Military and security forces In 36 editions of 36.

• People's National Army (Armee Nationale Populaire, ANP),
• Land Forces (Forces Terrestres, FT),
• Navy of the Republic of Algeria (Marine de la Republique Algerienne, MRA),
• Air Force (Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Jaza'eriya, QJJ),
• Territorial Air Defense Force (2009)

Angolan Armed Forces (FAA):

• Army,
• Navy (Marinha de Guerra Angola, MGA),
• Angolan National Air Force (Forca Aerea Nacional Angolana, FANA) (2009)

Benin Armed Forces (FAB):

• Army (l'Arme de Terre),
• Benin Navy (Forces Navales Beninois, FNB),
• Benin People's Air Force (Force Aerienne Populaire de Benin, FAPB) (2008)

Botswana Defense Force:

Ground Forces (includes Air Arm) (2009)

• Army,
• Air Force of Burkina Faso (Force Aerienne de Burkina Faso, FABF),
• National Gendarmerie (2009)

National Defense Force (Forces de Defense Nationale, FDN): Army (includes naval detachment and Air Wing), Gendarmerie (2009)

People's Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARP):

Army, Coast Guard (includes maritime air wing) (2007)

Cameroon Armed Forces (Forces Armees Camerounaises, FAC): Army (L'Armee de Terre), Navy (includes naval infantry), Air Force (Armee de l'Air du Cameroun, AAC) (2009)

Central African Armed Forces (Forces Armees Centrafricaines, FACA): Ground Forces, General Directorate of Gendarmerie Inspection (DGIG), Military Air Service, National Police (2008)

Armed Forces:

• Chadian National Army (Armee Nationale du Tchad, ANT),
• Chadian Air Force (Force Aerienne Tchadienne, FAT),
• Gendarmerie (2008)

National Development Army (AND):

Comoran Security Force; Comoran Federal Police (2008)

Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Forces d'Armees de la Republique Democratique du Congo, FARDC): Army, National Navy (La Marine Nationale), Congolese Air Force (Force Aerienne Congolaise, FAC) (2009)

Congolese Armed Forces (Forces Armees Congolaises, FAC): Army (Armee de Terre), Navy, Congolese Air Force (Armee de l'Air Congolaise), Gendarmerie, Special Presidential Security Guard (GSSP) (2009)

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

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force (2006)

Djibouti National Army (includes Navy and Air Force)

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

National Guard (Guardia Nacional de Guinea Ecuatoria, GNGE (Army), with Coast Guard (Navy) and Air Wing) (2009)

Eritrean Armed Forces:

• Ground Forces,
• Navy,
• Air Force (2008)

Umbutfo Swaziland Defense Force (USDF):

Ground Force (includes air wing) (2008)

Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF):

Ground Forces, Ethiopian Air Force (ETAF) (2008)

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

Office of the Chief of Defense:

Gambian National Army (National Guard, GNA), Gambian Navy (GN) (2009)

• Ghanaian Army,
• Ghanaian Navy,
• Ghanaian Air Force (2008)

National Armed Forces:

• Army,
• Navy (Armee de Mer or Marine Guineenne, includes Marines),
• Air Force (2009)

People's Revolutionary Armed Force (FARP):

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force;
• paramilitary force

Kenyan Armed Forces:

• Kenyan Army,
• Kenyan Navy,
• Kenyan Air Force (2008)

Lesotho Defense Force (LDF):

Army (includes Air Wing) (2008)

Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL):

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force

• Armed Peoples on Duty (APOD, Army),
• Libyan Arab Navy,
• Libyan Arab Air Force (Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Jamahiriya al-Arabia al-Libyya, LAAF),
• Libyan Coast Guard (2008)

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) (2009)

Malian Armed Forces:

• Army,
• Republic of Mali Air Force (Force Aerienne de la Republique du Mali, FARM),
• National Guard (2008)

Mauritanian Armed Forces:

• Army,
• Mauritanian Navy (Marine Mauritanienne; includes naval infantry),
• Islamic Air Force of Mauritania (Force Aerienne Islamique de Mauritanie, FAIM) (2008)

• no regular military forces;
• Mauritius Police Force,
• Special Mobile Force,
• National Coast Guard (2009)

Royal Armed Forces (Forces Armees Royales, FAR):

• Royal Moroccan Army (includes Air Defense),
• Navy (includes Marines),
• Royal Moroccan Air Force (Al Quwwat al Jawyiya al Malakiya Marakishiya; Force Aerienne Royale Marocaine) (2008)

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,
• Navy,
• Air Wing (2008)

Nigerien Armed Forces (Forces Armees Nigeriennes, FAN): Army, Niger Air Force (Force Aerienne du Niger) (2009)

Nigerian Armed Forces:

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force (2008)

Rwandan Defense Forces:

Army, Air Force

Armed Forces of Sao Tome and Principe (FASTP):

• Army,
• Coast Guard of Sao Tome e Principe (Guarda Costeira de Sao Tome e Principe, GCSTP),
• Presidential Guard (2007)

• Army,
• Senegalese Navy (Marine Senegalaise),
• Senegalese Air Force (Armee de l'Air du Senegal) (2008)

Seychelles Defense Force:

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

Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF):

Army (includes Maritime Wing and Air Wing) (2008)

• no national-level armed forces (2008)

South African National Defense Force (SANDF):

• South African Army,
• South African Navy (SAN),
• South African Air Force (SAAF),
• Joint Operations Command,
• Military Intelligence,
• South African Military Health Services (2009)

Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF):

• Land Forces, Navy (includes Marines), Sudanese Air Force (Sikakh al-Jawwiya as-Sudaniya), Popular Defense Forces;
• Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA): Land Forces (2009)

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)

Togolese Armed Forces (Forces Armees Togolaise, FAT): Ground Forces, Togolese Navy (Marine du Togo), Togolese Air Force (Force Aerienne Togolaise, FAT), National Gendarmerie (2009)

• Army,
• Navy,
• Republic of Tunisia Air Force (Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Jamahiriyah At'tunisia) (2008)

Uganda Peoples Defense Force (UPDF):

Army (includes Marine Unit), Air Force (2007)

Zambian National Defense Force (ZNDF):

• Zambian Army,
• Zambian Air Force,
• National Service (2009)

Zimbabwe Defense Forces (ZDF):

• Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA),
• Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ),
• Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) (2009)

no regular military forces

• no regular military forces; Icelandic National Police (2008)

no regular military forces

Afghan Armed Forces:

Afghan National Army (ANA, includes Afghan National Army Air Corps) (2009)

Armed Forces:

• Ground Forces,
• Air Force and Air Defense,
• Nagorno-Karabakh Self Defense Force (NKSDF) (2009)

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air and Air Defense Forces (2008)

Bangladesh Defense Force:

• Bangladesh Army (Sena Bahini),
• Bangladesh Navy (Noh Bahini, BN),
• Bangladesh Air Force (Biman Bahini, BAF) (2009)

• Royal Bhutan Army (includes Royal Bodyguard and Royal Bhutan Police) (2009)

• no regular military forces; Royal Overseas Police Officers (ROPOs) (2008)

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);
• PLA Reserve Force (2009)

Georgian Armed Forces:

Land Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces

note: naval forces have been incorporated into the coast guard (2009)

• Army,
• Navy (includes naval air arm),
• Air Force (Bharatiya Vayu Sena),
• Coast Guard (2009)

Japanese Ministry of Defense (MOD):

• Ground Self-Defense Force (Rikujou Jietai, GSDF),
• Maritime Self-Defense Force (Kaijou Jietai, MSDF),
• Air Self-Defense Force (Koku Jieitai, ASDF) (2009)

Kazakh Armed Forces:

• Ground Forces,
• Navy,
• Air Mobile Forces,
• Air Defense Forces (2009)

North Korean People's Army:

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

• Republic of Korea Army,
• Navy (includes Marine Corps),
• Air Force (2009)

• Ground Forces,
• Air Force (includes Air Defense Forces),
• National Guard (2009)

Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF):

• Rapid Reaction Force,
• Security Protection Group,
• Coast Guard (2009)

Mongolian Armed Forces:

Mongolian Army, Mongolian Air Force; there is no navy (2009)

• Nepal Army (2009)

• Army (includes National Guard),
• Navy (includes Marines and Maritime Security Agency),
• Pakistan Air Force (Pakistan Fiza'ya) (2008)

• Ground Forces (Sukhoputnyye Voyskia, SV), Navy (Voyenno-Morskoy Flot, VMF), Air Forces (Voyenno-Vozdushniye Sily, VVS);
• Airborne Troops (VDV), Strategic Rocket Forces (Raketnyye Voyska Strategicheskogo Naznacheniya, RVSN), and Space Troops (Kosmicheskiye Voyska, 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 (2009)

• Sri Lanka Army,
• Sri Lanka Navy,
• Sri Lanka Air Force (2009)

• Ground Forces,
• Air and Air Defense Forces,
• Mobile Forces (2008)

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air and Air Defense Forces (2009)

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

• Royal Antigua and Barbuda Defense Force (2009)

no regular military forces; the Netherlands maintains a detachment of marines, a frigate, and an amphibious combat detachment in the neighboring Netherlands Antilles (2009)

Royal Bahamian Defense Force:

• Land Force,
• Navy,
• Air Wing (2009)

Royal Barbados Defense Force:

Troops Command, Barbados Coast Guard (2009)

Belize Defense Force (BDF):

• Army,
• BDF Air Wing,
• BDF Volunteer Guard (2009)

• no regular military forces; Royal Cayman Islands Police Force (2008)

no regular military forces; Ministry of Public Security, Government, and Police (2009)

Revolutionary Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias, FAR): Revolutionary Army (ER; includes Territorial Militia Troops (Milicia de Tropas de Territoriales, MTT)), Revolutionary Navy (Marina de Guerra Revolucionaria, MGR; includes Marine Corps), Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Force (DAAFAR), Youth Labor Army (Ejercito Juvenil del Trabajo, EJT) (2009)

no regular military forces; Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force (includes Coast Guard) (2008)

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Dominicana, FAD) (2009)

• Salvadoran Army (ES),
• Salvadoran Navy (FNES),
• Salvadoran Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Salvadorena, FAS) (2008)

no regular military forces; Royal Grenada Police Force (includes Coast Guard) (2008)

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

• 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 until or unless they are constitutionally abolished (2009)

• Army,
• Navy (includes Naval Infantry),
• Honduran Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Hondurena, FAH) (2008)

Jamaica Defense Force:

• Ground Forces,
• Coast Guard,
• Air Wing (2009)

• no regular military forces; Royal Montserrat Police Force (2008)

• no regular military forces; National Guard (2008)

• National Army of Nicaragua (ENN; includes Navy, Air Force) (2008)

no regular military forces; Panamanian public forces include: Panamanian National Police (PNP), National Air-Naval Service (SENAN), National Border Service (SENAFRONT) (2009)

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

Royal Saint Kitts and Nevis Defense Force (includes Coast Guard), Royal Saint Kitts and Nevis Police Force (2009)

no regular military forces; Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (includes Special Service Unit and Coast Guard) (2008)

no regular military forces; Royal Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force, Coast Guard (2009)

Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force (TTDF):

• Trinidad and Tobago Army,
• Coast Guard,
• Air Guard,
• Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (2008)

• Joint Force Command (includes Land, Naval, and Aviation Brigade Commands),
• Joint Support Command (includes Logistic Command),
• Training and Doctrine Command (2009)

• no regular military forces, Police Service of Andorra (2008)

Land Forces (KdoLdSK), Air Forces (KdoLuSK)

Belarus Armed Forces:

Land Force, Air and Air Defense Force (2009)

Belgian Armed Forces:

• Land Operations Command,
• Naval Operations Command,
• Air Operations Command (2009)

Bosnia and Herzegovina Armed Forces (OSBiH):

Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Air and Air Defense Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Zrakoplovstvo i Protuzracna Obrana, ZPO) (2009)

Bulgarian Armed Forces:

• Ground Forces,
• Naval Forces,
• Bulgarian Air Forces (Bulgarski Voennovazdyshni Sily, BVVS) (2009)

• 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; includes coast guard), Air Force and Air Defense Command, Joint Education and Training Command, Logistics Command;
• Military Police Force supports each of the three Croatian military forces (2009)

Army of the Czech Republic (ACR):

Joint Forces Command (includes Land Forces and Air Forces), Support and Training Forces Command (2009)

Defense Command:

• Army Operational Command,
• Admiral Danish Fleet,
• Island Command Greenland,
• Tactical Air Command,
• Home Guard (2008)

Estonian Defense Forces:

• Land Force,
• Navy,
• Air Force (Eesti Ohuvagi),
• Volunteer Defense League (Kaitseliit, KL) (2009)

no regular military forces

Finnish Defense Forces (FDF):

• Army,
• Navy (includes Coastal Defense Forces),
• Air Force (Suomen Ilmavoimat) (2007)

• Army (Armee de Terre; includes Marines, Foreign Legion, Army Light Aviation),
• Navy (Marine Nationale, includes Naval Air, Maritime Gendarmerie (Coast Guard)),
• Air Force (Armee de l'Air, includes Air Defense),
• National Gendarmerie (2009)

Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr):

• Army (Heer),
• Navy (Deutsche Marine, includes naval air arm),
• Air Force (Luftwaffe),
• Joint Support Services (Streitkraeftbasis),
• Central Medical Service (Zentraler Sanitaetsdienst) (2009)

• Royal Gibraltar Regiment (2009)

• Hellenic Army (Ellinikos Stratos, ES),
• Hellenic Navy (Ellinikos Polemiko Navtiko, EPN),
• Hellenic Air Force (Elliniki Polimiki Aeroporia, EPA) (2009)

• Pontifical Swiss Guard Corps (Corpo della Guardia Svizzera Pontificia) (2009)

• Ground Forces, Hungarian Air Force (Magyar Legiero, ML) (2009)

Irish Defense Forces (Oglaigh na h-Eireann):

Army (includes Naval Service and Air Corps (Aer-Chor na h-Eireann)) (2009)

• Italian Army (Esercito Italiano, EI),
• Italian Navy (Marina Militare Italiana, MMI),
• Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare Italiana, AMI),
• Carabinieri Corps (Arma dei Carabinieri, CC) (2009)

National Armed Forces (Nacionalo Brunoto Speku):

• Ground Forces,
• Navy (Latvijas Juras Speki; includes Coast Guard (Latvijas Kara Flotes)),
• Latvian Air Force (Latvijas Gaisa Speki),
• Border Guard,
• Latvian Home Guard (Latvijas Zemessardze) (2009)

no regular military forces (constitutionally prohibited); Principality of Liechtenstein National Police (Landespolizei, LP) (2008)

• Ground Forces,
• Naval Forces,
• Air Forces (Karines Oro Pajegos, KOP),
• National Defense Volunteer Forces (2009)

• Army (2009)

• Armed Forces of Malta (AFM; includes air and maritime elements) (2007)

National Army:

• Land Forces,
• Rapid Reaction Forces,
• Air and Air Defense Forces (2009)

no regular military forces; the Palace Guard performs ceremonial duties

Armed Forces of the Republic of Montenegro:

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force (2009)

• Royal Netherlands Army,
• Royal Netherlands Navy (includes Naval Air Service and Marine Corps),
• Royal Netherlands Air Force (Koninklijke Luchtmacht, KLu),
• Royal Military Police (2009)

Army of the Republic of Macedonia (ARM):

• Joint Operational Command,
• with subordinate Air Wing (Makedonsko Voeno Vozduhoplovstvo, MVV),
• Special Operations Regiment (2009)

• 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) (2007)

Polish Armed Forces:

• Land Forces,
• Navy,
• Air and Air Defense Aviation Forces,
• Special Forces (2008)

• Portuguese Army (Exercito Portugues),
• Portuguese Navy (Marinha Portuguesa; includes Marine Corps),
• Portuguese Air Force (Forca Aerea Portuguesa, FAP) (2009)

• Land Forces,
• Naval Forces,
• Romanian Air Force (Fortele Aeriene Romane, FAR),
• Special Operations (2009)

no regular military forces; Voluntary Military Force (Corpi Militari Voluntar) performs ceremonial duties and limited police support functions (2008)

Serbian Armed Forces (Vojska Srbije, VS):

• Land Forces Command (includes Riverine Component, consisting of a river flotilla on the Danube),
• Joint Operations Command,
• Air and Air Defense Forces Command (2009)

Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic (Ozbrojene Sily Slovenskej Republiky): Land Forces (Pozemne Sily), Air Forces (Vzdusne Sily) (2009)

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) (2009)

Swedish Armed Forces (Forsvarsmakten):

• Army (Armen),
• Royal Swedish Navy (Marinen),
• Swedish Air Force (Svenska Flygvapnet) (2008)

Swiss Armed Forces:

Land Forces, Swiss Air Force (Schweizer Luftwaffe) (2009)

• Ground Forces,
• Naval Forces,
• Air and Air Defense Forces (Viyskovo-Povitryani Syly, VPS) (2009)

• Army,
• Royal Navy (includes Royal Marines),
• Royal Air Force (2009)

Bahrain Defense Forces (BDF):

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

Republic of Cyprus:

Greek Cypriot National Guard (Ethniki Forea, EF; includes naval and air elements); northern Cyprus: Turkish Cypriot Security Force (GKK) (2009)

• Palestinian Authority security forces have operated only in the West Bank, not in the Gaza Strip, since Hamas seized power in June 2007;
• law and order and other security functions are performed by Hamas security organizations (2008)

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, IRIAF; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (Sepah-e Pasdaran-e Enqelab-e Eslami, IRGC): Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force, Qods Force (special operations), Basij Force (Popular Mobilization Army); Law Enforcement Forces (2008)

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 Defense Forces (IDF),
• Israel Naval Forces (INF),
• Israel Air Force (IAF) (2009)

Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF):

• Royal Jordanian Land Force (RJLF), Royal Jordanian Navy, Royal Jordanian Air Force (Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Malakiya al-Urduniya, RJAF), Special Operations Command (Socom);
• Public Security Directorate (normally falls under Ministry of Interior, but comes under JAF in wartime or crisis) (2008)

• Kuwaiti Land Forces (KLF),
• Kuwaiti Navy,
• Kuwaiti Air Force (Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Kuwaitiya),
• Kuwaiti National Guard (KNG) (2008)

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF):

Army (includes Navy), Air Force (Al Quwwat al Jawwiya al Lubnaniya) (2009)