The CIA World Factbook Edition 2011 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 2011 edition carries it in 215 entries, in its Military section, under the heading “Military branches”. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2011 edition
215
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

  • 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)

Angola

Angolan Armed Forces (Forcas Armadas Angolanas, FAA): Army, Navy (Marinha de Guerra Angola, MGA), Angolan National Air Force (Forca Aerea Nacional Angolana, FANA; under operational control of the Army) (2011)

Benin

Benin Armed Forces (Forces Armees Beninoises, FAB):
  • Army (l'Arme de Terre),
  • Benin Navy (Forces Navales Beninois, FNB),
  • Benin Air Force (Force Aerienne du Benin, FAB) (2011)

Botswana

Botswana Defense Force (BDF):
  • Ground Forces Command,
  • Air Arm Command,
  • Defense Logistics Command,
  • Special Forces Group (2011)

Burkina Faso

  • Army,
  • Air Force of Burkina Faso (Force Aerienne de Burkina Faso, FABF),
  • National Gendarmerie (2011)

Burundi

National Defense Forces (Forces de Defense Nationale, FDN): Army (includes naval detachment, Air Wing, and Coast Guard), National Gendarmerie (2011)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

Armed Forces:
Army (also called the National Guard), Cape Verde Coast Guard (Guardia Costeira de Cabo Verde, GCCV; includes naval infantry) (2011)

Cameroon

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), Fire Fighter Corps, Gendarmerie (2011)

Central African Republic

Central African Armed Forces (Forces Armees Centrafricaines, FACA): Ground Forces (includes Military Air Service), General Directorate of Gendarmerie Inspection (DGIG), National Police (2011)

Chad

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

Comoros

Army of National Development (l'Armee du Developpement Nationale, AND): Comoran Security Force (also called Comoran Defense Force (Force Comorieene de Defense FCD, includes Gendarmarie)), Comoran Coast Guard, Comoran Federal Police (2011)

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

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) (2011)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

  • 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) (2011)

Cote d'Ivoire

Republican Forces of Cote d'Ivoire (Force Republiques de Cote d'Ivoire, FRCI): Army, Navy, Cote d'Ivoire Air Force (Force Aerienne de la Cote d'Ivoire)

note: FRCI is the former Armed Forces of the New Forces (FAFN) (2011)

Djibouti

Djibouti Armed Forces (Forces Armees Djiboutiennes, FAD): Djibouti National Army (includes Coastal Navy, Djiboutian Air Force (Force Aerienne Djiboutienne, FAD), National Gendarmerie (GN)) (2011)

Egypt

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

Equatorial Guinea

National Guard (Guardia Nacional de Guinea Ecuatoria, GNGE (Army), with Coast Guard (Navy) and Air Wing) (2011)

Eritrea

Eritrean Armed Forces:
  • Eritrean Ground Forces,
  • Eritrean Navy,
  • Eritrean Air Force (includes Air Defense Force) (2011)

Swaziland now Eswatini

Umbutfo Swaziland Defense Force (USDF):
Ground Force (includes Air Wing) (2010)

Ethiopia

Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF):
Ground Forces, Ethiopian Air Force (ETAF) (2011)

note: Ethiopia is landlocked and has no navy; following the secession of Eritrea (1993), Ethiopian naval facilities remained in Eritrean possession

Gabon

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

Gambia, The now The Gambia

Office of the Chief of Defense Staff:
  • Gambian National Army (GNA),
  • Gambian Navy (GN),
  • Republican National Guard (RNG) (2011)

Ghana

  • Ghana Army,
  • Ghana Navy,
  • Ghana Air Force (2011)

Guinea

National Armed Forces:
  • Army,
  • Navy (Armee de Mer or Marine Guineenne, includes Marines),
  • Guinean Air Force (Force Aerienne de Guinee) (2009)

Guinea-Bissau

People's Revolutionary Armed Force (FARP):
  • Army,
  • Navy,
  • National Air Force (Forca Aerea Nacional);
  • Presidential Guard (2011)

Kenya

Kenya Armed Services:
  • Kenya Army,
  • Kenya Navy,
  • Kenya Air Force (2011)

Lesotho

Lesotho Defense Force (LDF):
Army (includes Air Wing) (2010)

Liberia

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

Madagascar

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

Malawi

Malawi Defense Forces (MDF):
Army (includes Air Wing, Marine Unit) (2011)

Mali

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

Mauritania

Mauritanian Armed Forces:
  • Army,
  • Mauritanian Navy (Marine Mauritanienne; includes naval infantry),
  • Islamic Air Force of Mauritania (Force Aerienne Islamique de Mauritanie, FAIM) (2011)

Mauritius

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

Morocco

Royal Armed Forces (Forces Armees Royales, FAR):
  • Royal Moroccan Army (includes Air Defense),
  • Royal Moroccan Navy (includes Coast Guard, Marines),
  • Royal Moroccan Air Force (Al Quwwat al Jawyiya al Malakiya Marakishiya; Force Aerienne Royale Marocaine) (2010)

Mozambique

Mozambique Armed Defense Forces (Forcas Armadas de Defesa de Mocambique, FADM): Mozambique Army, Mozambique Navy (Marinha de Guerra de Mocambique, MGM), Mozambique Air Force (Forca Aerea de Mocambique, FAM) (2011)

Namibia

Namibian Defense Force (NDF):
  • Army,
  • Navy,
  • Air Force (2010)

Niger

Nigerien Armed Forces (Forces Armees Nigeriennes, FAN): Army, Nigerien Air Force (Force Aerienne du Niger) (2010)

Nigeria

Nigerian Armed Forces:
  • Army,
  • Navy,
  • Air Force (2008)

Rwanda

Rwandan Defense Force (RDF):
Rwandan Army (Rwandan Land Force), Rwandan Air Force (2011)

Sao Tome and Principe

Armed Forces of Sao Tome and Principe (Forcas Armadas de Sao Tome e Principe, FASTP): Army, Coast Guard of Sao Tome e Principe (Guarda Costeira de Sao Tome e Principe, GCSTP), Presidential Guard (2010)

Senegal

Senegalese Armed Forces:
  • Army,
  • Senegalese Navy (Marine Senegalaise),
  • Senegalese Air Force (Armee de l'Air du Senegal) (2009)

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 Maritime Wing and Air Wing) (2010)

Somalia

National Security Force (NSF):
Somali Army (2011)

South Africa

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)

South Sudan

South Sudan Armed Forces

Sudan

Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF):
  • Land Forces,
  • Navy (includes Marines),
  • Sudanese Air Force (Sikakh al-Jawwiya as-Sudaniya),
  • Popular Defense Forces (2011)

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 (Forces Armees Togolaise, FAT): Ground Forces, Togolese Navy (Marine du Togo), Togolese Air Force (Force Aerienne Togolaise, TAF), National Gendarmerie (2011)

Tunisia

Tunisian Armed Forces (Forces Armees Tunisiens, FAT): Army, Navy, Republic of Tunisia Air Force (Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Jamahiriyah At'Tunisia) (2011)

Uganda

Uganda Peoples Defense Force (UPDF):
Army (includes Marine Unit), Uganda Air Force (2010)

Zambia

Zambian National Defense Force (ZNDF):
  • Zambia Army,
  • Zambia Air Force,
  • National Service (paramilitary youth organization) (2011)

Zimbabwe

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

Arctic Region

3 entries

Greenland

no regular military forces

Iceland

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

Svalbard

no regular military forces

Asia

23 entries

Afghanistan

Afghan Armed Forces:
Afghan National Army (ANA, includes Afghan Air Force (AAF)) (2011)

Armenia

Armenian Armed Forces:
Ground Forces, Air Force and Air Defense; "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic": Nagorno-Karabakh Self-Defense Force (NKSDF) (2011)

Azerbaijan

  • Army, Navy, Air, and Air Defense Forces (2011)

Bangladesh

Bangladesh Defense Force:
  • Bangladesh Army (Sena Bahini),
  • Bangladesh Navy (Noh Bahini, BN),
  • Bangladesh Air Force (Biman Bahini, BAF) (2010)

Bhutan

  • Royal Bhutan Army (includes Royal Bodyguard and Royal Bhutan Police) (2011)

British Indian Ocean Territory

no regular military forces

China

People's Liberation Army (PLA):
  • Ground Forces, Navy (includes marines and naval aviation), Air Force (Zhongguo Renmin Jiefangjun Kongjun, PLAAF; includes Airborne Forces), and Second Artillery Corps (strategic missile force);
  • People's Armed Police (PAP);
  • PLA Reserve Force (2010)

Georgia

Georgian Armed Forces:
  • Land Forces (include Air and Air Defense Forces);
  • separatist Abkhazia Armed Forces: Ground Forces, Air Forces;
  • separatist South Ossetia Armed Forces (2011)

India

  • Army,
  • Navy (includes naval air arm),
  • Air Force,
  • Coast Guard (2011)

Japan

Japanese Ministry of Defense (MOD):
  • Ground Self-Defense Force (Rikujou Jietai, GSDF),
  • Maritime Self-Defense Force (Kaijou Jietai, MSDF),
  • Air Self-Defense Force (Koukuu Jieitai, ASDF) (2011)

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan Armed Forces:
  • Ground Forces,
  • Navy,
  • Air Mobile Forces,
  • Air Defense Forces (2010)

Korea, North now North Korea

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

Korea, South now South Korea

  • Republic of Korea Army,
  • Navy (includes Marine Corps),
  • Air Force (2011)

Kyrgyzstan

  • Ground Forces,
  • Air Force (includes Air Defense Forces),
  • National Guard (2010)

Maldives

Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF):
  • Marine Corps,
  • Security Protection Group,
  • Coast Guard (2010)

Mongolia

Mongolian Armed Forces:
Mongolian Army, Mongolian Air Force; there is no navy (2010)

Nepal

  • Nepal Army (2010)

Pakistan

  • Pakistan Army (includes National Guard),
  • Pakistan Navy (includes Marines and Maritime Security Agency),
  • Pakistan Air Force (Pakistan Fiza'ya) (2011)

Russia

  • 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 the ground troops (2010)

Sri Lanka

  • Sri Lanka Army,
  • Sri Lanka Navy,
  • Sri Lanka Air Force (2010)

Tajikistan

  • Ground Forces,
  • Air and Air Defense Forces,
  • Mobile Forces (2010)

Turkmenistan

  • Army,
  • Navy,
  • Air and Air Defense Forces (2011)

Uzbekistan

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

Central America and the Caribbean

26 entries

Antigua and Barbuda

Royal Antigua and Barbuda Defense Force (includes Antigua and Barbuda Coast Guard) (2011)

Aruba

  • no regular military forces (2010)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

Royal Bahamian Defense Force:
  • Land Force,
  • Navy,
  • Air Wing (2011)

Barbados

Royal Barbados Defense Force:
Troops Command, Barbados Coast Guard (2011)

Belize

Belize Defense Force (BDF):
  • Army,
  • BDF Air Wing (includes Special Boat Unit),
  • BDF Volunteer Guard (2011)

Cayman Islands

  • no regular military forces; Royal Cayman Islands Police Force (2010)

Costa Rica

no regular military forces; Ministry of Public Security, Government, and Police (2011)

Cuba

  • Revolutionary Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias, FAR): Revolutionary Army (Ejercito Revolucionario, 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 Forces (DAAFAR), Youth Labor Army (Ejercito Juvenil del Trabajo, EJT) (2011)

Curacao

  • the Royal Netherlands Navy maintains a permanent and active presence in the region from its main operating base on Curacao;
  • other local security forces include a coast guard, paramilitary National Guard (Vrijwilligers Korps Curacao), and Police Force (2010)

Dominica

no regular military forces; Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force (includes Coast Guard) (2011)

Dominican Republic

  • Army,
  • Navy (Marina de Guerra),
  • Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Dominicana, FAD) (2011)

El Salvador

Salvadoran Armed Forces (FAES):
  • Salvadoran Army (ES),
  • Salvadoran Navy (FNES),
  • Salvadoran Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Salvadorena, FAS) (2011)

Grenada

no regular military forces; Royal Grenada Police Force (includes Coast Guard) (2010)

Guatemala

  • National Army of Guatemala (Ejercito Nacional de Guatemala, ENG),
  • Guatemalan Navy (Marina Nacional, includes Marines),
  • Guatemalan Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Guatemalteca, FAG) (2009)

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 until or unless they are constitutionally abolished (2009)

Honduras

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

Jamaica

Jamaica Defense Force:
  • Ground Forces,
  • Coast Guard,
  • Air Wing (2010)

Montserrat

  • no regular military forces; Royal Montserrat Police Force (2010)

Nicaragua

National Army of Nicaragua (Ejercito Nacional de Nicaragua, ENN; includes Navy, Air Force) (2010)

Panama

no regular military forces; Panamanian public forces include: Panamanian National Police (PNP), National Air-Naval Service (SENAN), National Border Service (SENAFRONT) (2010)

Puerto Rico

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

Saint Kitts and Nevis

  • Royal Saint Kitts and Nevis Defense Force (includes Coast Guard), Royal Saint Kitts and Nevis Police Force;
  • for national security, Saint Kitts and Nevis relies on the Regional Security System, headquartered in Barbados (2011)

Saint Lucia

no regular military forces; Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (includes Special Service Unit and Coast Guard) (2010)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  • no regular military forces;
  • Royal Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force, Coast Guard;
  • for national defense, Saint Vincent relies on the Regional Security System, headquartered in Barbados (2010)

Sint Maarten

  • the Royal Netherlands Navy maintains a permanent and active presence in the region from its main operating base on Curacao and through a detachment on Sint Maarten;
  • other local security forces include a coast guard, paramilitary National Guard (Vrijwilligers Korps Sint Maarten), and Police Force (KPSM) (2010)

Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force (TTDF):
  • Trinidad and Tobago Army,
  • Coast Guard,
  • Air Guard,
  • Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (2010)

Europe

45 entries

Albania

  • Joint Force Command (includes Land, Naval, and Aviation Brigade Commands),
  • Joint Support Command (includes Logistic Command),
  • Training and Doctrine Command (2010)

Andorra

  • no regular military forces, Police Service of Andorra (2010)

Austria

Land Forces (KdoLdSK), Air Forces (KdoLuSK)

Belarus

Belarus Armed Forces:
  • Land Force,
  • Air and Air Defense Force,
  • Special Operations Force (2011)

Belgium

Belgian Armed Forces:
  • Land Operations Command,
  • Naval Operations Command,
  • Air Operations Commands (2010)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina (AFBiH):
Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Air and Air Defense Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Zrakoplovstvo i Protuzracna Obrana, ZPO) (2010)

Bulgaria

Bulgarian Armed Forces:
  • Ground Forces,
  • Naval Forces,
  • Bulgarian Air Forces (Bulgarski Voennovazdyshni Sily, BVVS) (2011)

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; 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 (2011)

Czech Republic now Czechia

Army of the Czech Republic (ACR):
Joint Forces Command (includes Land Forces and Air Forces), Support and Training Forces Command (2011)

Denmark

Defense Command:
  • Army Operational Command,
  • Admiral Danish Fleet,
  • Arctic Command,
  • Tactical Air Command,
  • Home Guard (2010)

Estonia

Estonian Defense Forces:
  • Land Force,
  • Navy,
  • Air Force (Eesti Ohuvagi),
  • Defense League (Kaitseliit, KL) (2011)

Faroe Islands

no regular military forces

Finland

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

France

  • 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 (AdlA); includes Air Defense),
  • National Gendarmerie (2011)

Germany

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) (2010)

Gibraltar

  • Royal Gibraltar Regiment (2009)

Greece

  • Hellenic Army (Ellinikos Stratos, ES),
  • Hellenic Navy (Ellinikos Polemiko Navtiko, EPN),
  • Hellenic Air Force (Elliniki Polemiki Aeroporia, EPA) (2011)

Holy See (Vatican City)

  • Pontifical Swiss Guard Corps (Corpo della Guardia Svizzera Pontificia) (2010)

Hungary

  • Land Forces, Hungarian Air Force (Magyar Legiero, ML) (2011)

Ireland

Irish Defense Forces (IDF; Oglaigh na h-Eireann): Army, Naval Service, Air Corps (2011)

Italy

Italian Armed Forces:
  • Army (Esercito Italiano, EI),
  • Navy (Marina Militare Italiana, MMI),
  • Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare Italiana, AMI),
  • Carabinieri Corps (Arma dei Carabinieri, CC) (2011)

Kosovo

  • Kosovo Security Force (2010)

Latvia

National Armed Forces (Nacionalo Brunoto Speku):
  • Land Forces,
  • Navy (Latvijas Juras Speki; includes Coast Guard (Latvijas Kara Flotes)),
  • Latvian Air Force (Latvijas Gaisa Speki),
  • Latvian Home Guard (Latvijas Zemessardze) (2011)

Liechtenstein

no regular military forces (constitutionally prohibited); Principality of Liechtenstein National Police (Landespolizei, LP) (2010)

Lithuania

  • Ground Forces,
  • Naval Forces,
  • Air Forces (Karines Oro Pajegos, KOP),
  • National Defense Volunteer Forces (2010)

Luxembourg

  • Army (2010)

Malta

  • Armed Forces of Malta (AFM; includes air and maritime elements) (2010)

Moldova

National Army:
  • Land Forces Command (includes special forces),
  • Air Forces Command (includes air defense unit),
  • Logistics Command (2010)

Monaco

no regular military forces; the Palace Guard performs ceremonial duties

Montenegro

Armed Forces of the Republic of Montenegro:
Army of Montenegro (includes Montenegrin Navy (Mornarica Crne Gore, MCG)), Air Force (2011)

Netherlands

  • Royal Netherlands Army,
  • Royal Netherlands Navy (includes Naval Air Service and Marine Corps),
  • Royal Netherlands Air Force (Koninklijke Luchtmacht, KLu),
  • Royal Military Police (2010)

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;
  • Logistic Support Command;
  • Training Command (2010)

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) (2011)

Poland

Polish Armed Forces:
  • Land Forces,
  • Navy,
  • Air and Air Defense Aviation Forces,
  • Special Forces (2010)

Portugal

  • Portuguese Army (Exercito Portuguesa),
  • Portuguese Navy (Marinha Portuguesa; includes Marine Corps),
  • Portuguese Air Force (Forca Aerea Portuguesa, FAP) (2011)

Romania

  • Land Forces,
  • Naval Forces,
  • Romanian Air Force (Fortele Aeriene Romane, FAR),
  • Special Operations (2010)

San Marino

no regular military forces; voluntary Military Force (Corpi Militari) performs ceremonial duties and limited police support functions (2010)

Serbia

Serbian Armed Forces (Vojska Srbije, VS):
Land Forces Command (includes Riverine Component, consisting of a river flotilla on the Danube), Air and Air Defense Forces Command (2010)

Slovakia

Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic (Ozbrojene Sily Slovenskej Republiky): Land Forces (Pozemne Sily), Air Forces (Vzdusne Sily) (2010)

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) (2010)

Sweden

Swedish Armed Forces (Forsvarsmakten):
  • Army (Armen),
  • Royal Swedish Navy (Marinen),
  • Swedish Air Force (Svenska Flygvapnet) (2010)

Switzerland

Swiss Armed Forces:
Land Forces, Swiss Air Force (Schweizer Luftwaffe) (2010)

Ukraine

  • Ground Forces,
  • Naval Forces,
  • Air and Air Defense Forces (Viyskovo-Povitryani Syly, VPS) (2011)

United Kingdom

  • Army,
  • Royal Navy (includes Royal Marines),
  • Royal Air Force (2010)

Middle East

16 entries

Bahrain

Bahrain Defense Forces (BDF):
  • Ground Force,
  • Royal Bahraini Navy (RBN),
  • Royal Bahraini Air Force (RBAF),
  • Royal Bahraini Air Defense Force (RBADF) (2011)

Cyprus

Republic of Cyprus:
Greek Cypriot National Guard (Ethniki Forea, EF; includes naval and air elements); Northern Cyprus: Turkish Cypriot Security Force (GKK) (2011)

Gaza Strip

  • 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)

Iran

Islamic Republic of Iran Regular Forces (Artesh):
  • Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force (IRIAF), Khatemolanbia Air Defense Headquarters;
  • Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (Sepah-e Pasdaran-e Enqelab-e Eslami, IRGC): Ground Resistance Forces, Navy, Aerospace Force, Qods Force (special operations);
  • Law Enforcement Forces (2011)

Iraq

Counterterrorism Service Forces:
  • Counterterrorism Command;
  • Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF);
  • Ministry of Defense Forces: Iraqi Army (includes Army Aviation Directorate, former National Guard Iraqi Intervention Forces, and Strategic Infrastructure Battalions), Iraqi Navy (former Iraqi Coastal Defense Force, includes Iraq Marine Force), Iraqi Air Force (Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Iraqiya) (2011)

Israel

  • Israel Defense Forces (IDF),
  • Israel Naval Forces (IN),
  • Israel Air Force (IAF) (2010)

Jordan

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) (2011)

Kuwait

  • Kuwaiti Land Forces (KLF),
  • Kuwaiti Navy,
  • Kuwaiti Air Force (Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Kuwaitiya),
  • Kuwaiti National Guard (KNG) (2011)

Lebanon

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF):
Army ((Al Jaysh al Lubnaniya) includes Navy (Al Quwwat al Bahiriyya al Lubnaniya), Air Force (Al Quwwat al Jawwiya al Lubnaniya)) (2010)

Oman

Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF):
  • Royal Army of Oman,
  • Royal Navy of Oman,
  • Royal Air Force of Oman (al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Sultanat) (2010)

Qatar

  • Qatari Amiri Land Force (QALF),
  • Qatari Amiri Navy (QAN),
  • Qatari Amiri Air Force (QAAF) (2009)

Saudi Arabia

Ministry of Defense and Aviation Forces:
  • Royal Saudi Land Forces,
  • Royal Saudi Naval Forces (includes Marine Forces and Special Forces),
  • Royal Saudi Air Force (Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Malakiya as-Sa'udiya),
  • Royal Saudi Air Defense Forces,
  • Royal Saudi Strategic Rocket Forces,
  • Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG)

Syria

Syrian Armed Forces:
  • Syrian Arab Army,
  • Syrian Arab Navy,
  • Syrian Arab Air and Air Defense Forces (includes Air Defense Command) (2008)

Turkey now Turkiye

Turkish Armed Forces (TSK):
  • Turkish Land Forces (Turk Kara Kuvvetleri),
  • Turkish Naval Forces (Turk Deniz Kuvvetleri; includes naval air and naval infantry),
  • Turkish Air Force (Turk Hava Kuvvetleri) (2010)

United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates Armed Forces:
  • Army,
  • Navy (includes Marines),
  • Air Force and Air Defense,
  • Border and Coast Guard Directorate (BCGD) (2009)

Yemen

  • Army,
  • Navy (includes Marines),
  • Yemen Air Force (Al Quwwat al Jawwiya al Jamahiriya al Yemeniya; includes Air Defense Force),
  • Republican Guard Forces (2011)

North America

4 entries

Bermuda

  • Bermuda Regiment (2009)

Canada

Canadian Forces:
  • Canadian Army,
  • Royal Canadian Navy,
  • Royal Canadian Air Force,
  • Canada Command (homeland security) (2011)

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), Mexican Marine Corps (Cuerpo de Infanteria de Marina, Mexmar or CIM)) (2011)

United States

United States Armed Forces:
  • US Army, US Navy (includes Marine Corps), US Air Force, US Coast Guard;
  • note - Coast Guard administered in peacetime by the Department of Homeland Security, but in wartime reports to the Department of the Navy (2011)

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 (2009)

Fiji

Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF):
Land Forces, Naval Forces (2011)

French Polynesia

  • no regular military forces (2011)

Kiribati

no regular military forces (establishment prevented by the constitution); Police Force (2011)

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 (2009)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

no regular military forces

Nauru

  • no regular military forces; Nauru Police Force (2009)

New Caledonia

  • no regular military forces; French military, police, and gendarmerie (2009)

New Zealand

New Zealand Defense Force (NZDF):
  • New Zealand Army,
  • Royal New Zealand Navy,
  • Royal New Zealand Air Force (Te Hokowhitu o Kahurangi, RNZAF) (2010)

Niue

no regular indigenous military forces; Police Force

Palau

  • no regular military forces; Palau National Police (2009)

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea Defense Force (PNGDF; includes Maritime Operations Element, Air Operations Element) (2009)

Samoa

  • no regular military forces; Samoa Police Force (2008)

Solomon Islands

  • no regular military forces; Solomon Islands Police Force (2011)

Tonga

Tonga Defense Services (TDS):
Land Force (Royal Guard), Maritime Force (includes Royal Marines, Air Wing) (2010)

Tuvalu

  • no regular military forces; Tuvalu Police Force (2009)

Vanuatu

no regular military forces; Vanuatu Police Force (VPF), Vanuatu Mobile Force (VMF; includes Police Maritime Wing (PMW)) (2009)

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) (2011)

Bolivia

Bolivian Armed Forces:
  • Bolivian Army (Ejercito Boliviano, EB),
  • Bolivian Navy (Fuerza Naval Boliviana, FNB; includes marines),
  • Bolivian Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Boliviana, FAB) (2011)

Brazil

  • Brazilian Army (Exercito Brasileiro, EB),
  • Brazilian Navy (Marinha do Brasil (MB), includes Naval Air and Marine Corps (Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais)),
  • Brazilian Air Force (Forca Aerea Brasileira, FAB) (2011)

Chile

  • Army of the Nation,
  • Chilean Navy (Armada de Chile, includes Naval Aviation, Marine Corps, and Maritime Territory and Merchant Marine Directorate (Directemar)),
  • Chilean Air Force (Fuerza Aerea de Chile, FACh),
  • Carabineros Corps (Cuerpo de Carabineros) (2011)

Colombia

  • National Army (Ejercito Nacional),
  • Republic of Colombia Navy (Armada Republica de Colombia, ARC, includes Naval Aviation, Naval Infantry (Infanteria de Marina, IM), and Coast Guard),
  • Colombian Air Force (Fuerza Aerea de Colombia, FAC) (2011)

Ecuador

Ecuadorian Armed Forces:
  • Ecuadorian Land Force (Fuerza Terrestre Ecuatoriana, FTE),
  • Ecuadorian Navy (Fuerza Naval del Ecuador (FNE), includes Naval Infantry, Naval Aviation, Coast Guard),
  • Ecuadorian Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Ecuatoriana, FAE) (2011)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

no regular military forces

Guyana

Guyana Defense Force:
Army (includes Coast Guard, Air Corps) (2009)

Paraguay

Armed Forces Command (Commando de las Fuerzas Militares): Army, National Navy (Armada Nacional, includes Marine Corps, Naval Aviation), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Paraguay, FAP), Logistics Command, War Materiel Directorate (2011)

Peru

  • Army (Ejercito Peruano),
  • Navy (Marina de Guerra del Peru, MGP (includes naval air, naval infantry, and Coast Guard)),
  • Air Force of Peru (Fuerza Aerea del Peru, FAP) (2011)

Suriname

  • National Army (Nationaal Leger, NL; includes Marine Section and Air Wing) (2010)

Uruguay

Uruguayan Armed Forces:
  • Uruguayan National Army (Ejercito Nacional Uruguaya, ENU),
  • Uruguayan National Navy (Armada Nacional del Uruguay; includes naval air arm, Naval Rifle Corps (Cuerpo de Fusileros Navales, Fusna), Maritime Prefecture in wartime),
  • Uruguayan Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Uruguaya, FAU) (2010)

Venezuela

Bolivarian National Armed Forces (Fuerza Armada Nacional Bolivariana, FANB): Bolivarian National Army (Ejercito Nacional Bolivariano, ENB), Bolivarian Navy (Armada Bolivariana, AB; includes Naval Infantry, Coast Guard, Naval Aviation), Bolivarian Military Aviation (Aviacion Militar Bolivariana, AMB), Bolivarian National Guard (Guardia Nacional Bolivaria, GNB), Bolivarian Militia (Milicia Bolivariana, MB) (2011)

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

Royal Brunei Armed Forces:
  • Royal Brunei Land Forces,
  • Royal Brunei Navy,
  • Royal Brunei Air Force (Tentera Udara Diraja Brunei) (2011)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw):
  • Army (Tatmadaw Kyi),
  • Navy (Tatmadaw Yay),
  • Air Force (Tatmadaw Lay) (2011)

Cambodia

Royal Cambodian Armed Forces:
  • Royal Cambodian Army,
  • Royal Khmer Navy,
  • Royal Cambodian Air Force (2011)

Hong Kong

  • no regular indigenous military forces;
  • Hong Kong garrison of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) includes elements of the PLA Ground Forces, PLA Navy, and PLA 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 (2009)

Indonesia

Indonesian Armed Forces (Tentara Nasional Indonesia, TNI): Army (TNI-Angkatan Darat (TNI-AD)), Navy (TNI-Angkatan Laut (TNI-AL); includes marines (Korps Marinir, KorMar), naval air arm), Air Force (TNI-Angkatan Udara (TNI-AU)), National Air Defense Command (Kommando Pertahanan Udara Nasional (Kohanudnas)) (2011)

Laos

Lao People's Armed Forces (LPAF):
Lao People's Army (LPA; includes Riverine Force), Air Force (2011)

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) (2010)

Philippines

Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP):
  • Army,
  • Navy (includes Marine Corps and Coast Guard),
  • Air Force (2011)

Singapore

Singapore Armed Forces:
  • Army,
  • Navy,
  • Air Force (includes Air Defense) (2010)

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 (Kongthap Bok Thai, RTA),
  • Royal Thai Navy (Kongthap Ruea Thai, RTN, includes Royal Thai Marine Corps),
  • Royal Thai Air Force (Kongthap Agard Thai, RTAF) (2010)

Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste Defense Force (Forcas de Defesa de Timor-L'este, Falintil (F-FDTL)): Army, Navy (Armada) (2010)

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 (Khong Quan Nhan Dan), Border Defense Command),
  • People's Public Security Forces,
  • Militia Force,
  • Self-Defense Forces (2010)

Cite this page

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2011, “Military and security forces”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/military-and-security-forces/2011.

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