The CIA World Factbook Edition 2007 Military

Military and security forces In 36 editions of 36.

Military and security forces was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 2007 edition carries it in 207 entries, in its Military section, under the heading “Military branches”. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2007 edition
207
the first edition with it
1990
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Military branches” (1997 to 2018), “Military and security forces” (2019 to 2025) and “Branches” (1990 to 1996).

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Africa

53 entries

Algeria

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

Angola

Angolan Armed Forces (FAA):
  • Army,
  • Navy (Marinha de Guerra, MdG),
  • Angolan National Air Force (FANA) (2007)

Benin

Benin Armed Forces:
  • Ground Forces Command,
  • Benin Navy,
  • Benin People's Air Force (Force Aerienne Populaire de Benin, FAPB) (2007)

Botswana

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

Burkina Faso

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

Burundi

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

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

People's Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARP):
Army, Coast Guard (includes maritime air wing) (2007)

Cameroon

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

Central African Republic

Central African Armed Forces (FACA):
  • Ground Forces,
  • Military Air Service,
  • General Directorate of Gendarmerie Inspection (DGIG);
  • National Police (2006)

Chad

  • Chadian National Army (Armee Nationale Tchadienne, ANT),
  • Chadian Air Force (Force Aerienne Tchadienne, FAT),
  • Gendarmerie (2007)

Comoros

Comoran Defense Force:
Comoran Security Force; Comoran Federal Police (2007)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC): Army, Navy, Congolese Air Force (Force Aerienne Congolaise, FAC) (2006)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

Congolese Armed Forces (Forces Armees Congolaises, FAC): Army, Navy, Congolese Air Force (Armee de l'Air Congolaise), Gendarmerie, Republican Guard (2007)

Cote d'Ivoire

Cote d'Ivoire Defense and Security Forces (FDSC):
  • Army,
  • Navy,
  • Air Force (2006)

Djibouti

Djibouti National Army (includes Navy and Air Force)

Egypt

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

Equatorial Guinea

  • National Guard (Army, with Coast Guard (Navy) and Air Wing) (2007)

Eritrea

  • Army,
  • Navy,
  • Air Force

Swaziland now Eswatini

Umbutfo Swaziland Defense Force (USDF):
Ground Force (includes air wing), Royal Swaziland Police Force (RSPF) (2007)

Ethiopia

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

Gabon

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

Gambia, The now The Gambia

  • Gambian National Army (National Guard, GNA), Gambian Navy (GN) (2007)

Ghana

  • Ghanaian Army,
  • Ghanaian Navy,
  • Ghanaian Air Force (2007)

Guinea

  • Army,
  • Navy,
  • Air Force,
  • Presidential Guard (2007)

Guinea-Bissau

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

Kenya

  • Kenyan Army,
  • Kenyan Navy,
  • Kenyan Air Force (2007)

Lesotho

Lesotho Defense Force (LDF):
Army and Air Wing

Liberia

Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL):
  • Army,
  • Navy,
  • Air Force

Libya

  • Armed Peoples on Duty (APOD, Army),
  • Libyan Arab Navy,
  • Libyan Arab Air Force (Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Jamahiriya al-Arabia al-Libyya, LAAF) (2007)

Madagascar

People's Armed Forces:
Intervention Force, Development Force, and Aeronaval Force (navy and air); National Gendarmerie

Malawi

Malawi Armed Forces:
Army (includes Air Wing and Naval Detachment) (2007)

Mali

Malian Armed Forces:
  • Army,
  • Republic of Mali Air Force (Force Aerienne de la Republique du Mali, FARM),
  • National Guard (2007)

Mauritania

Mauritanian Armed Forces:
  • Army,
  • Mauritanian Navy (Marine Mauritanienne; includes naval infantry),
  • Air Force (Force Aerienne Islamique de Mauritanie, FAIM) (2007)

Mauritius

  • no regular military forces;
  • National Police Force,
  • Special Mobile Force,
  • National Coast Guard (2007)

Morocco

Royal Armed Forces (Forces Armees Royales, FAR):
  • Royal Moroccan Army (includes Air Defense),
  • Navy (includes Marines),
  • Royal Moroccan Air Force (Force Aerienne Royale Marocaine) (2007)

Mozambique

Mozambique Armed Defense Forces (FADM):
  • Mozambique Army,
  • Mozambique Navy (Marinha Mocambique, MM),
  • Mozambique Air Force (Forca Aerea de Mocambique, FAM) (2006)

Namibia

Namibian Defense Force:
  • Army,
  • Navy,
  • Air Wing (2006)

Niger

Nigerien Armed Forces (Forces Armees Nigeriennes, FAN): Army, Niger Air Force (2007)

Nigeria

Nigerian Armed Forces:
  • Army,
  • Navy,
  • Air Force (2007)

Rwanda

Rwandan Defense Forces:
Army, Air Force

Sao Tome and Principe

Armed Forces of Sao Tome and Principe (FASTP):
  • Army,
  • Navy,
  • Presidential Guard (2007)

Senegal

  • Army,
  • Senegalese Navy (Marine Senegalaise),
  • Senegalese Air Force (Armee de l'Air du Senegal) (2007)

Seychelles

Seychelles Defense Force:
  • Army,
  • Coast Guard (includes Naval Wing, Air Wing),
  • National Guard (2005)

Sierra Leone

Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF):
Army (includes Air Wing, Navy (Maritime Wing)) (2007)

Somalia

  • no national-level armed forces (2007)

South Africa

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 (2007)

Sudan

Sudanese People's Armed Forces (SPAF):
  • Land Forces,
  • Navy,
  • Air Force,
  • Popular Defense Forces (2007)

Tanzania

Tanzanian People's Defense Force (Jeshi la Wananchi la Tanzania, JWTZ): Army, Naval Wing (includes Coast Guard), Air Defense Command (includes Air Wing), National Service (2007)

Togo

Togolese Armed Forces (FAT):
  • Army,
  • Navy,
  • Air Force,
  • Gendarmerie (2005)

Tunisia

  • Army,
  • Navy,
  • Republic of Tunisia Air Force (Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Jamahiriyah At'tunisia) (2007)

Uganda

Uganda Peoples Defense Force (UPDF):
Army (includes Marine Unit), Air Force (2007)

Zambia

Zambian National Defense Force (ZNDF):
  • Army,
  • Air Force,
  • Police,
  • National Service

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe Defense Forces (ZDF):
  • Zimbabwe National Army,
  • Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ),
  • Zimbabwe Republic Police (2005)

Arctic Region

1 entry

Iceland

  • no regular military forces; Icelandic National Police (2006)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

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

Armenia

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

Azerbaijan

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

Bangladesh

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

Bhutan

Royal Bhutan Army:
Royal Bodyguard, Royal Bhutan Police (2005)

China

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

Georgia

Georgian Armed Forces:
  • Land Forces (includes National Guard),
  • Navy,
  • Air and Air Defense Forces (2006)

India

  • 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)

Japan

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)

Kazakhstan

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

Korea, North now North Korea

North Korean People's Army:
  • Ground Forces,
  • Navy,
  • Air Force;
  • civil security forces (2005)

Korea, South now South Korea

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

Kyrgyzstan

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

Maldives

Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF):
  • Quick Reaction Force,
  • Security Protection Group,
  • Coast Guard (2007)

Mongolia

Mongolian Armed Forces:
  • Mongolian People's Army (MPA),
  • Mongolian People's Air Force (Agaaryn Dovtolgoonoos Khamgaalakh Tsergiyn Komandial, MPAF);
  • there is no navy (2007)

Nepal

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

Pakistan

  • Army (includes National Guard),
  • Navy (includes Marines and Maritime Security Agency),
  • Pakistan Air Force (Pakistan Fiza'ya) (2007)

Russia

  • Ground Forces (SV), Navy (VMF), Air Forces (Voyenno-Vozdushniye Sily, VVS);
  • Airborne Troops (VDV), Strategic Rocket Troops (RVSN), and Space Troops (KV) are independent "combat arms," not subordinate to any of the three branches;
  • Russian Ground Forces include the following combat arms: motorized-rifle troops, tank troops, missile and artillery troops, air defense of ground troops (2007)

Sri Lanka

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

Tajikistan

  • Ground Forces,
  • Air and Air Defense Forces,
  • Mobile Force (2007)

Turkmenistan

  • Ground Forces,
  • Navy,
  • Air and Air Defense Forces (2007)

Uzbekistan

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

Central America and the Caribbean

25 entries

Antigua and Barbuda

  • Royal Antigua and Barbuda Defense Force (2006)

Aruba

no regular indigenous military forces; the Netherlands maintains a detachment of marines, a frigate, and an amphibious combat detachment in the neighboring Netherlands Antilles (2005)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

Royal Bahamian Defense Force:
  • Land Force,
  • Navy,
  • Air Wing (2007)

Barbados

Royal Barbados Defense Force:
Troops Command, Barbados Coast Guard (2007)

Belize

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

Cayman Islands

no regular military forces; Royal Cayman Islands Police Force

Costa Rica

no regular military forces; Ministry of Public Security, Government, and Police (2006)

Cuba

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) (2007)

Dominica

no regular military forces; Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force (includes coast guard) (2006)

Dominican Republic

  • Army,
  • Navy,
  • Air Force

El Salvador

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

Grenada

no regular military forces; Royal Grenada Police Force (includes Coast Guard) (2007)

Guatemala

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

Haiti

  • no regular military forces - small coast guard;
  • the regular Haitian Armed Forces (FAdH) - Army, Navy, and Air Force - have been demobilized but still exist on paper unless they are constitutionally abolished (2007)

Honduras

  • Army,
  • Navy (includes Naval Infantry),
  • Honduran Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Hondurena, FAH) (2007)

Jamaica

Jamaica Defense Force:
  • Ground Forces,
  • Coast Guard,
  • Air Wing (2007)

Montserrat

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

Netherlands Antilles

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

Nicaragua

  • National Army of Nicaragua (ENN; includes Navy, Air Force) (2007)

Panama

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)

Puerto Rico

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

Saint Kitts and Nevis

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

Saint Lucia

no regular military forces; Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (includes Special Service Unit, Coast Guard) (2007)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

no regular military forces; Royal Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force, Coast Guard (2007)

Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force:
Ground Force, Coast Guard (includes air wing) (2004)

Europe

41 entries

Albania

  • Land Forces Command (Army),
  • Naval Forces Command,
  • Air Defense Command,
  • General Staff Headquarters (includes Logistics Command, Training and Doctrine Command) (2007)

Andorra

no regular military forces, Police Service of Andorra

Austria

Land Forces (KdoLdSK), Air Forces (KdoLuSK)

Belarus

Belarus Armed Forces:
Land Force, Air and Air Defense Force (2006)

Belgium

Belgian Armed Forces:
  • Land Operations Command,
  • Naval Operations Command,
  • Air Operations Commands (2005)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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)

Bulgaria

Bulgarian Armed Forces:
  • Ground Forces,
  • Naval Forces,
  • Bulgarian Air Forces (Bulgarski Voennovazdyshni Sily, BVVS) (2006)

Croatia

  • Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia (Oruzane Snage Republike Hrvatske, OSRH), consists of five major commands directly subordinate to a General Staff: Ground Forces (Hrvatska Kopnena Vojska, HKoV), Naval Forces (Hrvatska Ratna Mornarica, HRM), Air Force, Joint Education and Training Command, Logistics Command;
  • Military Police Force supports each of the three Croatian military forces (2007)

Czech Republic now Czechia

Army of the Czech Republic (ACR):
Joint Forces Command (includes Army and Air Forces), Support and Training Forces Command (2007)

Denmark

Defense Command:
  • Army Operational Command,
  • Admiral Danish Fleet,
  • Island Command Greenland,
  • Tactical Air Command (2006)

Estonia

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

Faroe Islands

no regular military forces

Finland

Finnish Defense Forces (FDF):
  • Army,
  • Navy (includes coastal defense forces),
  • Air Force (Suomen Ilmavoimat) (2006)

France

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

Germany

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)

Gibraltar

Royal Gibraltar Regiment

Greece

  • Hellenic Army (Ellinikos Stratos, ES),
  • Hellenic Navy (Ellinikos Polemiko Navtiko, EPN),
  • Hellenic Air Force (Elliniki Polimiki Aeroporia, EPA) (2007)

Holy See (Vatican City)

Pontifical Swiss Guard (Corpo della Guardia Svizzera Pontificia)

Hungary

  • Ground Forces, Hungarian Air Force (Magyar Legiero, ML) (2006)

Ireland

Irish Defense Forces (Oglaigh na h-Eireann):
Army (includes Naval Service and Air Corps) (2006)

Italy

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

Latvia

Latvian Republic Defense Force:
  • Ground Forces,
  • Navy,
  • Air Force (Latvijas Gaisa Spelki),
  • Border Guard,
  • Latvian Home Guard (Latvijas Zemessardze) (2007)

Lithuania

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

Luxembourg

Army

Malta

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

Moldova

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

Netherlands

  • 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)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

Army of the Republic of Macedonia (ARM):
  • Joint Operational Command,
  • with subordinate Air Wing (Makedonsko Voeno Vozduhoplovstvo, MVV),
  • Special Operations Regiment (2007)

Norway

  • 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)

Poland

Armed Forces of the Polish Republic (Sily Zbrojne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, SZRP): Land Forces (includes Navy (Marynarka Wojenna, MW)), Polish Air Force (Sily Powietrzne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, SPRP) (2006)

Portugal

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

Romania

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

San Marino

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

Serbia

Serbian Armed Forces (Vojska Srbije, VS):
  • Land Forces Command (includes Serbian naval force, consisting of a river flotilla on the Danube),
  • Joint Operations Command,
  • Air and Air Defense Forces Command (2007)

Slovakia

Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic (Ozbrojene Sily Slovenskej Republiky): Land Forces (Pozemne Sily), Air Forces (Vzdusne Sily) (2005)

Slovenia

Slovenian Army (includes air and naval forces)

Spain

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

Sweden

Swedish Armed Forces (Forsvarsmakten):
  • Army (Armen),
  • Royal Swedish Navy (Marinen),
  • Swedish Air Force (Svenska Flygvapnet) (2006)

Switzerland

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)

Ukraine

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

United Kingdom

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

Middle East

16 entries

Bahrain

Bahrain Defense Forces (BDF):
  • Ground Force (includes Air Defense),
  • Naval Force,
  • Air Force,
  • National Guard

Cyprus

Republic of Cyprus:
Greek Cypriot National Guard (GCNG; includes air and naval elements); north Cyprus: Turkish Cypriot Security Force (GKK)

Gaza Strip

  • in accordance with the peace agreement, the Palestinian Authority is not permitted conventional military forces;
  • there are, however, public security forces (2007)

Iran

Islamic Republic of Iran Regular Forces (Artesh):
  • Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force of the Military of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Niru-ye Hava'i-ye Artesh-e Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye 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 (2007)

Iraq

Iraqi Armed Forces:
  • Iraqi 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

  • Israel Defense Forces (IDF),
  • Israel Naval Forces (INF),
  • Israel Air Force (IAF) (2007)

Jordan

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)

Kuwait

  • Land Forces,
  • Kuwaiti Navy,
  • Kuwaiti Air Force (Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Kuwaitiya),
  • National Guard (2007)

Lebanon

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF):
Army, Navy, and Air Force (2007)

Oman

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)

Qatar

  • Qatari Amiri Land Force (QALF),
  • Qatari Amiri Navy (QAN),
  • Qatari Amiri Air Force (QAAF) (2007)

Saudi Arabia

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

Syria

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

Turkey now Turkiye

Turkish Armed Forces (TSK):
  • Land Forces,
  • Turkish Naval Forces (Turk Deniz Kuvvetleri, TDK; includes naval air and naval infantry),
  • Turkish Air Force (Turk Hava Kuvvetleri, THK) (2006)

United Arab Emirates

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

Yemen

  • Army (includes Republican Guard),
  • Navy (includes Marines),
  • Yemen Air Force (includes Air Defense Force) (2007)

North America

4 entries

Bermuda

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

Canada

Canadian Forces:
  • Land Forces Command,
  • Maritime Command,
  • Air Command,
  • Canada Command (homeland security) (2006)

Mexico

  • Secretariat of National Defense (Secretaria de Defensa Nacional, Sedena): Army (Ejercito), Mexican Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Mexicana, FAM);
  • Secretariat of the Navy (Secretaria de Marina, Semar): Mexican Navy (Armada de Mexico, ARM, includes Naval Air Force (FAN) and Marines) (2007)

United States

  • Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard;
  • note - Coast Guard administered in peacetime by the Department of Homeland Security, but in wartime reports to the Department of the Navy

Oceania

18 entries

Australia

Australian Defense Force (ADF):
  • Australian Army,
  • Royal Australian Navy,
  • Royal Australian Air Force,
  • Special Operations Command (2006)

Cook Islands

  • no regular military forces; National Police Department (2007)

Fiji

Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF):
Land Forces, Naval Forces (2006)

French Polynesia

no regular military forces; Gendarmerie and National Police Force

Kiribati

no regular military forces; Police Force (carries out law enforcement functions and paramilitary duties; small police posts are on all islands) (2007)

Marshall Islands

  • no regular military forces;
  • under the 1983 Compact of Free Association, the US has full authority and responsibility for security and defense of the Marshall Islands;
  • Marshall Islands Police (2006)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

  • no regular military forces (2007)

Nauru

  • no regular military forces; Nauru Police Force (2007)

New Caledonia

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

New Zealand

New Zealand Defense Force (NZDF):
  • New Zealand Army,
  • Royal New Zealand Navy,
  • Royal New Zealand Air Force (2006)

Niue

no regular indigenous military forces; Police Force

Palau

  • no regular military forces; Palau National Police (2006)

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea Defense Force (PNGDF; includes Maritime Operations Element, Air Operations Element) (2007)

Samoa

  • no regular military forces; Samoa Police Force (2005)

Solomon Islands

no regular military forces; Royal Solomon Islands Police (RSIP)

Tonga

Tonga Defense Services:
Land Force (Royal Guard), Naval Force (includes Royal Marines, Air Wing) (2006)

Tuvalu

no regular military forces; Police Force

Vanuatu

no regular military forces; Vanuatu Police Force (VPF), Vanuatu Mobile Force (VMF; includes Police Maritime Wing (PMW)) (2007)

South America

13 entries

Argentina

  • Argentine Army (Ejercito Argentino),
  • Navy of the Argentine Republic (Armada Republica; includes naval aviation and naval infantry),
  • Argentine Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Argentina, FAA) (2007)

Bolivia

Bolivian Armed Forces:
  • Bolivian Army (Ejercito Boliviano),
  • Bolivian Navy (Armada Boliviana; includes marines),
  • Bolivian Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Boliviana, FAB) (2007)

Brazil

  • Brazilian Army,
  • Brazilian Navy (Marinha do Brasil (MB), includes Naval Air and Marine Corps (Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais)),
  • Brazilian Air Force (Forca Aerea Brasileira, FAB) (2007)

Chile

  • Army of the Nation,
  • Chilean Navy (Armada de Chile, includes naval air, marine corps, and Maritime Territory and Merchant Marine Directorate (Directemar)),
  • Chilean Air Force (Fuerza Aerea de Chile, FACh),
  • Chilean Carabineros (National Police) (2007)

Colombia

  • National Army (Ejercito Nacional),
  • National Navy (Armada Nacional, includes Naval Aviation, Naval Infantry (Infanteria de Marina, Colmar), and Coast Guard),
  • Colombian Air Force (Fuerza Aerea de Colombia, FAC) (2007)

Ecuador

  • Army,
  • Navy (includes Naval Infantry, Naval Aviation, Coast Guard),
  • Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Ecuatoriana, FAE) (2007)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

no regular military forces

Guyana

Guyana Defense Force:
Army (includes Coast Guard, Air Corps) (2007)

Paraguay

  • Army,
  • National Navy (Armada Nacional, includes Naval Aviation, Marine Corps, General Naval Prefecture),
  • Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Paraguay, FAP) (2006)

Peru

  • Peruvian Army (Ejercito Peruano),
  • Peruvian Navy (Marina de Guerra del Peru, MGP (includes naval air, naval infantry, and coast guard)),
  • Peruvian Air Force (Fuerza Aerea del Peru, FAP) (2007)

Suriname

  • National Army (Nationaal Leger, NL; includes Naval Wing, Air Wing) (2007)

Uruguay

  • Army,
  • Navy (includes naval air arm, Marines, Maritime Prefecture in wartime),
  • Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Uruguaya, FAU) (2006)

Venezuela

National Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas Nacionales or FAN): Ground Forces or Army (Fuerzas Terrestres or Ejercito), Naval Forces (Fuerzas Navales or Armada; includes Marines, Coast Guard), Air Force (Fuerzas Aereas or Aviacion), Armed Forces of Cooperation or National Guard (Fuerzas Armadas de Cooperacion or Guardia Nacional)

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF):
  • Royal Brunei Land Forces,
  • Royal Brunei Navy,
  • Royal Brunei Air Force (Tentera Udara Diraja Brunei) (2005)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw):
  • Army,
  • Navy,
  • Air Force (Tatmadaw Lay) (2007)

Cambodia

Royal Cambodian Armed Forces:
  • Royal Cambodian Army,
  • Royal Khmer Navy,
  • Royal Cambodian Air Force (2005)

Hong Kong

  • no regular indigenous military forces;
  • Hong Kong garrison of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) includes elements of Ground Forces, Navy, and Air Force;
  • these forces are under the direct leadership of the Central Military Commission in Beijing and under administrative control of the adjacent Guangzhou Military Region

Indonesia

Indonesian Armed Forces (Tentara Nasional Indonesia, TNI): Army (TNI-AD), Navy (TNI-AL, includes marines, naval air arm), Air Force (TNI-Angkatan Udara (TNI-AU)), National Air Defense Command (Kommando Pertahanan Udara Nasional, Kohanudnas)

note: the TNI is directly subordinate to the president but the government is making efforts to incorporate it into the Department of Defense (2007)

Laos

Lao People's Army (LPA; includes Riverine Force), Air Force

Macau

no regular military forces

Malaysia

Malaysian Armed Forces (Angkatan Tentera Malaysia, ATM): Malaysian Army (Tentera Darat Malaysia), Royal Malaysian Navy (Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia, TLDM), Royal Malaysian Air Force (Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia, TUDM) (2006)

Philippines

Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP):
  • Army,
  • Navy (includes Marine Corps),
  • Philippine Air Force (Hukbomg Himpapawid ng Pilipinas) (2006)

Singapore

Singapore Armed Forces:
  • Army,
  • Navy,
  • Republic of Singapore Air Force (includes Air Defense) (2006)

Taiwan

  • Army,
  • Navy (includes Marine Corps),
  • Air Force,
  • Coast Guard Administration,
  • Armed Forces Reserve Command,
  • Combined Service Forces Command,
  • Armed Forces Police Command

Thailand

  • Royal Thai Army (RTA),
  • Royal Thai Navy (RTN, includes Royal Thai Marine Corps),
  • Royal Thai Air Force (Knogtap Agard Thai, RTAF) (2006)

Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste Defense Force (Forcas de Defesa de Timor-L'este, FDTL): Army, Navy (Armada) (2005)

Vietnam

People's Armed Forces:
  • People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) (includes People's Navy Command (with naval infantry, coast guard), Air and Air Defense Force (Kon Quan Nhan Dan), Border Defense Command),
  • People's Public Security Forces,
  • Militia Force,
  • Self-Defense Forces (2005)

Cite this page

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2007, “Military and security forces”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/military-and-security-forces/2007.

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