Its primary task is to assist the Vanuatu Police Force.

However, should Vanuatu be attacked, then the VMF will act as the first line of defence.

[1] In 1994, VMF deployed 50 people to Papua New Guinea, as their first peacekeeping mission.

[2] Though the armed forces in Vanuatu have never overthrown a government, members of the VMF angry about their pay detained President Jean-Marie Léyé and Deputy Prime Minister Barak Sopé on October 12, 1996 but released them just a few hours later.

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