Military and security forces In 36 editions of 36.

Algerian People's National Army (ANP):

• Land Forces, Naval Forces (includes coast guard), Air Forces, Territorial Air Defense Forces, National Gendarmerie, Republican Guard;
• Ministry of Interior: General Directorate of National Security (2019)

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) (2012)

Benin Armed Forces (Forces Armees Beninoises, FAB):

Army, Navy, Air Force; Ministry of Public Security: Republican Police (2019)

Botswana Defence Force (BDF):

• Ground Forces Command,
• Air Arm Command,
• Defense Logistics Command (2019)

Armed Forces of Burkina Faso (FABF):

• Army,
• Central Army Group (joint logistics command),
• Air Force of Burkina Faso (Force Aerienne de Burkina Faso, FABF),
• National Gendarmerie,
• National Fire Brigade (Brigade Nationale des Sapeurs-Pompiers, BNSP) (2019)

National Defense Forces (Forces de Defense Nationale, FDN): Army (includes maritime wing, air wing), National Police (Police Nationale du Burundi) (2019)

Armed Forces:

Army (also called the National Guard, GN), Cabo Verde Coast Guard (Guardia Costeira de Cabo Verde, GCCV, includes naval infantry) (2013)

Cameroon Armed Forces (Forces Armees Camerounaises, FAC): Army (L'Armee de Terre), Navy (Marine Nationale Republique, MNR, includes naval infantry), Air Force (Armee de l'Air du Cameroun, AAC), Gendarmerie, Presidential Guard (2019)

Central African Armed Forces (Forces Armees Centrafricaines, FACA): Ground Forces (includes Military Air Service), General Directorate of Gendarmerie Inspection (DGIG), National Police (2019)

• Chadian National Army (Armee Nationale du Tchad, ANT): Ground Forces (l'Armee de Terre, AdT), Chadian Air Force (l'Armee de l'Air Tchadienne, AAT), National Gendarmerie, National Nomadic Guard of Chad (GNNT);
• General Direction of the Security Services of State Institutions (Direction Generale des Services de Securite des Institutions de l'Etat, GDSSIE) (2019)

note: the GDSSIE, formerly known as the Republican Guard, is the presidential guard force and considered an elite military unit

National Army for Development (l'Armee Nationale de Developpement, AND): Comoran Security Force (also called Comoran Defense Force (Force Comorienne de Defense, FCD), includes Gendarmerie), Comoran Coast Guard, Comoran Federal Police (2017)

• Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Forces d'Armees de la Republique Democratique du Congo, FARDC): Land Forces, National Navy (La Marine Nationale), Congolese Air Force (Force Aerienne Congolaise, FAC);
• Republican Guard (responsible for presidential security) (2019)

• Congolese Armed Forces (Forces Armees Congolaises, FAC): Army (Armee de Terre), Navy, Congolese Air Force (Armee de l'Air Congolaise);
• Gendarmerie;
• Presidential Guard (2019)

Armed Forces of Cote d'Ivoire (Forces Armees de Cote d'Ivoire, FACI): Army (Armee de Terre), Navy (Marine Nationale), Cote Air Force (Force Aerienne Cote), Special Forces (Forces Speciale) (2019)

Djibouti Armed Forces (FAD):

Djibouti National Army (includes Navy, Djiboutian Air Force, National Gendarmerie); Djibouti Coast Guard (2019)

Egyptian Armed Forces (EAF):

• Army (includes surface-to-surface missile forces, special forces, Republican Guard), Navy (includes coastal defense, Coast Guard), Air Force, Air Defense Command;
• Ministry of Interior: Central Security Forces (2019)

Equatorial Guinea Armed Forces (FAGE):

Equatorial Guinea National Guard (Guardia Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial, GNGE (Army), Navy, Air Force (2019)

Eritrean Defense Forces:

• Eritrean Ground Forces,
• Eritrean Navy,
• Eritrean Air Force (includes Air Defense Force) (2019)

Umbutfo Eswatini Defense Force (UEDF):

Ground Force (includes Air Wing (no operational aircraft)) (2019)

Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF):

• Ground Forces, Ethiopian Air Force (Ye Ityopya Ayer Hayl, ETAF);
• note - as of December 2018, a committee was tasked to reestablish a naval force and a special operations command (2019)

Gabonese Defense Forces (Forces de Defense Gabonaise): Land Force (Force Terrestre), Gabonese Navy (Marine Gabonaise), Gabonese Air Forces (Forces Aerienne Gabonaises, FAG) (2012)

Office of the Chief of Defense Staff:

• Gambian National Army (GNA),
• Gambian Navy (GN),
• Republican National Guard (RNG) (2018)

Ghana Armed Forces:

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force (2019)

National Armed Forces:

• Army,
• Guinean Navy (Armee de Mer or Marine Guineenne, includes Marines),
• Guinean Air Force (Force Aerienne de Guinee),
• Republican Guard,
• Gendarmerie,
• People's Militia (Reserves) (2019)

People's Revolutionary Armed Force (FARP):

• Army,
• Navy,
• National Air Force (Forca Aerea Nacional);
• Guard Nacional (2019)

Kenya Defence Forces:

• Kenya Army,
• Kenya Navy,
• Kenya Air Force (2019)

Lesotho Defense Force (LDF):

Army (includes Air Wing) (2012)

Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL):

• Army,
• Liberia Air Wing,
• Liberian Coast Guard (2019)

• note - in transition;
• Government of National Accord (GNA) has various ground, air, naval, and coast guard forces under its command;
• the ground forces are comprised of a mix of semi-regular military units, tribal militias, and civilian volunteers (2019)

People's Armed Forces:

• Intervention Force,
• Development Force,
• Navy,
• Air Force (2018)

Malawi Defense Force (MDF):

Army (includes Air Wing, Marine Unit); note - a 2017 amendment to Malawi’s Defense Force Act established a separate Army, Air Force, and Maritime Force within the MDF, but these services have yet to develop independent budgets, chains of command, and training institutions (2019)

Malian Armed Forces (FAMa):

• Army (Armee de Terre),
• Republic of Mali Air Force (Force Aerienne de la Republique du Mali, FARM),
• National Guard (Garde National du Mali),
• Gendarmerie (2019)

Note: Mali planned to establish a border guard force in 2019

Mauritanian Armed Forces:

• Army, Mauritanian Navy (Marine Mauritanienne), Islamic Republic of Mauritania Air Group (Groupement Aerienne Islamique de Mauritanie, GAIM);
• Ministry of Interior: Gendarmerie, National Guard (2019)

no regular military forces; Mauritius Police Force includes a Special Mobile Force (a paramilitary force formed as a mobile infantry battalion) and the National Coast Guard (2019)

Royal Armed Forces:

• Royal Moroccan Army, Royal Moroccan Navy (includes Coast Guard, marines), Royal Moroccan Air Force, Royal Morroccan Gendarmerie, Morroccan Royal Guard (provides security for the royal family; officially part of the Royal Army);
• Force Auxiliaire (a paramilitary force under the Ministry of Interior that supplements the military and the police as needed) (2019)

Armed Defense Forces of Mozambique (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) (2019)

Namibian Defense Force (NDF):

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force (2019)

• Nigerien Armed Forces (Forces Armees Nigeriennes, FAN): Army, Nigerien Air Force (Force Aerienne du Niger), Niger Gendarmerie (GN);
• Ministry of Interior: Niger National Guard (GNN) (2019)

Nigerian Armed Forces:

• Army, Navy (includes Coast Guard), Air Force;
• Ministry of Interior: Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC, a paramilitary agency commissioned to assist the military in the management of threats to internal security, including attacks and natural disasters) (2019)

Rwanda Defense Force (RDF):

• Rwanda Army (Rwanda Land Force),
• Rwanda Air Force (Force Aerienne Rwandaise, FAR),
• Rwanda Reserve Force (2019)

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; also called "Navy"), Presidential Guard, National Guard (2015)

Senegalese Armed Forces:

• Army,
• Senegalese National Navy (Marine Senegalaise, MNS),
• Senegalese Air Force (Armee de l'Air du Senegal),
• National Gendarmerie (includes Territorial and Mobile components) (2019)

Seychelles People’s Defence Forces (SPDF): Army (includes infantry, Special Forces (Tazar), and Presidential Security Unit), Coast Guard, and Air Force (2019)

Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF):

Army (includes Maritime Wing and Air Wing) (2019)

Somali National Security Forces:

• Somali National Army (SNA),
• Somali National Police (SNP, includes a maritime unit),
• National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) (2019)

South African National Defence Force (SANDF):

• South African Army (includes Reserve Force),
• South African Navy (SAN),
• South African Air Force (SAAF),
• South African Military Health Services (2019)

South Sudan People’s Defence Force (SSPDF): Ground Force, Air Force, Air Defense Forces, Presidential Guard (2019)

Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF):

• Ground Force, Navy, Sudanese Air Force;
• Rapid Support Forces (paramilitary);
• Popular Defense Forces (paramilitary) (2019)

Tanzania People's Defense Forces (TPDF or Jeshi la Wananchi la Tanzania, JWTZ): Land Forces Command, Naval Forces Command, Air Force Command, National Building Army (Jeshi la Kujenga Taifa, JKT), People's Militia (Reserves) (2019)

note: the National Building Army is a paramilitary organization under the Defense Forces that provides six months of military and vocational training to individuals as part of their two years of public service; after completion of training, some graduates join the regular Defense Forces while the remainder become part of the People's Militia

Togolese Armed Forces (Forces Armees Togolaise, FAT): Togolese Army (l'Armee de Terre), Togolese Navy (Forces Naval Togolaises), Togolese Air Force (Armee de l’Air), National Gendarmerie (2018)

• Tunisian Armed Forces (Forces Armees Tunisiens, FAT): Tunisian Army (includes Tunisian Air Defense Force), Tunisian Navy, Republic of Tunisia Air Force;
• Ministry of Interior: Tunisian National Guard (2019)

Uganda People's Defense Force (UPDF):

• Land Forces,
• Air Forces,
• Marine Forces,
• Special Operations Command,
• Reserve Force (2019)

Zambia Defense Force (ZDF):

• Zambia Army,
• Zambia Air Force,
• Zambia National Service (support organization);
• the Zambia Police includes a paramilitary battalion (2019)

Zimbabwe Defense Forces (ZDF):

Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA), Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) (2019)

• no regular military forces or conscription. (2019)

• no regular military forces;
• Icelandic Coast Guard;
• Icelandic National Police (2019)

no regular military forces; military installations prohibited by treaty

Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) comprised of military, police, and other security elements: Afghan National Army ((ANA), Afghan Air Force, Afghan Special Security Forces, Afghanistan National Army Territorial Forces (ANA-TF)), Afghan National Police (Ministry of Interior), Afghan Local Police (Ministry of Interior), and the National Directorate of Security (2019)

Armenian Armed Forces:

Ground Forces (Armenian Army), Air Force, Air Defense; "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic": Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army (2019)

• Land Forces,
• Air Forces,
• Navy Forces (2019)

Bangladesh Defense Force:

• Bangladesh Army,
• Bangladesh Navy,
• Bangladesh Air Force (2019)

Royal Bhutan Army (includes Royal Bodyguard and Royal Bhutan Police, plus militia) (2018)

• no regular military forces (2014)

People's Liberation Army (PLA):

• Ground Forces, Navy (PLAN, includes marines and naval aviation), Air Force (PLAAF, includes airborne forces), Rocket Force (strategic missile force), and Strategic Support Force (space and cyber forces);
• People's Armed Police (PAP, includes Coast Guard, Border Defense Force, Internal Security Forces);
• PLA Reserve Force (2019)

Georgian Defense Forces:

• Land Forces (include Air and Air Defense Forces);
• separatist Abkhazia Armed Forces: Ground Forces, Air Forces;
• separatist South Ossetia Armed Forces (2019)

note: Georgian naval forces have been incorporated into the Coast Guard, which is part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs rather than the Ministry of Defense

Indian Armed Forces:

• Army, Navy (includes marines), Air Force, Coast Guard;
• Defense Security Corps (paramilitary forces);
• Ministry of Home Affairs paramilitary forces: Central Armed Police Force (includes Assam Rifles, Border Security Force, Central Industrial Security Force, Central Reserve Police Force, Indo-Tibetan Border Police, National Security Guards, Sashastra Seema Bal) (2019)

Japanese Ministry of Defense (MOD):

• Ground Self-Defense Force (Rikujou Jieitai, GSDF; includes aviation), Maritime Self-Defense Force (Kaijou Jieitai, MSDF; includes naval aviation), Air Self-Defense Force (Koukuu Jieitai, ASDF);
• Japan Coast Guard (Ministry of Land, Transport, Infrastructure and Tourism) (2019)

Armed Forces of Kazakhstan :

• Land Forces,
• Navy,
• Air Defense Force (2019)

Korean People's Army (KPA):

• KPA Ground Forces, KPA Navy, KPA Air Force (includes air defense), KPA Strategic Force (missile forces);
• Guard Command (protects the Kim family, other senior North Korean leadership figures, and government facilities in Pyongyang);
• Ministry of Public Security: Border Guards, civil security forces (2019)

• Republic of Korea Army (ROKA), Navy (ROKN, includes Marine Corps, ROKMC), Air Force (ROKAF);
• Military reserves include Mobilization Reserve Forces (First Combat Forces) and Homeland Defense Forces (Regional Combat Forces);

• Korea Coast Guard (Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries) (2019)

Kyrgyz Armed Forces:

Land Forces, Air Defense Forces, National Guard, and State Border Service (2019)

Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF):

• Marine Corps,
• Special Protection Group,
• Coast Guard (2018)

Mongolian Armed Forces (Mongol ulsyn zevsegt huchin): Mongolian Army, Mongolian Air Force (2019)

Nepal Army (includes Air Wing); Nepal Armed Police Force (under the Ministry of Home Affairs; paramilitary force responsible for border and internal security, including counter-insurgency, and assisting the Army in the event of an external invasion) (2019)

• Pakistan Army (includes National Guard), Pakistan Navy (includes marines, Maritime Security Agency), Pakistan Air Force (Pakistan Fizaia);
• Ministry of Interior paramilitary forces: Frontier Corps, Pakistan Rangers (2019)

Armed Forces of the Russian Federation:

• Ground Troops (Sukhoputnyye Voyskia, SV), Navy (Voyenno-Morskoy Flot, VMF), Aerospace Forces (Vozdushno-Kosmicheskiye Sily, VKS);
• Airborne Troops (Vozdushno-Desantnyye Voyska, VDV) and Missile Troops of Strategic Purpose (Raketnyye Voyska Strategicheskogo Naznacheniya, RVSN) referred to commonly as Strategic Rocket Forces, are independent "combat arms," not subordinate to any of the three branches

• Federal National Guard Troops Service of the Russian Federation (National Guard, Russian Guard, or Rosgvardiya): created in 2016 as an independent agency for internal/regime security, combating terrorism and narcotics trafficking, protecting important state facilities and government personnel, and supporting border security;
• forces include Interior Troops that formerly belong to the Interior Ministry, special police units, rapid response units, and other air, ground, maritime, and police forces

Federal Security Service (FSB) Border Guard Service:

Coast Guard (2019)

• Sri Lanka Army,
• Sri Lanka Navy (includes Marine Corps),
• Sri Lanka Air Force,
• Sri Lanka Coast Guard (2019)

Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan:

• Land Forces, Mobile Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces;
• National Guard;
• Internal Troops (Ministry of Internal Affairs/reserves for Armed Forces in wartime);
• Border Guard Forces (State Committee on National Security) (2019)

Armed Forces of Turkmenistan:

• National Army,
• Navy,
• Air and Air Defense Forces (2019)

Armed Forces of Uzbekistan:

• Army, Air and Air Defense Forces;
• National Guard;
• Ministry of Internal Affairs: Internal Security Troops (2019)

Ministry of National Security, Royal Antigua and Barbuda Defense Force (includes Antigua and Barbuda Coast Guard) (2012)

• no regular military forces (2011)

Royal Bahamas Defense Force:

Patrol Squadron, Commando Squadron, and Air Wing (2019)

Royal Barbados Defense Force:

The Barbados Regiment, The Barbados Coast Guard (2019)

Belize Defense Force (BDF):

Army, Air Wing; Belize Coast Guard (2019)

• no regular military forces; Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (2019)

no regular military forces; Ministry of Public Security commands the Public Forces of Costa Rica, which includes the Public Force (National Police), Anti-Drug Police, and National Coast Guard Service. (2019)

• Revolutionary Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias, FAR): Revolutionary Army (Ejercito Revolucionario, ER, includes and Production and Defense Brigades), Revolutionary Navy (Marina de Guerra Revolucionaria, MGR, includes Marine Corps), Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Forces (Defensas Anti-Aereas y Fuerza Aerea Revolucionaria, DAAFAR);
• Paramilitary forces: Youth Labor Army (Ejercito Juvenil del Trabajo, EJT), Territorial Militia Troops (Milicia de Tropas de Territoriales, MTT), Civil Defense Force.

Ministry of Interior:

Border Guards, State Security (2019)

no regular military forces; the Dutch Government controls foreign and defense policy. The Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard (DCCG) provides maritime security. (2019)

no regular military forces; Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force (includes Coast Guard). (2019)

Armed Forces of the Dominican Republic:

• Army (Ejercito Nacional, EN),
• Navy (Marina de Guerra, MdG, includes naval infantry),
• Dominican Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Dominicana, FAD) (2017)

Armed Force of El Salvador (Fuerza Armada de El Salvador, FAES): Army of El Salvador (Ejercito de El Salvador, ES), Navy of El Salvador (Fuerza Naval de El Salvador, FNES), Salvadoran Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Salvadorena, FAS) (2019)

no regular military forces; Royal Grenada Police Force (includes Coast Guard) (2019)

Army of Guatamala (Ejercito de Guatamala):

Land Forces (Fuerzas de Tierra), Naval Forces (Fuerza de Mar), and Air Force (Fuerza de Aire). (2019)

• the Haitian Armed Forces (FAdH), disbanded in 1995, began to be reconstituted in 2017 to assist with natural disaster relief, border security, and combating transnational crime;
• the small Coast Guard is not part of the military, but rather the Haitian National Police. (2019)

Honduran Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas de Honduras, FFAA): Army, Honduran Naval Force (FNH; includes marines), Honduran Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Hondurena, FAH), Honduran Public Order Military Police (PMOP) (2019)

Jamaica Defense Force (JDF):

• Ground Forces,
• Coast Guard,
• Air Wing (2019)

• no regular military forces;
• Royal Montserrat Defence Force (ceremonial, civil defense duties),
• Montserrat Police Force (2019)

• Army of Nicaragua (Ejercito de Nicaragua, EN; includes Navy, Air Force) (2019)

• no regular military forces;
• Panamanian Public Security Forces (subordinate to the Ministry of Public Security),
• comprising the National Police (PNP),
• National Air-Naval Service (SENAN),
• National Border Service (SENAFRONT) (2019)

• no regular indigenous military forces;
• National Guard,
• State Guard,
• Police Force

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Security, Labour, Immigration, and Social Security: Royal Saint Kitts and Nevis Defense Force (includes Coast Guard), Royal Saint Kitts and Nevis Police Force (2013)

no regular military forces; Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (includes Special Service Unit, Marine Unit) (2018)

no regular military forces; the Special Services Unit (SSU) is the paramilitary arm of the Royal Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVPF) (2019)

no regular military forces; Police Department for local law enforcement, supported by the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee (Gendarmerie), the Dutch Caribbean Police Force (Korps Politie Caribisch Nederland or KPCN), and the Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard ( Kustwacht Caribisch Gebied or KWCARIB0)) (2019)

Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force (TTDF):

• Trinidad and Tobago Regiment (Land Forces),
• Coast Guard,
• Air Guard,
• Defense Force Reserves (2019)

• Land Forces Command,
• Navy Force Command,
• Air Forces Command (2013)

no regular military forces; Police Corps of Andorra

• Land Forces Command,
• Air Forces Command,
• plus a Logistics Command and Service Support & Cyber Defence

• Command. (2019)

Belarus Armed Forces:

• Army,
• Air and Air Defense Force,
• Special Operations Force (2019)

Belgian Armed Forces:

• Land Component,
• Naval Component,
• Air Component (2019)

Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Oruzanih Snaga Bosne i Hercegovine, OSBiH): Operations Command (includes Army, Air, and Air Defense units), Support Command (2019)

Bulgarian Armed Forces:

• Land Forces (aka Army),
• Naval Forces,
• Bulgarian Air Forces (Voennovazdushni Sili, VVS) (2019)

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 (Hrvatsko Ratno Zrakoplovstvo I Protuzracna Obrana), Joint Education and Training Command, Logistics Command; Military Police Force supports each of the three Croatian military forces (2017)

Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces:

Czech Land Forces and Czech Air Force (2019)

• Danish Army,
• Royal Danish Navy,
• Royal Danish Air Force,
• Danish Home Guard (Reserves) (2019)

Estonian Defense Forces:

• Land Forces,
• Navy,
• Air Force,
• Estonian Defence League (Reserves) (2019)

• no regular military forces or conscription;
• the Government of Denmark has responsibility for defense;
• as such, the Danish military’s Joint Arctic Command in Nuuk, Greenland is responsible for territorial defense of the Faroe Islands;
• the Joint Arctic Command has a contact element in the capital of Torshavn (2019)

Finnish Defense Forces (FDF):

• Army (Puolustusvoimat),
• Navy (Merivoimat),
• Air Force (Ilmavoimat) (2019)

• Army (Armee de Terre; includes Foreign Legion),
• Navy (Marine Nationale),
• Air Force (Armee de l'Air (AdlA); includes Air Defense),
• National Guard (Reserves),
• National Gendarmerie (paramilitary police force that is a branch of the Armed Forces but under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of the Interior; also has additional duties to the Ministry of Defense) (2019)

Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr):

• Army (Heer),
• Navy (Deutsche Marine, includes naval air arm),
• Air Force (Luftwaffe),
• includes air defense),
• Joint Support Service (Streitkraeftebasis,
• SKB),
• Central Medical Service (Zentraler Sanitaetsdienst,
• ZSanDstBw),
• Cyber and Information Space Command (Kommando Cyber- und Informationsraum,
• Kdo CIR) (2019)

• Royal Gibraltar Regiment (2019)

Hellenic Armed Forces:

• Hellenic Army (Ellinikos Stratos, ES; includes National Guard reserves),
• Hellenic Navy (Elliniko Polemiko Navtiko, EPN),
• Hellenic Air Force (Elliniki Polemiki Aeroporia, EPA; includes air defense). (2019)

• Pontifical Swiss Guard Corps (Corpo della Guardia Svizzera Pontificia);
• The Gendarmerie Corps of Vatican City is a police force that helps augment the Pontifical Swiss Guard during the Pope’s appearances, as well as providing general security, traffic direction, and investigative duties for the Vatican City State (2019)

Hungarian Defense Forces:

Ground Forces and Hungarian Air Force. (2019)

Note: The Hungarian Defense Forces are organized into a joint force structure with ground, air, and logistic components.

Irish Defence Forces (Oglaigh na h-Eireannn):

• Army (includes Army Reserve),
• Naval Service (includes Naval Service Reserves),
• Air Corps (2019)

Italian Armed Forces:

• Army (Esercito Italiano, EI),
• Navy (Marina Militare Italiana, MMI; includes aviation, marines),
• Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare Italiana, AMI),
• Carabinieri Corps (Arma dei Carabinieri, CC). (2019)

The Financial Guard (Guardia di Finanza) under the Ministry of Economy and Finance is a force with military status and nationwide remit for financial crime investigations, including narcotics trafficking, smuggling, and illegal immigration.

in December 2018, Kosovo adopted a legislative package to initiate a ten-year transition of the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) into a professional multi-ethnic force with a limited territorial defense mandate (2019)

National Armed Forces (Nacionalie Brunotie Speki):

• Land Forces (Latvijas Sauszemes Speki),
• Naval Force (Latvijas Juras Speki, includes Coast Guard (Latvijas Kara Flote)),
• Air Force (Latvijas Gaisa Speki),
• National Guard (2019)

no regular military forces; National Police maintain close relations with neighboring forces (2019)

• Lithuanian Armed Forces (Lietuvos Ginkluotosios Pajegos): Land Forces (Sausumos Pajegos), Naval Forces (Karines Juru Pajegos), Air Forces (Karines Oro Pajegos), Special Operations Forces (Specialiuju Operaciju Pajegos);
• National Defense Volunteer Forces (Savanoriu Pajegos) (2019)

• Luxembourg Army (l'Armée Luxembourgeoise) (2019)

Armed Forces of Malta (AFM, includes land, maritime, and air elements, plus a Volunteer Reserve Force) (2019)

National Army:

• Land Forces Command, Air Forces Command (includes air defense unit);
• Carabinieri Troops (a component of the Ministry of Internal Affairs that also has official status as a service of the Armed Forces during wartime) (2017)

no regular military forces; Ministry of Interior: Compagnie des Carabiniers du Prince (Prince’s Company of Carabiniers (Palace Guard)), Corps des Sapeurs-pompiers de Monaco (Fire and Emergency), Police Department (2019)

Armed Forces of the Republic of Montenegro:

Army of Montenegro (includes Ground Troops (Kopnena Vojska), Montenegrin Navy (Mornarica Crne Gore, MCG)), Air Force (2019)

• Royal Netherlands Army,
• Royal Netherlands Navy (includes Naval Air Service and Marine Corps),
• Royal Netherlands Air Force (Koninklijke Luchtmacht, KLu),
• Royal Marechaussee (Military Police) (2019)

Army of the Republic of North Macedonia (ARSM; includes General Staff and subordinate Joint Operational Command, Logistic Support Command, Training and Doctrine Command, Special Ops Regiment, Electronic Surveillance Center, and Air Surveillance Center) (2019)

Note: The Joint Operations Command includes air, ground, support, and reserve forces.

Norwegian Armed Forces:

• Norwegian Army (Haeren),
• Royal Norwegian Navy (Kongelige Norske Sjoeforsvaret; includes Coastal Rangers and Coast Guard (Kystvakt)),
• Royal Norwegian Air Force (Kongelige Norske Luftforsvaret),
• Home Guard (Heimevernet, HV) (2019)

Polish Armed Forces:

• Land Forces (Wojska Ladowe),
• Navy (Marynarka Wojenna),
• Air Force (Sily Powietrzne),
• Special Forces (Wojska Specjalne),
• Territorial Defense Force (Wojska Obrony Terytorialnej) (2019)

note: Territorial Defense Force only began recruitment in winter 2016

Portuguese Armed Forces:

• Portuguese Army (Exercito Portuguesa), Portuguese Navy (Marinha Portuguesa; includes Marine Corps), Portuguese Air Force (Forca Aerea Portuguesa, FAP);
• Portuguese National Republican Guard (Guarda Nacional Republicana, GNR) (2019)

Note: the GNR is a national gendarmerie force comprised of military personnel with law enforcement, internal security, civil defense, disaster response, and coast guard duties; it is responsible to the Minister of Internal Administration and to the Minister of National Defense; in the event of war or crisis, it may be placed under the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces

Romanian Armed Forces:

• Land Forces,
• Naval Forces,
• Air Force (2019)

No regular military forces; Voluntary Military Corps (Corpi Militari), which includes a Uniformed Militia (performs ceremonial duties and limited police support functions) and Guard of the Great and General Council (defends the Captains Regent and the Great and General Council, participates in official ceremonies, cooperates with the maintenance of public order on special occasions, and performs guard duties during parliamentary sittings). The Police Corps includes the Gendarmerie, which is responsible for maintaining public order, protecting citizens and their property, and providing assistance during disasters. (2019)

Serbian Armed Forces (Vojska Srbije, VS):

Land Forces (includes Riverine Component, consisting of a river flotilla on the Danube), Air and Air Defense Forces (2019)

Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic (Ozbrojene Sily Slovenskej Republiky): Land Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces, and a Joint Training and Support Command. (2019)

Slovenian Armed Forces (Slovenska Vojska, SV):

Structured as a combined Force Command with air, land, logistical, maritime, support, and training components (2019)

Spanish Armed Forces:

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

• the Civil Guard (Guardia Civil) is a military force with police duties (including coast guard) under both the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Defence;
• it also responds to the needs of the Ministry of Finance (2019)

Swedish Armed Forces (Forsvarsmakten):

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force,
• Home Guard (2019)

Swiss Armed Forces:

Land Forces, Swiss Air Force (Schweizer Luftwaffe) (2019)

• Armed Forces of Ukraine (Zbroyni Syly Ukrayiny, ZSU): Ground Forces (Sukhoputni Viys’ka), Naval Forces (Viys’kovo-Mors’ki Syly, VMS), Air Forces (Povitryani Syly, PS), Air Assault Forces (Desantno-shturmovi Viyska, DShV);
• Ministry of Internal Affairs: National Guard of Ukraine, State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (includes Maritime Border Guard) (2019)

• British Army,
• Royal Navy (includes Royal Marines),
• Royal Air Force (2019)

Bahrain Defense Force (BDF):

Royal Bahraini Army, Royal Bahraini Navy, Royal Bahraini Air Force, Royal Bahraini Air Defense Force.

The BDF also includes the Royal Guard, a battalion-plus sized combined arms special forces unit.

The National Guard is charged with internal security and assisting the BDF in defending against external threats. (2016)

Republic of Cyprus:

• Cypriot National Guard (Ethniki Froura, EF, includes ground, naval, and air elements);
• "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus": Turkish Cypriot Security Force (GKK) (2019)

• HAMAS does not have a conventional military in the Gaza Strip but maintains security forces in addition to its military wing, the 'Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades;
• the military wing reports to the Hamas Political Bureau leadership;
• there are several other militant groups operating in Gaza, most notably the al-Quds Brigades of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, that are usually but not always beholden to Hamas’ authority (2019)

Islamic Republic of Iran Regular Forces (Artesh):

• Ground Forces, Navy (includes marines), Air Force, Air Defense Forces;
• Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (Sepah, IRGC): Ground Forces, Navy (includes marines), Aerospace Force (controls strategic missile force), Qods Force (special operations), Cyber Command, Basij Paramilitary Forces (Popular Mobilization Army);
• Law Enforcement Forces (border and security troops, assigned to the armed forces in wartime) (2019)