Editing Aruba (section)

===Military===
{{See also|Military of Aruba}}

Defence is the responsibility of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.<ref name="autogenerated2"/> The [[Military of the Netherlands|Dutch Armed Forces]] that protect the island include the [[Royal Netherlands Navy|Navy]], [[Netherlands Marine Corps|Marine Corps]], and the [[Netherlands Coastguard|Coastguard]] including a platoon sized national guard. All forces are stationed at Marines base in Savaneta. In 1999 the [[United States Department of Defense|U.S. Department of Defense]] established a [[forward operating site]] the airport.<ref>{{cite news|title=Aruba Foreign Affairs|url=http://www.arubaforeignaffairs.com/afa/getPage.do?page=FOL|work=arubaforeignaffairs.com|access-date=19 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827194016/http://www.arubaforeignaffairs.com/afa/getPage.do?page=FOL|archive-date=27 August 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>