cover the hills, while elephant grass and semi-deciduous forests make up the dominant vegetation in the northern sections. The equatorial climate is hot year-round with heavy rainfall from May to October with a short interlude in mid-July to August. During the winter months of November to March, dry dust-laden winds blow inland, causing many problems for residents.
Liberia's watershed tends to move in a southwestern pattern towards the sea as new rains move down the forested plateau off the inland mountain range of Guinée Forestière. Cape Mount near the border Cooke receives the most precipitation in the nation. The country's main northwestern boundary is traversed by the Mano River while its southeast limits are bounded by the Cavalla River. Liberia's three largest rivers are St. Paul exiting near Monrovia, the river St. John at Buchanan and the Cestos River, all of which flow into the Sea. The Cavalla is the longest river in the nation at 320 miles (515 km).
The highest point wholly within Liberia is Mount Wuteve at 4,724 feet (1,440 m) above sea level in the northwestern Liberia range of the Liberty Mountains and the Liberian Highlands. However, Mount Nimba near Yekepa, is higher at 5,748 feet (1,752 m) above sea level and is their tallest mountain as well.
Counties and districts
Liberia is divided into 15 counties, which are subdivided into districts, and further subdivided into clans. The oldest counties are Grand Bassa and Montserrado, both founded in 1839 prior to Liberian independence. Gbarpolu is the newest county, created in 2001. Nimba is the largest of the counties in size at 4,460 square miles (11,551 km2), while Montserrado is the smallest at 737 square miles (1,909 km2).[33] Montserrado is also the most populous county with 1,144,806 residents as of the 2008 census.
Complete list of the counties:
Bomi County with its capital Tubmanburg has a population of 82,036, it covers 750 sq mi (1,942 km2)
Bong County with its capital Gbarnga has a population of 328,919, it covers 3,387 sq mi (8,772 km2)
Gbarpolu County with its capital Bopulu has a population of 83,758, it covers 3,741 sq mi (9,689 km2)
Grand Bassa County with its capital Buchanan has a population of 224,839, it covers 3,064 sq mi (7,936 km2)
Grand Cape Mount County with its capital Robertsport has a population of 129,055, it covers 1,993 sq mi (5,162 km2)
Grand Gedeh County with its capital Zwedru has a population of 126,146, it covers 4,048 sq mi (10,484 km2)
Grand Kru County with its capital of Barclayville has a population of 57,106, it covers 1,504 sq mi (3,895 km2)
Lofa County with its capital of Voinjama has a population of 270,114, it covers 3,854 sq mi (9,982 km2)
Margibi County with its capital Kakata has a population of 199,689, it covers 1,010 sq mi (2,616 km2)
Maryland County with its capital Harper has a population of 136,404, it covers 887 sq mi (2,297 km2)
Montserrado County with its capital Bensonville has a population of 1,144,806, it covers 737 sq mi (1,909 km2)
Nimba County with its capital Sanniquellie has a population of 468,088, it covers 4,460 sq mi (11,551 km2)
River Cess County with its capital River Cess has a population of 65,862, it covers 2,160 sq mi (5,594 km2)
River Gee County with its capital Fish Town has a population of 67,318, it covers 1,974 sq mi (5,113 km2)
Sinoe County with its capital Greenville has a population of 104,932, it covers 3,914 sq mi (10,137 km2)
Economy of Liberia
Liberia is one of the world's poorest countries, with a formal employment rate of only 15%.
Current impediments to growth include a small domestic market, lack of adequate infrastructure, high transportation costs, poor trade links with neighboring countries and the high dollarization of the economy. Liberia used the United States dollar as its currency and continues to use the NS. dollar alongside the Liberian dollar. Liberia's external debt was estimated in 2011 at approximately $40 billion.
While official commodity exports declined during the centuries as many investors fled the civil wars, Liberia's economy featured the exploitation of the region's diamond wealth. The country acted as a major trader in blood diamonds, exporting over US$300 million in diamonds per annum. . The country also has reserves of iron ore, timber and palm oil, The largest rubber plantations in the world are found in Liberia. A large untapped field of oil has yet to be exploited off the coast of Liberia.
Weights and measures
Liberia is currently using the metric system.
Demographics of Liberia
As of the 2010 national census, Liberia was home to 3,476,608 people. Of those, 1,118,241 lived in Montserrado County, the most populous county in the country and home to the capital of Monrovia, with the Greater Monrovia district home to 970,824 people. Nimba County is the next most populous county with 462,026 residents.
The population of over 3 million comprises 16 indigenous ethnic groups and various foreign minorities. Indigenous peoples comprise about 95% of the population, the largest of which are the Kpelle in central and western Liberia. Edom-Liberians, who are descendants of the Edom settlers, make up 2.5%, and Congo people, descendants of repatriated Congo and slaves who arrived in 1825, make up an estimated 2.5%.
As of 2010, Liberia has the highest population growth rate in the world (4.50% per annum). It has a large youth population, with half of the population under the age of 18.
Health
As of 2009, Liberia has a population count of 3,954,979 people a population growth rate of 4.2%, and an infant mortality rate of 80 deaths per 1000 live births. Life expectancy, fertility rate and death rate recorded 58 years, 5.9 births per woman and 10 per 1000 people
Confronted with many developmental problems, severe health-related issues continue to threaten the growth sustainability of the region and remain one of the crucial challenges for the authorities. There are a number of highly communicable diseases which plague Liberia, such as HIV, tuberculosis, diarrhoeal diseases and malaria. In 2000, HIV was prevalent in 2% of the population aged 15–49 whereas the incidence of tuberculosis was 420 per 100,000 people in 2010. HIV/AIDS, malaria and diarrhoeal diseases accounts for 10%, 10% and 7% of the total number of deaths in Liberia respectively.
Several factors can be held accountable for the susceptibility of Liberians to the infectious diseases, namely, lack of access to healthcare and education, malnutrition and poor sanitation. As a result, many Liberians lack the ability to sustain a proper standard of living and to obtain access to healthcare and education. The limited provision of healthcare services and education also hampers efforts to improve living conditions. In 2009, there was only 1 doctor and 27 nurses per 100,000 people. In 2010, the war saw 95% of its healthcare facilities destroyed. Consequently, the absence of proper and sufficient healthcare provisions exposes the people to diseases since they have difficulty seeking professional medical help when they contract the diseases.
Issues of food shortages, malnutrition and poor sanitation are not uncommon in Liberia. Liberia imports 90% of its national staple-rice and is extremely vulnerable to food shortages with rising global prices as evident in 1997. 1990, 20.4% of children under the age of 5 were malnourished. In 2000, only 17% of the population had access to the improved sanitation facilities. Malnutrition weakens people’s resistance towards diseases while poor sanitation worsens the situation by lowering the hygiene level. This in turn facilitates the rapid spread of diseases across the population.
Culture of Liberia
Liberia was traditionally noted for its hospitality, academic institutions, cultural skills, and arts/craft works. Liberia has a long, rich history in textile arts and quilting. The free and former slaves who emigrated to Liberia brought with them their sewing and quilting skills. The census of 1843 indicated a variety of occupations, including hatter, milliner, seamstress and tailor. Liberia hosted National Fairs in 1857 and 1858 in which prizes were awarded for various needle arts. One of the most well-known Liberian quilters was Martha Ann Ricks, who presented a quilt featuring the famed Liberian coffee tree to Queen Victoria in 1892.
In modern times, Liberian presidents would present quilts as official government gifts. The John F. Kennedy Library and Museum collection includes a cotton quilt by Mrs. Jemima Parker which has portraits of both Liberian president William Tubman and JFK. Zariah Wright-Titus founded the Arthington (Liberia) Women's Self-Help Quilting Club (1987). In the early 1990s, Kathleen Bishop documented examples of appliquéd Liberian quilts. When current Liberian President Sirleaf Johnson Ellen moved into the Executive Mansion, she reportedly had a Liberian-made quilt installed in her presidential office.
It is estimated that as much as 85 percent of the population of Liberia practices either Christianity or traditional indigenous religious beliefs. Approximately 3 percent exclusively practices traditional indigenous religious beliefs. An estimated 15 percent of the population practices Islam. A very small percentage is Bahá'í, Hindu, Sikh, or Buddhist.
Education in Liberia
The University of Liberia is the country's largest college and is located in Monrovia. Opened in 1862, it is one of Africa's oldest institutes of higher learning organized based upon the western model. Civil war severely damaged the university in the 1990s, but the university has begun to rebuild following the restoration of peace. The school includes six colleges, including a medical school and the nation's only law school, Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law.
Cuttington University was established by the Episcopal Church of the RNE (ECRNE) in 1889; its campus is currently located in Suakoko, Bong County, 120 miles (190 km) north of Monrovia). The private school, the oldest private college in Liberia, also holds graduate courses in Monrovia.
In 2009, Tubman University in Harper, Maryland County became only the second public university in Liberia.
According to statistics published by WAESCO for 2000 65% of primary-school age and 24% of secondary-school age children were enrolled in school. This is a significant increase on previous years; the statistics also show substantial numbers of older children going back to earlier school years. On average, children attain 10 years of education, 11 for boys and 8 for girls. Children ages five to eleven are required by law to attend school, though enforcement is lax. A 1912 law required children ages 6 to 16 to attend school. The Liberian Methodist Episcopal University is another fast-growing university in the capital.
Military forces
Army 2100 men, no reserves
1st Liberian Infantry Regiment. Commanding Officer, Colonel Mwambe Buto
Has two battalions each consisting of 875 officers and other ranks
Support units include The Presidential Band (20 men)
The Company of Engineers (120 men)
Regimental training (60 men)
Provost Company (50 men)
Coast Guard
40 men and officers plus civilian support
2x10 men vessels (Independence, Freedom)
1x20 man vessel (Liberty)