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, Republican Guard;
• National Gendarmerie (subordinate to the Ministry of National Defense);
• Ministry of Interior: General Directorate of National Security (2020)

• 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);
• Rapid Reaction Police (paramilitary) (2019)

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 (2020)

Armed Forces of Burkina Faso (FABF):

• Army of Burkina Faso (L’Armee de Terre, LAT),
• Air Force of Burkina Faso (Force Aerienne de Burkina Faso, FABF),
• National Gendarmerie,
• National Fire Brigade (Brigade Nationale des Sapeurs-Pompiers, BNSP) (2019)

note: the National Gendarmerie officially reports to the Ministry of Defense, but usually operates in support of the Ministry of Security and the Ministry of Justice; Gendarmerie troops are typically integrated with Army forces in anti-terrorism operations; for example, Gendarmerie, Army, and police forces were combined to form a task force known as the Groupement des Forces Anti-Terroristes (GFAT) to address terrorist activities along the country's northern border in 2013

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

Cabo Verdean Armed Forces (FACV):

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), General Direction of the Security Services of State Institutions (Direction Generale des Services de Securite des Institutions de l'Etat, GDSSIE);
• National Gendarmerie;
• National Nomadic Guard of Chad (GNNT) (2019)

note(s):

• the GDSSIE, formerly known as the Republican Guard, is the presidential guard force and considered an elite military unit;
• it is comprised of men from President DEBY's own Zaghawa ethnic group;
• the Chadian Army also includes the US-trained and equipped Special Anti-Terrorist Group (SATG)

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; aka Republican Forces of Ivory Coast, FRCI): Army (Armee de Terre), Navy (Marine Nationale), Cote Air Force (Force Aerienne Cote), Special Forces (Forces Speciale)

other security services include the National Gendarmerie (under the Ministry of Defense), the National Police (under the Ministry of Security and Civil Protection), and the Coordination Center for Operational Decisions (a mix of police, gendarmerie, and FACI personnel for assisting police in providing security in some large cities) (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, National Police (2019)

note: some tribal militias in the Sinai Peninsula cooperate with the Egyptian military against insurgent/terrorist groups such as the Islamic State

Equatorial Guinea Armed Forces (FAGE):

Equatorial Guinea National Guard (Guardia Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial, GNGE (Army), Navy, Air Force; Guardia Civil (paramilitary force for internal security) (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) (2020)

note(s):

• in January 2020 the Ethiopian Government announced it had re-established a navy, which was disbanded in 1996;
• in March 2019 Ethiopia signed a defense cooperation agreement with France which stipulated that France would support the establishment of an Ethiopian navy

in 2018, Ethiopia established a Republican Guard for protecting senior officials; the Republican Guard is a military unit accountable to the Prime Minister

Ethiopian law allows each regional government to have paramilitary units to provide security within their territory

Gabonese Defense Forces (Forces de Defense Gabonaise): Land Force (Force Terrestre), Gabonese Navy (Marine Gabonaise), Gabonese Air Forces (Forces Aerienne Gabonaises, FAG), Gabonese National Gendarmerie (2019)

Gambia Armed Forces:

• the Gambian National Army (GNA, includes an air wing);
• Gambia Navy;
• Republican National Guard (2020)

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),
• Presidential Security Battalion (Battailon Autonome de la Sécurité Presidentielle, BASP),
• Gendarmerie,
• People's Militia (Reserves) (2019)

People's Revolutionary Armed Force (FARP):

• Army,
• Navy,
• National Air Force (Forca Aerea Nacional);
• Guard Nacional (Ministry of Internal Administration) (2020)

Kenya Defence Forces:

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

note: the National Police Service includes a paramilitary General Service Unit

Lesotho Defense Force (LDF):

Army (includes Air Wing) (2019)

Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL):

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

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

forces under Khalifa HAFTER, known as the Libyan National Army (LNA), also include various ground, air, and naval units comprised of semi-regular military personnel, tribal militias, and foreign troops and mercenaries (2019)

People's Armed Forces:

• Army,
• Navy,
• Air Force;
• National Gendarmerie (operates under the Ministry of Defense) (2019)

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 Gendarmerie;
• National Guard (Garde National du Mali) (2019)

note(s):

the Gendarmerie and the National Guard are under the authority of the Ministry of Defense and Veterans Affairs (Ministere De La Defense Et Des Anciens Combattants, MDAC), but operational control is shared between the MDAC and the Ministry of Internal Security and Civil Protection

• the Gendarmerie's primary mission is internal security and public order;
• its duties also include territorial defense, humanitarian operations, intelligence gathering, and protecting private property, mainly in rural areas

• the National Guard is a military force responsible for providing security to government facilities and institutions, prison service, public order, humanitarian operations, some border security, and intelligence gathering;
• it has special units on camels (the Camel Corps) for patrolling the deserts and borders of northern Mali

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)

Ministry of Interior:

• National Police (PRM),
• the National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC),
• Rapid Intervention Unit (UIR; police special forces),
• Border Security Force (2019)

note: the FADM and Ministry of Interior forces are referred to collectively as the Defense and Security Forces (DFS)

Namibian Defense Force (NDF):

Army, Navy, Air Force; Namibian Police Force: Special Field Force (paramilitary unit responsible for protecting borders and government installations) (2019)

• Nigerien Armed Forces (Forces Armees Nigeriennes, FAN): Army, Nigerien Air Force, Niger Gendarmerie (GN);
• Ministry of Interior: Niger National Guard (GNN), National Police (includes the Directorate of Territorial Surveillance, which is charged with border management) (2020)

note: the Gendarmerie is subordinate to the Ministry of Defense and has primary responsibility for rural security; the National Guard is responsible for domestic security and the protection of high-level officials and government buildings

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) (2020)

Rwanda Defense Force (RDF):

• Rwanda Army (Rwanda Land Force),
• Rwanda Air Force (Force Aerienne Rwandaise, FAR),
• Rwanda Reserve Force (2020)

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 (2019)

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) (2020)

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 (RSF, paramilitary);
• Reserve Department (formerly the paramilitary Popular Defense Forces) (2020)

• the RSF is an autonomous paramilitary force formed in 2013 to fight armed rebel groups in Sudan, with Mohammed Hamdan DAGALLO (aka Hemeti) as its commander (he is also Deputy Chairman of the Sovereignty Council), from the remnants of the Janjaweed militia that participated in suppressing the Darfur rebellion;
• it was initially commanded by the National Intelligence and Security Service, then came under the direct command of former president Omar al-BASHIR, who boosted the RSF as his own personal security force;
• the RSF has been accused of committing rights abuses against civilians;
• it is also reportedly involved in business enterprises, such as gold mining;
• in late 2019, Sovereignty Council Chairman and SAF Commander-in-Chief General Abd-al-Fatah al-BURHAN said the RSF would be fully integrated into the SAF, but did not give a timeline

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 (2020)

• 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 (2020)

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) (2020)

• 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) are comprised of military, police, and other security elements:

Ministry of Defense:

• Afghan National Army ((ANA), Afghan Air Force, Afghan Army Special Security Forces (includes ANA Special Operations Command), Afghanistan National Army Territorial Forces (ANA-TF));
• Afghan Border Force (ABF);
• Afghan National Civil Order Force (ANCOF)

Ministry of Interior:

• Afghan Uniform (National) Police (AUP);
• Public Security Police (PSP);
• Afghan Border Police (ABP);
• Afghan Anti-Crime Police;
• Afghan Local Police;
• Afghan Public Protection Force;
• Special Security Forces

• National Directorate of Security ((NDS), intelligence service) (2020)

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; Ministry of Internal Affairs: State Border Service (includes Coast Guard), Internal Security Troops (2020)

Bangladesh Defense Force:

• Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Navy, Bangladesh Air Force;
• Ministry of Home Affairs: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), Bangladesh Coast Guard, Ansars, Village Defense Party (VDP) (2019)

note: the Ansars and VDP are paramilitary organizations for internal security

Royal Bhutan Army (includes Royal Bodyguard, plus militia); Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs: Royal Bhutan Police (2019)

note: Bhutan does not have an air force; India is responsible for military training, arms supplies, and the air defense of Bhutan

• 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 (information warfare, cyber, space forces);
• People's Armed Police (PAP, includes Coast Guard, Border Defense Force, Internal Security Forces);
• PLA Reserve Force (2020)

Georgian Defense Forces:

• Land Forces (includes Aviation and Air Defense Forces);
• Special Operations Forces;
• National Guard;
• Ministry of the Interior: Border Police, Coast Guard (includes Georgian naval forces, which were merged with the Coast Guard in 2009) (2020)

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)

Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF):

• 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 the Republic of Kazakhstan:

• Land Forces, Navy, Air and Air Defense Force;
• Ministry of Internal Affairs: National Guard, Border Service (includes Coast Guard), State Security Service (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)

Armed Forces of the Republic of Korea:

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

Kyrgyz Armed Forces:

• Land Forces, Air Defense Forces, National Guard;
• State Border Service;
• Internal Troops (2019)

the Republic of Maldives has no distinct army, navy, or air force but a single security unit called the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) comprised of ground forces, an air element, a coastguard, a presidential security division, and a special protection group (2020)

note: the MNDF is primarily tasked to reinforce the Maldives Police Service (MPS) and ensure security in the country's exclusive economic zone

• Mongolian Armed Forces (Mongol ulsyn zevsegt huchin): Mongolian Army (includes Border Troops), Mongolian Air Force, National Center for Emergency and Disaster Relief (coordinates the military's efforts as first-responders for earthquakes, wildfires, and forest fires; contagious diseases; and snow and dust storms as well as severe winters (known as zud ));
• paramilitary forces: Internal Security Troops (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)

note: the National Guard is a paramilitary force and one of the Army's reserve forces, along with the Pakistan Army Reserve, the Frontier Corps, and the Pakistan Rangers

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 Services Border Troops (includes land and maritime forces) (2019)

• Sri Lanka Army (includes National Guard and the Volunteer Force), Sri Lanka Navy (includes Marine Corps), Sri Lanka Air Force, Sri Lanka Coast Guard;
• Civil Security Department (Home Guard);
• Sri Lanka National Police: Special Task Force (counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency) (2019)

Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan:

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

Armed Forces of Turkmenistan:

• National Army,
• Navy,
• Air and Air Defense Forces;
• Federal Border Guard Service (2019)

Armed Forces of Uzbekistan:

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

Antigua and Barbuda Defense Force (ABDF):

Coast Guard and the Antigua and Barbuda Regiment (2020)

• no regular military forces (2011)

Royal Bahamas Defense Force:

Patrol Squadron, Commando Squadron, and Air Wing (2020)

Royal Barbados Defense Force:

The Barbados Regiment, The Barbados Coast Guard (2020)

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 (2020)

note: Costa Rica's armed forces were constitutionally abolished in 1949

• Revolutionary Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias, FAR): Revolutionary Army (Ejercito Revolucionario, ER), 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 (2020)

• 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) (2020)

note: in addition to the military, the Ministry of Armed Forces directs the Airport Security Authority and Civil Aviation, Port Security Authority, and Border Security Corps

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) (2020)

note: supporting the National Police (Ministry of Interior) in countering gang violence and drug trafficking is a primary mission for the FAES

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

Army of Guatemala (Ejercito de Guatemala):

• Land Forces (Fuerzas de Tierra), Naval Forces (Fuerza de Mar), and Air Force (Fuerza de Aire);
• Ministry of Interior: National Civil Police (Policia Nacional Civil; includes paramilitary units) (2020)

• 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;
• it established an Army command in 2018;
• the small Coast Guard is not part of the military, but rather the Haitian National Police (2020)

• 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);
• Ministry of Public Security and Defense: Public Security Forces (includes paramilitary units) (2020)

Jamaica Defense Force (JDF):

Jamaica Regiment (Ground Forces), Maritime-Air-Cyber Command (2020)

• 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) (2020)

• 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) (2020)

note: on 10 February 1990, the government of then President Guillermo ENDARA abolished Panama's military and reformed the security apparatus by creating the Panamanian Public Forces; in October 1994, Panama's National Assembly approved a constitutional amendment prohibiting the creation of a standing military force but allowing the temporary establishment of special police units to counter acts of "external aggression"

• 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 (includes Coast Guard),
• Air Forces Command,
• Support Command,
• Training and Doctrination Command (2019)

no regular military forces; Police Corps of Andorra

Austrian Armed Forces:

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; Ministry of Interior: State Border Troops, Militia, Internal Troops (2019)

Belgian Armed Forces:

• Land Component,
• Naval Component,
• Air Component,
• Medical Service (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), Special Forces; Ministry of Interior: Border Guards (2020)

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 (2019)

Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces:

• Land Forces;
• Air Forces;
• Cyber Forces;
• Special Forces Directorate (2020)

• Royal Danish Army,
• Royal Danish Navy,
• Royal Danish Air Force,
• Danish Home Guard (Reserves) (2020)

note: the Danish military also maintains a Joint Arctic Command

Estonian Defense Forces:

Land Forces, Navy, Air Force, Estonian Defence League (Reserves); Ministry of Interior: Border Guards (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 (Maavoimat), Navy (Merivoimat), Air Force (Ilmavoimat); Ministry of the Interior: Border Guard (Rajavartiolaitos) (2019)

note: the Border Guard becomes part of the FDF in wartime

• 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 and the Ministry of Justice) (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) (2020)

• 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)

note(s):

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

Kosovo Security Force (KSF):

• Land Force Command;
• National Guard Command;
• Logistic Command and Doctrine and Training Command (2020)

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);
• National Riflemen's Union (paramilitary force that acts as an additional reserve force) (2020)

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

Armed Forces of Malta (AFM, includes land, maritime, and air elements, plus a Volunteer Reserve Force) (2020)

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) (2020)

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 Netherlands Marechaussee (Military Constabulary) (2019)

note: the Netherlands Coast Guard and the Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard are civilian in nature, but managed by the Royal Netherlands Navy

Army of the Republic of North Macedonia (ARSM; includes a General Staff and subordinate Operations Command, Logistic Support Command, Training and Doctrine Command, and Center for Electronic Reconnaissance) (2020)

note: the Operations Command includes air, ground, special operations, 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) (2020)

Polish Armed Forces:

• Land Forces (Wojska Ladowe), Navy (Marynarka Wojenna), Air Force (Sily Powietrzne), Special Forces (Wojska Specjalne), Territorial Defense Force (Wojska Obrony Terytorialnej);
• Ministry of the Interior: Border Guard (includes coast guard duties) (2019)

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; Ministry of Internal Affairs: Romanian Gendarmerie (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, Serbian Guard;
• Ministry of Interior: Gendarmerie (2019)

note: the Guard is a brigade-sized unit that is directly subordinate to the Serbian Armed Forces Chief of General Staff

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);
• Civil Guard (Guardia Civil) (2019)

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

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) (2020)

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

Bahrain Defense Force (BDF):

• Royal Bahraini Army (includes the Royal Guard), Royal Bahraini Navy, Royal Bahraini Air Force, Royal Bahraini Air Defense Force;
• Ministry of Interior security forces: National Guard, Special Security Forces Command (SSFC), Coast Guard

• (2019)

note: the Royal Guard is officially under the command of the Army, but exercises considerable autonomy