Military and security forces In 36 editions of 36.

• People's National Army (ANP),
• Algerian National Navy (ANN),
• Air Force,
• Territorial Air Defense,
• National Gendarmerie

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air and Air Defense Forces,
• National Police Force

Armed Forces (including Army, Navy, Air Force), National Gendarmerie

Botswana Defense Force (including Army and Air Wing), Botswana National Police

• Army,
• Air Force,
• National Gendarmerie,
• National Police,
• People's Militia

Army (including naval and air units), Gendarmerie

Army, Coast Guard

• Army,
• Navy (includes naval infantry),
• Air Force,
• National Gendarmerie,
• Presidential Guard

• Central African Armed Forces (FACA) (including Republican Guard, Ground Forces, Naval Forces, and Air Force),
• Presidential Security Guard,
• Gendarmerie,
• National Police

• Armed Forces (including National Army, Air Force, and Gendarmerie),
• Rapid Intervention Force,
• National and Nomadic Guard (GNNT),
• Presidential Security Guard,
• Police

Comoran Security Force

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force,
• Special Security Battalion

• Army,
• Air Force,
• Navy,
• Gendarmerie,
• National Police

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force,
• paramilitary Gendarmerie,
• Republican Guard (includes Presidential Guard)

Djibouti National Army (including Navy and Air Force)

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force,
• Air Defense Command

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force,
• Rapid Intervention Force,
• National Police

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force

Umbutfo Swaziland Defense Force (Army), Royal Swaziland Police Force

Ethiopian National Defense Force (Ground Forces, Air Force, militia, police)

note: Ethiopia is landlocked and has no navy; following the secession of Eritrea, Ethiopian naval facilities remained in Eritrean possession

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force,
• Presidential (Republican) Guard (charged with protecting the president and other senior officials),
• National Gendarmerie,
• National Police

• Gambian National Army (GNA) (includes marine unit),
• National Police,
• Presidential Guard

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force,
• National Police Force

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force,
• Republican Guard,
• Presidential Guard,
• paramilitary National Gendarmerie,
• National Police Force (Surete National)

People's Revolutionary Armed Force (FARP; includes Army, Navy, and Air Force), paramilitary force

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force

Lesotho Defense Force (LDF; including Army and Air Wing), Royal Lesotho Mounted Police

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force

• Armed Peoples on Duty (Army),
• Navy,
• Air and Air Defense Command (includes Air Force)

• People's Armed Forces (comprising Intervention Force, Development Force, Aeronaval [Navy and Air] Force),
• Gendarmerie,
• Presidential Security Regiment

Army (including Air Wing and Naval Detachment), Police (including paramilitary Mobile Force Unit)

• Army,
• Air Force,
• Gendarmerie,
• Republican Guard,
• National Guard,
• National Police (Surete Nationale)

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force,
• National Gendarmerie,
• National Guard,
• National Police,
• Presidential Guard

National Police Force (includes the paramilitary Special Mobile Force or SMF and National Coast Guard)

• Royal Armed Forces (includes Army, Navy, Air Force),
• Gendarmerie,
• Auxiliary Forces

• Army,
• Naval Command,
• Air and Air Defense Forces,
• Special Forces,
• Militia

National Defense Force (Army, including Air Wing), Police

• Army,
• Air Force,
• Gendarmerie,
• National Intervention and Security Force

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force,
• Police Force

no regular indigenous military forces; French forces (including Army, Navy, Air Force, and Gendarmerie)

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force,
• Gendarmerie

• Army,
• Navy,
• Security Police

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force,
• National Gendarmerie,
• National Police (Surete Nationale)

• Army,
• Coast Guard (includes Air Wing),
• Presidential Protection Unit (includes Presidential Guard),
• Police Force (includes Police Mobile Unit, a special weapons and tactics unit capable of assisting the Army in maintaining internal stability)

Army (RSLAF)

• A Somali National Army was attempted under the interim government;
• numerous factions and clans maintain independent militias, and the Somaliland and Puntland regional governments maintain their own security and police forces

South African National Defense Force (including Army, Navy, Air Force, and Medical Services), South African Police Service

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force,
• Popular Defense Force Militia

• Tanzanian People's Defense Force (including Army, Navy, and Air Force),
• paramilitary Police Field Force Unit (including Police Marine Unit and Police Air Wing),
• territorial militia

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force,
• Gendarmerie

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force,
• paramilitary forces,
• National Guard

Ugandan Peoples' Defense Force (including Army, Marine unit, Air Wing)

• Army,
• Air Force,
• Police,
• paramilitary forces

• Zimbabwe National Army,
• Air Force of Zimbabwe,
• Zimbabwe Republic Police (includes Police Support Unit, Paramilitary Police)

no regular armed forces; Police, Coast Guard

• NA;
• note - the December 2001 Bonn Agreement called for all militia forces to come under the authority of the central government, but regional leaders have continued to retain their militias and the formation of a nation army will be a gradual process;
• Afghanistan's forces continue to be factionalized, largely along ethnic lines

• Army,
• Air and Air Defense Forces,
• Border Guards

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air and Air Defense Forces

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force,
• Coast Guard,
• paramilitary forces (includes Bangladesh Rifles, Bangladesh Ansars, Village Defense Parties, Armed Police Battalions, National Cadet Corps)

• Royal Bhutan Army,
• Royal Bodyguard,
• National Militia,
• Royal Bhutan Police,
• Forest Guards

People's Liberation Army (PLA):

comprises ground forces, Navy (including naval infantry and naval aviation), Air Force, and II Artillery Corps (strategic missile force), People's Armed Police Force (internal security troops, nominally a state security body but included by the Chinese as part of the "armed forces" and considered to be an adjunct to the PLA), militia

• Ground Forces (includes National Guard),
• combined Air and Air Defense Forces,
• Naval Forces,
• Republic Security and Police Forces (internal and border troops)

• Army,
• Navy (including naval air arm),
• Air Force,
• Strategic Nuclear Command (SNC),
• Coast Guard,
• various security or paramilitary forces (including Border Security Force, Assam Rifles, Rashtriya Rifles, National Security Guards, Indo-Tibetan Border Police, Special Frontier Force, Ladakh Scouts, Central Reserve Police Force, Central Industrial Security Force, Railway Protection Force, Defense Security Corps, and Indian Reserve Battalions)

• Ground Self-Defense Force (Army),
• Maritime Self-Defense Force (Navy),
• Air Self-Defense Force (Air Force),
• Coast Guard

• Ground Forces,
• Air and Air Defense Forces,
• Naval Force,
• Border Service,
• Republican Guard

Korean People's Army (includes Army, Navy, Air Force), Civil Security Forces

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force,
• Marine Corps,
• National Maritime Police (Coast Guard)

• Army,
• Air and Air Defense,
• Security Forces,
• Border Troops

National Security Service

• Mongolian Armed Forces (includes General Purpose Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces, Civil Defense Troops);
• note - Border Troops are under Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs in peacetime

Royal Nepalese Army (includes Royal Nepalese Army Air Service), Nepalese Police Force

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force,
• Civil Armed Forces,
• National Guard

Ground Forces, Navy, Air Forces; Airborne troops, Strategic Rocket Forces, and Military Space Forces are classified as independent combat arms, not subordinate to any of the three branches

:

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force,
• Police Force

• Army,
• Air Force and Air Defense Force,
• Presidential National Guard,
• Security Forces (internal and border troops)

Ministry of Defense (Army, Air and Air Defense, Navy, Border Troops, and Internal Troops), National Guard

• Army,
• Air and Air Defense Forces,
• National Guard,
• Security Forces (internal security and border troops)

Royal Antigua and Barbuda Defense Force, Royal Antigua and Barbuda Police Force (including the Coast Guard)

no regular indigenous military forces; Royal Dutch Navy and Marines, Coast Guard

Royal Bahamas Defense Force (Coast Guard only), Royal Bahamas Police Force

Royal Barbados Defense Force (including Ground Forces and Coast Guard), Royal Barbados Police Force

Belize Defense Force (includes Army, Maritime Wing, Air Wing, and Volunteer Guard)

no regular indigenous military forces; Royal Cayman Islands Police Force (RCIPF)

no regular indigenous military forces; Air Section, Ministry of Public Forces (Fuerza Publica)

• Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) including Revolutionary Army (ER), Revolutionary Navy (MGR), Air and Air Defense Force (DAAFAR), Territorial Militia Troops (MTT), and Youth Labor Army (EJT);
• note - the Border Guard Troops (TGF) are controlled by the Interior Ministry

Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force (including Special Service Unit, Coast Guard)

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force,
• National Police

• Army,
• Navy (FNES),
• Air Force

Royal Grenada Police Force, Coast Guard

no regular indigenous military forces; French Forces, Gendarmerie

• Army,
• Navy (includes Marines),
• Air Force

Haitian National Police (HNP)

note: the regular Haitian Army, Navy, and Air Force have been demobilized but still exist on paper until or unless they are constitutionally abolished

• Army,
• Navy (including marines),
• Air Force

Jamaica Defense Force (including Ground Forces, Coast Guard, and Air Wing), Jamaica Constabulary Force

• no regular indigenous military forces;
• French Forces (Army, Navy, Air Force),
• Gendarmerie

no regular indigenous military forces; Police Force

• no regular indigenous military forces;
• Royal Netherlands Navy,
• Marine Corps,
• Royal Netherlands Air Force,
• National Guard,
• Police Force

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force

an amendment to the Constitution abolished the armed forces, but there are security forces (Panamanian Public Forces or PPF includes the Panamanian National Police, National Maritime Service, and National Air Service)

no regular indigenous military forces; paramilitary National Guard, Police Force

Saint Kitts and Nevis Defense Force (including Coast Guard), Royal Saint Kitts and Nevis Police Force (including Special Service Unit)

Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (includes Special Service Unit and Coast Guard)

Royal Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (includes Special Service Unit), Coast Guard

Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force (including Ground Force, Coast Guard, and Air Wing), Trinidad and Tobago Police Service

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air and Air Defense Forces,
• Interior Ministry Troops,
• Border Guards

no regular military forces, but there is a police force

Land Forces (KdoLdSK), Air Forces (KdoLuSK)

• Army,
• Air Force (including air defense),
• Interior Ministry Troops,
• Border Guards

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Components,
• Federal Police

VF Army (the air and air defense forces are subordinate commands within the Army), VRS Army (the air and air defense forces are subordinate commands within the Army)

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air and Air Defense Forces (subordinate to Ministry of Defense),
• Internal Forces (subordinate to Ministry of Interior),
• Civil Defense Forces (subordinate to the president)

• Ground Forces (Hrvatska Vojska, HV),
• Naval Forces,
• Air and Air Defense Forces

• Army,
• Air and Air Defense Forces,
• Territorial Defense Force

• Royal Danish Army,
• Royal Danish Navy,
• Royal Danish Air Force,
• Home Guard

• Estonia Defense Forces (including Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force),
• Republic Security Forces (internal and border troops),
• Volunteer Defense League (Kaitseliit),
• Maritime Border Guard,
• Coast Guard

note: Border Guards and Ministry of Internal Affairs become part of the Estonian Defense Forces in wartime; the Coast Guard is subordinate to the Ministry of Defense in peacetime and the Estonian Navy in wartime

no regular indigenous military forces; small Police Force and Coast Guard are maintained

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force,
• Frontier Guard (including Sea Guard)

• Army (includes marines),
• Navy (includes naval air),
• Air Force (includes Air Defense),
• National Gendarmerie

• Army,
• Navy (including naval air arm),
• Air Force,
• Medical Corps,
• Joint Support Service

• no regular indigenous military forces;
• British Army,
• Royal Navy,
• Royal Air Force

• Hellenic Army,
• Hellenic Navy,
• Hellenic Air Force,
• Police,
• National Guard

Swiss Guards Corps (Corpo della Guardia Svizzera)

Ground Forces, Air Forces

Army (including Naval Service and Air Corps), National Police (Garda Siochana)

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force,
• Carabinieri

• Ground Forces,
• Navy,
• Air and Air Defense Forces,
• Border Guard,
• National Guard

• Ground Forces,
• Navy,
• Air and Air Defense Force,
• National Volunteer Defense Forces (SKAT)

Army, Grand Ducal Police

Armed Forces (including land forces [with subordinate air squadron and maritime squadron] and the Revenue Security Corps), Maltese Police Force

Ground Forces (includes Air and Air Defense Forces), Republic Security Forces (includes paramilitary Internal Troops and Border Troops)

• Royal Netherlands Army,
• Royal Netherlands Navy (including Naval Air Service and Marine Corps),
• Royal Netherlands Air Force,
• Royal Constabulary

• Army (ARM),
• Air and Air Defense Forces,
• Police Force

• Norwegian Army,
• Royal Norwegian Navy (including Coast Artillery and Coast Guard),
• Royal Norwegian Air Force,
• Home Guard

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air and Air Defense Force

• Army,
• Navy (PON) (includes Marines),
• Air Force,
• Republican Guard (includes Fiscal Guard)

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air and Air Defense Forces (AMR),
• Paramilitary Forces,
• Civil Defense,
• Border Guards

Voluntary Military Force (Corpi Militari Voluntar), Gendarmerie; note - the Voluntary Military Force performs ceremonial duties and limited police assistance

Army (VJ) (including ground forces with border troops, naval forces, air and air defense forces)

• Army (Ground Forces),
• Air and Air Defense Forces,
• Home Guards (Territorial Defense Forces),
• Civil Defense Force,
• Railway Armed Forces (subordinate to the Ministry of Transportation, Post, and Telecommunications)

Slovenian Army (includes Air and Naval Forces)

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force,
• Marines,
• Civil Guard,
• National Police,
• Coastal Civil Guard

• Army,
• Royal Navy (including Coast Artillery and Naval Helicopter Service),
• Air Force

• Army,
• Air Force,
• Frontier Guards,
• Fortification Guards

• Ground Forces,
• Naval Forces,
• Air Force,
• Air Defense Forces,
• Interior Troops,
• Border Troops

• Army,
• Royal Navy (including Royal Marines),
• Royal Air Force

• Bahrain Defense Forces (BDF) comprising Ground Force (includes Air Defense),
• Navy,
• Air Force,
• Coast Guard,
• Police Force,
• Amiri Guards,
• National Guard

Greek Cypriot area:

Greek Cypriot National Guard (GCNG; including air and naval elements), Greek Cypriot Police

Turkish Cypriot area:

Turkish Cypriot Security Force (GKK)

• in accordance with the peace agreement, the Palestinian Authority is not permitted conventional military forces;
• there are, however, a Public Security Force and a civil Police Force

• Islamic Republic of Iran regular forces (includes Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force and Air Defense Command),
• Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) (includes Ground Forces, Air Force, Navy, Qods [special operations], and Basij [Popular Mobilization Army] forces),
• Law Enforcement Forces

• Army, Republican Guard, Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Force, Border Guard Force, Fedayeen Saddam;
• note - with the defeat of Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003, the data listed in the following entries for Iraq is invalid, but is retained here for historical purposes and until replaced by valid information related to the future Iraqi Government (April 2003)

• Israel Defense Forces (IDF) (includes ground, naval, and air components with Air Defense Forces), Pioneer Fighting Youth (Nahal);
• note - historically there have been no separate Israeli military services

• Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) (Royal Jordanian Land Force, Royal Naval Force, Royal Jordanian Air Force, and Special Operations Command or SOCOM);
• note - Public Security Directorate normally falls under Ministry of Interior but comes under JAF in wartime or crisis situations

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force (including Air Defense Force),
• National Police Force,
• National Guard,
• Coast Guard

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF; includes Army, Navy, and Air Force)

Royal Omani Armed Forces (Army, Navy, Air Force), Royal Omani Police

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force

• Land Force (Army),
• Navy,
• Air Force,
• Air Defense Force,
• National Guard,
• Ministry of Interior Forces (paramilitary)

• Syrian Arab Army,
• Syrian Arab Navy,
• Syrian Arab Air Force (includes Air Defense Forces),
• Police and Security Force

• Land Forces,
• Navy (includes Naval Air and Naval Infantry),
• Air Force,
• Coast Guard,
• Gendarmerie

• Army,
• Navy (including Marines and Coast Guard),
• Air Force,
• Air Defense,
• paramilitary forces (includes Federal Police Force)

• Army (includes Special Forces, established in 1999),
• Navy,
• Air Force,
• Air Defense Forces,
• Republican Guard

• no regular indigenous military forces;
• Bermuda Regiment,
• Bermuda Police Force,
• Bermuda Reserve Constabulary

Canadian Armed Forces (comprising Land Forces Command, Maritime Command, Air Command, Communications Command, Training Command)