Military and security forces In 36 editions of 36.

• People's National Army (ANP; includes Ground Forces),
• Algerian National Navy (ANN),
• Air Force (QJA),
• Territorial Air Defense

• Army,
• Navy (Marinha de Guerra, MdG),
• Air and Air Defense Forces (FANA)

Armed Forces:

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force

Botswana Defense Force (including an Air Wing)

Army, Air Force

Army (including Naval Detachment and Air Wing), National Gendarmerie

Army, Coast Guard

• Army,
• Navy (includes Naval Infantry),
• Air Force

Central African Armed Forces (FACA):

• Republican Guard,
• Ground Forces,
• Naval Forces,
• Air Force

Armed Forces:

National Army (ANT), Air Force, and Republican Guard

Comoran Security Force

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force

Congolese Armed Forces (FAC):

• Army,
• Air Force,
• Navy

• 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

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force

Umbutfo Swaziland Defense Force (Army, including Air Wing)

Ethiopian National Defense Force:

• Ground Forces,
• Air Force,
• Mobilized Militia

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

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

Gambian National Army (GNA) (including Naval Unit), Presidential Guard

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force,
• Republican Guard,
• Presidential Guard,
• National Gendarmerie,
• General Directorate of National Police

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

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force

Lesotho Defense Force (LDF; with Army and Air Wing)

Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL):

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force

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

People's Armed Forces:

comprising Intervention Force, Development Force, and Aeronaval - Navy and Air - Force; National Gendarmerie

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

• Army,
• Air Force,
• National Guard

• Army,
• Navy (including Naval Infantry),
• Air Force,
• National Gendarmerie,
• National Guard,
• National Police,
• Presidential Guard (BSSP)

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

Royal Armed Forces:

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force

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

Namibian Defense Force:

Army (including Naval Wing, Air Wing), Police

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

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force

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

Rwandan Defense Forces (Army, Air Forces)

• Army,
• Coast Guard,
• Presidential Guard,
• National Guard

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

• Army,
• Coast Guard (including Navy Wing, Air Wing),
• National Guard,
• Presidential Protection Unit (includes Presidential Guard),
• Seychelles National Police (includes Police Mobile Unit)

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:

Army, Navy, Air Force, and Medical Services

• Sudanese People's Armed Forces (SPAF),
• Navy,
• Air Force,
• Popular Defense Forces

Tanzanian People's Defense Force:

Army, Naval Wing, and Air Defense Command; National Service

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

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force

Ugandan Peoples' Defense Force (UPDF):

• Army,
• Marine Unit,
• Air Wing

Zambian National Defense Force (ZNDF):

• Army,
• Air Force,
• Police,
• National Service

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

no regular armed forces; Police, Coast Guard

• Afghan National Army, currently being trained by the US with the assistance of the international community, is 7,000 strong;
• 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 national army remains a gradual process;
• Afghanistan's militia forces continue to be factionalized, largely along ethnic lines

Army, Air Force and Air Defense Force

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

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force

• Royal Bhutan Army,
• Royal Bodyguard,
• National Militia

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 (including National Guard),
• Air and Air Defense Forces,
• Maritime Defense Force

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

• 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,
• 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:

comprising Security Branch (ground forces), Air Element; Coast Guard

• Mongolian People's Army (comprising Ground Forces, Air Defense Forces),
• Border Guards,
• Internal Security Forces,
• Construction Corps Forces,
• Civil Defense Authority

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

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force

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,
• Air Defense Force,
• Presidential National Guard

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

• Army,
• Air and Air Defense Forces,
• National Guard

Royal Antigua and Barbuda Defense Force (including Coast Guard)

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

Royal Bahamas Defense Force (including Coast Guard)

Royal Barbados Defense Force (Troops Command and Coast Guard)

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

no regular military forces; Royal Cayman Islands Police Force

no regular military forces; Ministry of Public Security

Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR):

• Revolutionary Army (ER),
• Revolutionary Navy (MGR),
• Air and Air Defense Force (DAAFAR),
• Territorial Militia Troops (MTT),
• Youth Labor Army (EJT)

no regular military forces; Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force (including Coast Guard)

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force

• Army,
• Navy (FNES),
• Air Force

no regular military forces; Royal Grenada Police Force

no regular military forces

• 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 Naval Infantry),
• Air Force

Jamaica Defense Force:

• Ground Forces,
• Coast Guard,
• Air Wing

no regular military forces; Gendarmerie

no regular indigenous military forces; Police Force

National Guard, Police Force

Army (includes Navy), Navy

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 (including Special Service Unit, Coast Guard)

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

Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force:

Ground Force, Coast Guard, and Air Wing

• General Staff Headquarters,
• Land Forces Command (Army),
• Naval Forces Command,
• Air Forces Command,
• Doctrine and Exercises Command,
• Logistics Support Command

no regular military forces, Police Service of Andorra

Land Forces (KdoLdSK), Air Forces (KdoLuSK)

Army, Air and Air Defense Force

Army, Naval, and Air Operations Commands

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

• Ground Forces (Hrvatska Vojska, HKoV),
• Naval Forces (Hrvatska Ratna Mornarica, HRM),
• Air and Air Defense Forces (Hrvatsko Ratno Zrakoplovstvo i Protuzrakoplovna Obrana, HRZiPZO)

Czech Army:

• Ground Forces,
• Air Forces,
• Special Forces

• 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 military forces

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force

• Army (includes Marines, Foreign Legion, Army Light Aviation),
• Navy (including naval air),
• Air Force (including Air Defense),
• National Gendarmerie

• Army (Heer),
• Navy (Deutsche Marine; including Naval Air arm),
• Air Force (Luftwaffe),
• Joint Support Service,
• Central Medical Service

Royal Gibraltar Regiment

• Hellenic Army,
• Hellenic Navy,
• Hellenic Air Force (EPA),
• National Guard

Swiss Guards Corps (Corpo della Guardia Svizzera)

Ground Forces, Air Forces

Army (including Naval Service and Air Corps)

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force (Aeronautica Militare Italiana, AMI),
• Carabinieri

• Ground Forces,
• Navy,
• Air Force,
• Border Guard,
• Home Guard (Zemessardze)

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

Army

Armed Forces:

Land Forces (including Air Squadron and Maritime Squadron), Revenue Security Corps

National Army:

Ground Forces, Air Force

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

Army of the Republic of Macedonia (ARM; including Air and Air Defense Command)

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

• Land Forces,
• Navy,
• Air Force

• Army,
• Navy (PON; including Marines),
• Air Force (FAP),
• Republican Guard (including Fiscal Guard)

• Ground Forces,
• Naval Forces,
• Air and Air Defense Forces (AMR),
• Civil Defense

Voluntary Military Force (Corpi Militari Voluntar); 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)

Ground Forces (including Home Guard [Domobrana]), Air and Air Defense Forces (January 2003)

Slovenian Army (includes Air and Naval Forces)

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force (Ejercito del Aire, EdA),
• Marines

• Army,
• Royal Navy,
• Air Force (Flygvapnet)

Land Forces, Air Force

• Ground Forces,
• Naval Forces,
• Air and Air Defense Forces,
• Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVS) Troops,
• Border Troops

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

Bahrain Defense Forces (BDF):

• Ground Force (includes Air Defense),
• Navy,
• Air Force,
• National Guard

Republic of Cyprus:

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

north Cyprus:

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),
• Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) (includes Ground Forces, Air Force, Navy, Qods Force [special operations], and Basij [Popular Mobilization Army]),
• Law Enforcement Forces

note: in the summer of 2003 the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) began recruiting and training a New Iraqi Army (NIA) that would have a purely defensive mission and capability; in March 2004, the Iraqi Interim Government established a Ministry of Defense to create an Iraqi Armed Force; at that time the NIA was renamed the Iraqi Armed Force - Army (IAF-A); plans also were put into effect to reconstitute an Iraqi Army Air Corps (IAAC) and Coastal Defense Force (navy), but there are no plans to reconstitute an Iraqi Air Force; the Army's primary new focus will be domestic counterinsurgency, which is a change of direction from the CPA's intent to create an army not involved in domestic politics; in mid-2004 the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) was designated the Iraqi National Guard (ING) and subordinated to the Defense Ministry and the Iraqi Armed Forces Pre-war Iraqi military equipment was largely destroyed by Coalition forces during combat operations in early 2003 or subsequently looted or scrapped (September 2004)

Israel Defense Forces (IDF):

• Ground Corps (including Pioneer Fighting Youth (Nahal)), Navy, Air Force(including Air Defense Forces);
• 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

• Land Forces,
• Navy,
• Air Force (including Air Defense Force),
• National Guard

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

Royal Omani Armed Forces:

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force

• Land Force,
• Qatari Amiri Navy (QAN),
• Amiri 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 (including Air Defense Command),
• Police and Security Force

Turkish Armed Forces (TSK):

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

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

• Army (including Special Forces),
• Naval Forces and Coastal Defenses (including Marines),
• Air Force (including Air Defense Forces),
• Republican Guard

Bermuda Regiment

Canadian Armed Forces:

• Land Forces Command,
• Maritime Command,
• Air Command

National Defense Secretariat (Sedena) (including Army and Air Force), Navy Secretariat (including Naval Air and Marines)

Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard (Coast Guard administered in peacetime by the Department of Homeland Security, but in wartime reports to the Department of the Navy)