Military and security forces In 36 editions of 36.

• National Popular Army (ANP; includes Land Forces),
• Algerian National Navy (MRA),
• Air Force (QJJ),
• Territorial Air Defense Force (2005)

• Army,
• Navy (Marinha de Guerra, MdG),
• Air and Air Defense Forces (FANA) (2006)

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force

• Botswana Defense Force (includes an air wing) (2006)

• Army,
• Air Force of Burkina Faso (Force Aerienne de Burkina Faso),
• National Gendarmerie (2006)

National Defense Force (Forces de Defense Nationales, FDN): Army (includes Naval Detachment and Air Wing), National Gendarmerie (being disbanded) (2006)

People's Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARP):

Army, Coast Guard (includes maritime air wing)

Cameroon Armed Forces:

• Army,
• Navy (includes naval infantry),
• Air Force (Armee de l'Air du Cameroun, AAC) (2006)

Central African Armed Forces (FACA):

• Ground Forces,
• Military Air Service;
• General Directorate of Gendarmerie Inspection (DGIG),
• Republican Guard,
• National Police (2006)

• Chadian National Army (Armee Nationale Tchadienne, ANT),
• Air Force,
• Gendarmerie (2004)

Comoran Defense Force:

Comoran Security Force (includes Gendarmerie and Army), Comoran Federal Police (2006)

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force

Congolese Armed Forces (FAC):

• Army,
• Congolese Air Force (Armee de l'Air Congolaise),
• Navy,
• Gendarmerie,
• Republican Guard (2005)

Cote d'Ivoire Defense and Security Forces (FDSC):

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force (2006)

Djibouti National Army (includes Navy and Air Force)

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

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force (2005)

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force

Umbutfo Swaziland Defense Force (USDF):

Ground Force (includes air wing), Royal Swaziland Police Force (RSPF) (2005)

Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF):

Ground Forces, Ethiopian Air Force

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),
• Gambian Navy (GN),
• Presidential Guard,
• National Guard

• Ghanaian Army,
• Ghanaian Navy,
• Ghanaian Air Force (2006)

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force,
• Presidential Guard (2006)

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

• Kenyan Army,
• Kenyan Navy,
• Kenyan Air Force (2006)

Lesotho Defense Force (LDF):

Army and Air Wing

Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL):

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force

• Armed Peoples on Duty (APOD, Army),
• Libyan Arab Navy,
• Libyan Arab Air Force (LAAF) (2006)

People's Armed Forces:

Intervention Force, Development Force, and Aeronaval Force (navy and air); National Gendarmerie

Malawi Armed Forces:

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

• Army,
• Air Force,
• National Guard

Mauritanian Armed Forces:

• Army,
• Navy (Marine Mauritanienne; includes naval infantry),
• Air Force (Force Aerienne Islamique de Mauritanie, FAIM) (2005)

• no regular military forces;
• National Police Force,
• Special Mobile Force,
• National Coast Guard

Royal Armed Forces (Forces Armees Royales, FAR):

• Royal Moroccan Army (includes Air Defense),
• Navy (includes Marines),
• Royal Moroccan Air Force (Force Aerienne Royale Marocaine) (2006)

Mozambique Armed Defense Forces (FADM):

• Mozambique Army,
• Mozambique Navy (Marinha Mocambique, MM),
• Mozambique Air Force (Forca Aerea de Mocambique, FAM) (2006)

Namibian Defense Force:

• Army,
• Air Wing,
• Navy (2006)

Nigerien Armed Forces (Forces Armees Nigeriennes, FAN): Army, National Air Force (2005)

Nigerian Armed Forces (Forces Armees Nigeriennes, FAN): Army, Niger Air Force (2006)

no regular indigenous military forces; French forces (includes Army, Navy, Air Force, and Gendarmerie) (2005)

Rwandan Defense Forces:

Army, Air Force

Armed Forces of Sao Tome and Principe (FASTP):

• Army,
• Coast Guard,
• Presidential Guard (2004)

• Army,
• Senegalese Navy (Marine Senegalaise),
• Senegalese Air Force (Armee de l'Air du Senegal) (2006)

Seychelles Defense Force:

• Army,
• Coast Guard (includes Navy Wing, Air Wing),
• National Guard (2005)

Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF):

Army (includes Air Wing, Maritime Wing)

• 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 (SANDF):

• South African Army,
• South African Navy (SAN),
• South African Air Force (SAAF),
• Joint Operations Command,
• Joint Support Command,
• Military Intelligence,
• Military Health Service (2005)

Sudanese People's Armed Forces (SPAF):

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

Tanzanian People's Defense Force (JWTZ):

• Army,
• Naval Wing,
• Air Defense Command (includes air wing),
• National Service

Togolese Armed Forces (FAT):

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force,
• Gendarmerie (2005)

• Army,
• Navy,
• Republic of Tunisia Air Force (Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Jamahiriyah At'tunisia) (2006)

Ugandan Peoples' Defense Force (UPDF):

• Army,
• Marine Unit,
• Air Wing

Zambian National Defense Force (ZNDF):

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

Zimbabwe Defense Forces (ZDF):

• Zimbabwe National Army,
• Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ),
• Zimbabwe Republic Police (2005)

• no regular armed forces;
• Icelandic National Police,
• Icelandic Coast Guard (Islenska Landhelgisgaeslan) subordinate to Ministry of Justice,
• Icelandic Crisis Response Unit (2006)

• Afghan National Army (includes Afghan Air Force) (2006)

Armed Forces:

• Ground Forces,
• Nagorno-Karabakh Self Defense Force (NKSDF),
• Air Force,
• Air Defense Force (2006)

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

Bangladesh Defense Force:

• Bangladesh Army,
• Bangladesh Navy,
• Bangladesh Air Force (Bangladesh Biman Bahini, BAF) (2006)

Royal Bhutan Army:

Royal Bodyguard, Royal Bhutan Police (2005)

People's Liberation Army (PLA):

• Ground Forces, Navy (includes marines and naval aviation), Air Force (includes airborne forces), and II Artillery Corps (strategic missile force);
• People's Armed Police (PAP);
• Reserve and Militia Forces (2006)

• Ground Forces (includes National Guard),
• Air and Air Defense Forces,
• Navy (2006)

• Army,
• Navy (includes naval air arm),
• Air Force,
• Coast Guard,
• various security or paramilitary forces (includes 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)

Japanese Defense Agency (JDA):

• Ground Self-Defense Force (Rikujou Jietai, GSDF),
• Maritime Self-Defense Force (Kaijou Jietai, MSDF),
• Air Self-Defense Force (Nihon Koku-Jieitai, ASDF) (2006)

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

North Korean People's Army:

• Ground Force,
• Navy,
• Air Force;
• civil security forces (2005)

• Army,
• Navy,
• Republic of Korea Air Force (Han-guk Kong Goon),
• Marine Corps,
• National Maritime Police (coast guard) (2006)

• Army,
• Air Force,
• National Guard (2005)

National Security Service:

• Security Branch (ground forces),
• Air Element,
• Coast Guard

Mongolian People's Army (MPA), Mongolian People's Air Force (MPAF); there is no navy (2005)

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

• Army (includes National Guard),
• Navy (includes Marines),
• Pakistan Air Force (Pakistan Fiza'ya) (2006)

• Ground Forces (SV), Navy (VMF), Air Forces (VVS);
• Airborne Troops (VDV), Strategic Rocket Troops (RVSN), and Space Troops (KV) are independent "combat arms," not subordinate to any of the three branches

• Sri Lankan Army,
• Sri Lankan Navy,
• Sri Lankan Air Force (2006)

• Ground Troops,
• Air and Air Defense Troops,
• Mobile Troops (2005)

• Ground Forces,
• Artillery and Rocket Forces,
• Navy,
• Air and Air Defense Forces (2006)

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

• Royal Antigua and Barbuda Defense Force (2006)

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

Royal Bahamian Defense Force:

Marines, Air Wing (2006)

Royal Barbados Defense Force:

Troops Command, Coast Guard (2005)

Belize Defense Force (BDF):

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, Government, and Police (2006)

Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR):

• Revolutionary Army (ER),
• Revolutionary Navy (Marina de Guerra Revolucionaria, MGR),
• Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Force (DAAFAR),
• Youth Labor Army (EJT) (2005)

no regular military forces; Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force (includes coast guard)

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force

• Salvadoran Army (ES),
• Salvadoran Navy (FNES),
• Salvadoran Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Salvadorena, FAS) (2006)

no regular military forces; Royal Grenada Police Force

no regular military forces

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

the regular Haitian Armed Forces (FAdH) - Army, Navy, and Air Force - have been demobilized but still exist on paper unless they are constitutionally abolished

• Army,
• Navy (includes naval infantry),
• Honduran Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Hondurena, FAH) (2006)

Jamaica Defense Force:

• Ground Forces,
• Coast Guard,
• Air Wing

no regular military forces; Gendarmerie

• no regular military forces; Royal Montserrat Police Force (2005)

• no regular military forces; National Guard, Police Force (2005)

Army (includes 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 (includes Coast Guard), Royal Saint Kitts and Nevis Police Force

no regular military forces; Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (includes Special Service Unit, Coast Guard) (2006)

no regular military forces; Royal Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (includes Special Service Unit), Coast Guard (2005)

Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force:

Ground Force, Coast Guard (includes air wing) (2004)

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

no regular military forces, Police Service of Andorra

Land Forces (KdoLdSK), Air Forces (KdoLuSK)

Belarus Armed Forces:

Land Force, Air and Air Defense Force (2006)

Belgian Armed Forces:

Land, Naval, and Air Operations Commands (2005)

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)

Bulgarian Armed Forces:

• Ground Forces,
• Naval Forces,
• Bulgarian Air Force (2006)

• Ground Forces (Hrvatska Kopnena Vojska, HKoV), Naval Forces (Hrvatska Ratna Mornarica, HRM), Air and Air Defense Forces (Hrvatsko Ratno Zrakoplovstvo i Protuzrakoplovna Obrana, HRZiPZO), Joint Education and Training Command, Logistics Command;
• Military Police Force supports each of the three Croatian military forces (2006)

Army of the Czech Republic (ACR):

Joint Forces Command (includes air forces), Support and Training Forces Command (2006)

Defense Command:

• Army Operational Command,
• Admiral Danish Fleet,
• Tactical Air Command (2006)

Estonian Defense Forces:

• Land Force,
• Navy,
• Air Force,
• Volunteer Defense League (Kaitseliit, KL) (2006)

no regular military forces

Finnish Defense Forces:

• Army,
• Navy (includes coastal defense forces),
• Air Force (2003)

• Army (includes marines, Foreign Legion, light aviation),
• Navy (includes naval air),
• Air Force (includes air defense),
• National Gendarmerie

Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr):

• Army (Heer),
• Navy (Deutsche Marine, includes naval air arm),
• Air Force (Luftwaffe),
• Joint Service Support Command (Streitkraeftebasis),
• Central Medical Service (Zentraler Sanitaetsdienst) (2006)

Royal Gibraltar Regiment

• Hellenic Army (Ellinikos Stratos, ES),
• Hellenic Navy (Ellinikos Polemiko Navtiko, EPN),
• Hellenic Air Force (Elliniki Polimiki Aeroporia, EPA) (2006)

Pontifical Swiss Guard (Corpo della Guardia Svizzera Pontificia)

Ground Forces, Air Forces

Irish Defense Forces (Oglaigh na h-Eireann):

Army (includes Naval Service and Air Corps) (2006)

• Army (Esercito Italiano, EI),
• Navy (Marina Militare Italiana, MMI),
• Air Force (Aeronautica Militare Italiana, AMI),
• Carabinieri Corps (Corpo dei Carabinieri, CC) (2005)

Latvian Republic Defense Force:

• Ground Forces,
• Navy,
• Air Force,
• Border Guard,
• Home Guard (Zemessardze) (2005)

• Ground Forces,
• Naval Force,
• Lithuanian Military Air Forces,
• National Defense Volunteer Forces (2005)

Army

• Armed Forces of Malta (AFM; includes air and maritime elements) (2005)

National Army:

• Ground Forces,
• Rapid Reaction Forces,
• Air and Air Defense Forces (2006)

• Royal Netherlands Army,
• Royal Netherlands Navy (includes Naval Air Service and Marine Corps),
• Royal Netherlands Air Force (Koninklijke Luchtmacht, KLu),
• Royal Military Police,
• Defense Interservice Command (DICO) (2006)

Army of the Republic of Macedonia (ARM):

• Joint Operational Command,
• with subordinate Air Wing (Makedonsko Voeno Vozduhoplovstvo, MVV),
• Special Force Command (2006)

• Norwegian Army (Haeren),
• Royal Norwegian Navy (Kongelige Norske Sjoeforsvaret, RNoN; includes Coastal Rangers and Coast Guard (Kystvakt)),
• Royal Norwegian Air Force (Kongelige Norske Luftforsvaret, RNoAF),
• Home Guard (Heimevernet, HV) (2006)

Polish Armed Forces:

Land Forces (includes Navy (Marynarka Wojenna, MW)), Polish Air Force (Polskie Sily Powietrzne, PSP) (2006)

• Army,
• Navy (Marinha Portuguesa; includes Marine Corps),
• Air Force (Forca Aerea Portuguesa, FAP),
• National Republican Guard (Guarda Nacional Republicana) (2005)

• Land Forces,
• Naval Forces,
• Romanian Air Force (Fortele Aerienne Romane, FAR),
• Special Operations (2006)

no regular military forces; Voluntary Military Force (Corpi Militari Voluntar) performs ceremonial duties and limited police functions (2006)

Serbian Armed Forces (Vojska Srbije, VS):

• Serbian Land Forces (Kopnene Vojska, KoV),
• Air Force and Air Defense Force (Vozduhoplostvo i Protivozduhoplovna Odbrana, ViPO),
• naval force to be determined (2006)

Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic (Ozbrojene Sily Slovenskej Republiky): Land Forces (Pozemne Sily), Air Forces (Vzdusne Sily), Training and Support Forces (Vycviku a Podpory Sily) (2005)

Slovenian Army (includes air and naval forces)

Spanish Armed Forces:

• Army (Ejercito de Tierra),
• Spanish Navy (Armada Espanola, AE; includes Marine Corps),
• Spanish Air Force (Ejercito del Aire Espanola, EdA) (2006)

Swedish Armed Forces (Forsvarsmakten):

• Army (Armen),
• Royal Swedish Navy (Marinen),
• Swedish Air Force (Svenska Flygvapnet) (2006)

Swiss Armed Forces:

Land Forces, Swiss Air Force (Schweizer Luftwaffe); Switzerland has no navy, but maintains a fleet of military patrol boats to patrol Swiss borders (2006)

• Ground Forces,
• Naval Forces,
• Air Forces (Viyskovo-Povitryani Syly),
• Air Defense Forces (2002)

• Army,
• Royal Navy (includes 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; includes air and naval elements); 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, public security forces (2002)

Islamic Republic of Iran Regular Forces (Artesh):

• Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force (Niruye Havayi Jomhuriye Islamiye Iran; includes air defense);
• Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (Sepah-e Pasdaran-e Enqelab-e Eslami, IRGC): Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force, Qods Force (special operations), and Basij Force (Popular Mobilization Army);
• Law Enforcement Forces (2006)

Iraqi Armed Forces:

• Iraqi Regular Army (includes Iraqi Special Operations Force, Iraqi Intervention Force),
• Iraqi Navy (former Iraqi Coastal Defense Force),
• Iraqi Air Force (former Iraqi Army Air Corps) (2005)

Israel Defense Forces (IDF):

• Army Headquarters, Israel Navy, Israeli Air and Space Force (ISAF, includes air defense forces);
• historically there have been no separate Israeli military services (2005)

Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF):

• Royal Jordanian Land Force, Royal Jordanian Navy, Royal Jordanian Air Force (Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Malakiya al-Urduniya), Special Operations Command (Socom);
• Public Security Directorate (normally falls under Ministry of Interior, but comes under JAF in wartime or crisis situations) (2006)

• Land Forces,
• Kuwaiti Navy,
• Kuwaiti Air Force (Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Kuwaitiya),
• National Guard (2006)

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF):

Army, Navy, and Air Force

Royal Omani Armed Forces:

• Royal Army of Oman,
• Royal Navy of Oman,
• Royal Air Force of Oman (Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Sultanat Oman, RAFO) (2006)

• Qatari Amiri Land Force (QALF),
• Qatari Amiri Navy (QAN),
• Qatari Amiri Air Force (QAAF)

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

Syrian Armed Forces:

Syrian Arab Army (includes Syrian Arab Navy), Syrian Arab Air and Air Defense Force (includes Air Defense Command) (2005)