Military branches (2003)

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Informations about Military branches in 2003 year

	Afghanistan	NA; note - the December 2001 Bonn Agreement called for all militia forces to come under the authority of the central government, but regional leaders have continued to retain their militias and the formation of a nation army will be a gradual process; Afghanistan's forces continue to be factionalized, largely along ethnic lines
	Albania	Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces, Interior Ministry Troops, Border Guards
	Algeria	People's National Army (ANP), Algerian National Navy (ANN), Air Force, Territorial Air Defense, National Gendarmerie
	Andorra	no regular military forces, but there is a police force
	Angola	Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces, National Police Force
	Antigua and Barbuda	Royal Antigua and Barbuda Defense Force, Royal Antigua and Barbuda Police Force (including the Coast Guard)
	Argentina	Argentine Army, Navy of the Argentine Republic (includes naval aviation and Marines), Coast Guard, Argentine Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Aeronautical Police Force
	Armenia	Army, Air and Air Defense Forces, Border Guards
	Aruba	no regular indigenous military forces; Royal Dutch Navy and Marines, Coast Guard
	Australia	Australian Army, Royal Australian Navy, Royal Australian Air Force
	Austria	Land Forces (KdoLdSK), Air Forces (KdoLuSK)
	Azerbaijan	Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces
	Bahamas, The	Royal Bahamas Defense Force (Coast Guard only), Royal Bahamas Police Force
	Bahrain	Bahrain Defense Forces (BDF) comprising Ground Force (includes Air Defense), Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, Police Force, Amiri Guards, National Guard
	Bangladesh	Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, paramilitary forces (includes Bangladesh Rifles, Bangladesh Ansars, Village Defense Parties, Armed Police Battalions, National Cadet Corps)
	Barbados	Royal Barbados Defense Force (including Ground Forces and Coast Guard), Royal Barbados Police Force
	Belarus	Army, Air Force (including air defense), Interior Ministry Troops, Border Guards
	Belgium	Army, Navy, Air Components, Federal Police
	Belize	Belize Defense Force (includes Army, Maritime Wing, Air Wing, and Volunteer Guard)
	Benin	Armed Forces (including Army, Navy, Air Force), National Gendarmerie
	Bermuda	no regular indigenous military forces; Bermuda Regiment, Bermuda Police Force, Bermuda Reserve Constabulary
	Bhutan	Royal Bhutan Army, Royal Bodyguard, National Militia, Royal Bhutan Police, Forest Guards
	Bolivia	Army (Ejercito Boliviano), Navy (Fuerza Naval, includes Marines), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Boliviana), National Police Force (Policia Nacional de Bolivia)
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	VF Army (the air and air defense forces are subordinate commands within the Army), VRS Army (the air and air defense forces are subordinate commands within the Army)
	Botswana	Botswana Defense Force (including Army and Air Wing), Botswana National Police
	Brazil	Brazilian Army, Brazilian Navy (includes naval air and marines), Brazilian Air Force, Federal Police (paramilitary)
	Brunei	Land Forces, Navy, Air Force, Royal Brunei Police
	Bulgaria	Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces (subordinate to Ministry of Defense), Internal Forces (subordinate to Ministry of Interior), Civil Defense Forces (subordinate to the president)
	Burkina Faso	Army, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Police, People's Militia
	Burma	Army, Navy, Air Force
	Burundi	Army (including naval and air units), Gendarmerie
	Cambodia	Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF): Army, Navy, Air Force
	Cameroon	Army, Navy (includes naval infantry), Air Force, National Gendarmerie, Presidential Guard
	Canada	Canadian Armed Forces (comprising Land Forces Command, Maritime Command, Air Command, Communications Command, Training Command)
	Cape Verde	Army, Coast Guard
	Cayman Islands	no regular indigenous military forces; Royal Cayman Islands Police Force (RCIPF)
	Central African Republic	Central African Armed Forces (FACA) (including Republican Guard, Ground Forces, Naval Forces, and Air Force), Presidential Security Guard, Gendarmerie, National Police
	Chad	Armed Forces (including National Army, Air Force, and Gendarmerie), Rapid Intervention Force, National and Nomadic Guard (GNNT), Presidential Security Guard, Police
	Chile	Army of the Nation, National Navy (including naval air, coast guard, and marines), Air Force of the Nation, Chilean Carabineros (National Police), Investigations Police
	China	People's Liberation Army (PLA): comprises ground forces, Navy (including naval infantry and naval aviation), Air Force, and II Artillery Corps (strategic missile force), People's Armed Police Force (internal security troops, nominally a state security body but included by the Chinese as part of the "armed forces" and considered to be an adjunct to the PLA), militia
	Colombia	Army (Ejercito Nacional), Navy (Armada Nacional, including Marines and Coast Guard), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Colombiana), National Police (Policia Nacional)
	Comoros	Comoran Security Force
	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	Army, Navy, Air Force, Special Security Battalion
	Congo, Republic of the	Army, Air Force, Navy, Gendarmerie, National Police
	Costa Rica	no regular indigenous military forces; Air Section, Ministry of Public Forces (Fuerza Publica)
	Cote d'Ivoire	Army, Navy, Air Force, paramilitary Gendarmerie, Republican Guard (includes Presidential Guard)
	Croatia	Ground Forces (Hrvatska Vojska, HV), Naval Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces
	Cuba	Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) including Revolutionary Army (ER), Revolutionary Navy (MGR), Air and Air Defense Force (DAAFAR), Territorial Militia Troops (MTT), and Youth Labor Army (EJT); note - the Border Guard Troops (TGF) are controlled by the Interior Ministry
	Cyprus	Greek Cypriot area: Greek Cypriot National Guard (GCNG; including air and naval elements), Greek Cypriot Police Turkish Cypriot area: Turkish Cypriot Security Force (GKK)
	Czech Republic	Army, Air and Air Defense Forces, Territorial Defense Force
	Denmark	Royal Danish Army, Royal Danish Navy, Royal Danish Air Force, Home Guard
	Djibouti	Djibouti National Army (including Navy and Air Force)
	Dominica	Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force (including Special Service Unit, Coast Guard)
	Dominican Republic	Army, Navy, Air Force, National Police
	East Timor	The East Timor Defense Force or FALINTIL-FDTL comprises a light-infantry Army and a small Naval component; note - plans are to develop a force of 1,500 active personnel and 1,500 reserve personnel over the next five years
	Ecuador	Army, Navy (including Marines), Air Force, National Police
	Egypt	Army, Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Command
	El Salvador	Army, Navy (FNES), Air Force
	Equatorial Guinea	Army, Navy, Air Force, Rapid Intervention Force, National Police
	Eritrea	Army, Navy, Air Force
	Estonia	Estonia Defense Forces (including Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force), Republic Security Forces (internal and border troops), Volunteer Defense League (Kaitseliit), Maritime Border Guard, Coast Guard note: Border Guards and Ministry of Internal Affairs become part of the Estonian Defense Forces in wartime; the Coast Guard is subordinate to the Ministry of Defense in peacetime and the Estonian Navy in wartime
	Ethiopia	Ethiopian National Defense Force (Ground Forces, Air Force, militia, police) note: Ethiopia is landlocked and has no navy; following the secession of Eritrea, Ethiopian naval facilities remained in Eritrean possession
	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	British Forces Falkland Islands no regular indigenous military forces; (includes Army, Royal Air Force, and Royal Navy), Police Force
	Faroe Islands	no regular indigenous military forces; small Police Force and Coast Guard are maintained
	Fiji	Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF), includes ground forces, naval division
	Finland	Army, Navy, Air Force, Frontier Guard (including Sea Guard)
	France	Army (includes marines), Navy (includes naval air), Air Force (includes Air Defense), National Gendarmerie
	French Guiana	no regular indigenous military forces; French Forces, Gendarmerie
	French Polynesia	no regular indigenous military forces; French Forces (including Army, Navy, Air Force), Gendarmerie
	Gabon	Army, Navy, Air Force, Presidential (Republican) Guard (charged with protecting the president and other senior officials), National Gendarmerie, National Police
	Gambia, The	Gambian National Army (GNA) (includes marine unit), National Police, Presidential Guard
	Gaza Strip	in accordance with the peace agreement, the Palestinian Authority is not permitted conventional military forces; there are, however, a Public Security Force and a civil Police Force
	Georgia	Ground Forces (includes National Guard), combined Air and Air Defense Forces, Naval Forces, Republic Security and Police Forces (internal and border troops)
	Germany	Army, Navy (including naval air arm), Air Force, Medical Corps, Joint Support Service
	Ghana	Army, Navy, Air Force, National Police Force
	Gibraltar	no regular indigenous military forces; British Army, Royal Navy, Royal Air Force
	Greece	Hellenic Army, Hellenic Navy, Hellenic Air Force, Police, National Guard
	Grenada	Royal Grenada Police Force, Coast Guard
	Guadeloupe	no regular indigenous military forces; French Forces, Gendarmerie
	Guatemala	Army, Navy (includes Marines), Air Force
	Guinea	Army, Navy, Air Force, Republican Guard, Presidential Guard, paramilitary National Gendarmerie, National Police Force (Surete National)
	Guinea-Bissau	People's Revolutionary Armed Force (FARP; includes Army, Navy, and Air Force), paramilitary force
	Guyana	Guyana Defense Force (including Ground Forces, Coast Guard, and Air Corps), Guyana Police Force, Guyana People's Militia, Guyana National Service
	Haiti	Haitian National Police (HNP) note: the regular Haitian Army, Navy, and Air Force have been demobilized but still exist on paper until or unless they are constitutionally abolished
	Holy See (Vatican City)	Swiss Guards Corps (Corpo della Guardia Svizzera)
	Honduras	Army, Navy (including marines), Air Force
	Hong Kong	no regular indigenous military forces; Hong Kong garrison of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) including 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
	Hungary	Ground Forces, Air Forces
	Iceland	no regular armed forces; Police, Coast Guard
	India	Army, Navy (including naval air arm), Air Force, Strategic Nuclear Command (SNC), Coast Guard, various security or paramilitary forces (including Border Security Force, Assam Rifles, Rashtriya Rifles, National Security Guards, Indo-Tibetan Border Police, Special Frontier Force, Ladakh Scouts, Central Reserve Police Force, Central Industrial Security Force, Railway Protection Force, Defense Security Corps, and Indian Reserve Battalions)
	Indonesia	Army, Navy (including marines and naval air arm), Air Force
	Iran	Islamic Republic of Iran regular forces (includes Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force and Air Defense Command), Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) (includes Ground Forces, Air Force, Navy, Qods [special operations], and Basij [Popular Mobilization Army] forces), Law Enforcement Forces
	Iraq	Army, Republican Guard, Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Force, Border Guard Force, Fedayeen Saddam; note - with the defeat of Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003, the data listed in the following entries for Iraq is invalid, but is retained here for historical purposes and until replaced by valid information related to the future Iraqi Government (April 2003)
	Ireland	Army (including Naval Service and Air Corps), National Police (Garda Siochana)
	Israel	Israel Defense Forces (IDF) (includes ground, naval, and air components with Air Defense Forces), Pioneer Fighting Youth (Nahal); note - historically there have been no separate Israeli military services
	Italy	Army, Navy, Air Force, Carabinieri
	Jamaica	Jamaica Defense Force (including Ground Forces, Coast Guard, and Air Wing), Jamaica Constabulary Force
	Japan	Ground Self-Defense Force (Army), Maritime Self-Defense Force (Navy), Air Self-Defense Force (Air Force), Coast Guard
	Jordan	Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) (Royal Jordanian Land Force, Royal Naval Force, Royal Jordanian Air Force, and Special Operations Command or SOCOM); note - Public Security Directorate normally falls under Ministry of Interior but comes under JAF in wartime or crisis situations
	Kazakhstan	Ground Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces, Naval Force, Border Service, Republican Guard
	Kenya	Army, Navy, Air Force
	Kiribati	no regular military forces; Police Force (carries out law enforcement functions and paramilitary duties; small police posts are on all islands)
	Korea, North	Korean People's Army (includes Army, Navy, Air Force), Civil Security Forces
	Korea, South	Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, National Maritime Police (Coast Guard)
	Kuwait	Army, Navy, Air Force (including Air Defense Force), National Police Force, National Guard, Coast Guard
	Kyrgyzstan	Army, Air and Air Defense, Security Forces, Border Troops
	Laos	Lao People's Army (LPA; including Riverine Force), Air Force, National Police Department
	Latvia	Ground Forces, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces, Border Guard, National Guard
	Lebanon	Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF; includes Army, Navy, and Air Force)
	Lesotho	Lesotho Defense Force (LDF; including Army and Air Wing), Royal Lesotho Mounted Police
	Liberia	Army, Navy, Air Force
	Libya	Armed Peoples on Duty (Army), Navy, Air and Air Defense Command (includes Air Force)
	Lithuania	Ground Forces, Navy, Air and Air Defense Force, National Volunteer Defense Forces (SKAT)
	Luxembourg	Army, Grand Ducal Police
	Macau	no regular indigenous military forces; responsibility for defense reverted to China on 20 December 1999; there is a local police force
	Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	Army (ARM), Air and Air Defense Forces, Police Force
	Madagascar	People's Armed Forces (comprising Intervention Force, Development Force, Aeronaval [Navy and Air] Force), Gendarmerie, Presidential Security Regiment
	Malawi	Army (including Air Wing and Naval Detachment), Police (including paramilitary Mobile Force Unit)
	Malaysia	Malaysian Army, Royal Malaysian Navy, Royal Malaysian Air Force, Royal Malaysian Police Field Force, Marine Police, Sarawak Border Scouts
	Maldives	National Security Service
	Mali	Army, Air Force, Gendarmerie, Republican Guard, National Guard, National Police (Surete Nationale)
	Malta	Armed Forces (including land forces [with subordinate air squadron and maritime squadron] and the Revenue Security Corps), Maltese Police Force
	Marshall Islands	no regular military forces; Police Force
	Martinique	no regular indigenous military forces; French Forces (Army, Navy, Air Force), Gendarmerie
	Mauritania	Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Guard, National Police, Presidential Guard
	Mauritius	National Police Force (includes the paramilitary Special Mobile Force or SMF and National Coast Guard)
	Mexico	National Defense Secretariat (SEDENA) (including Army and Air Force), Navy Secretariat (including Naval Air and Marines)
	Moldova	Ground Forces (includes Air and Air Defense Forces), Republic Security Forces (includes paramilitary Internal Troops and Border Troops)
	Mongolia	Mongolian Armed Forces (includes General Purpose Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces, Civil Defense Troops); note - Border Troops are under Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs in peacetime
	Montserrat	no regular indigenous military forces; Police Force
	Morocco	Royal Armed Forces (includes Army, Navy, Air Force), Gendarmerie, Auxiliary Forces
	Mozambique	Army, Naval Command, Air and Air Defense Forces, Special Forces, Militia
	Namibia	National Defense Force (Army, including Air Wing), Police
	Nauru	no regular military forces; Nauru Police Force
	Nepal	Royal Nepalese Army (includes Royal Nepalese Army Air Service), Nepalese Police Force
	Netherlands	Royal Netherlands Army, Royal Netherlands Navy (including Naval Air Service and Marine Corps), Royal Netherlands Air Force, Royal Constabulary
	Netherlands Antilles	no regular indigenous military forces; Royal Netherlands Navy, Marine Corps, Royal Netherlands Air Force, National Guard, Police Force
	New Caledonia	no regular indigenous military forces; French Armed Forces (including Army, Navy, Air Force, Gendarmerie); Police Force
	New Zealand	New Zealand Army, Royal New Zealand Navy, Royal New Zealand Air Force
	Nicaragua	Army, Navy, Air Force
	Niger	Army, Air Force, Gendarmerie, National Intervention and Security Force
	Nigeria	Army, Navy, Air Force, Police Force
	Niue	no regular indigenous military forces; Police Force
	Norway	Norwegian Army, Royal Norwegian Navy (including Coast Artillery and Coast Guard), Royal Norwegian Air Force, Home Guard
	Oman	Royal Omani Armed Forces (Army, Navy, Air Force), Royal Omani Police
	Pakistan	Army, Navy, Air Force, Civil Armed Forces, National Guard
	Palau	NA
	Panama	an amendment to the Constitution abolished the armed forces, but there are security forces (Panamanian Public Forces or PPF includes the Panamanian National Police, National Maritime Service, and National Air Service)
	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea Defense Force (includes Ground Force, Maritime Operations Element, and Air Operations Element)
	Paraguay	Army, Navy (includes Naval Air and Marines), Air Force
	Peru	Army (Ejercito Peruano), Navy (Marina de Guerra del Peru; includes Naval Air, Marines, and Coast Guard), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea del Peru; FAP), National Police (includes General Police, Security Police, and Technical Police)
	Philippines	Army, Navy (including Coast Guard and Marine Corps), Air Force, paramilitary units
	Poland	Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Force
	Portugal	Army, Navy (PON) (includes Marines), Air Force, Republican Guard (includes Fiscal Guard)
	Puerto Rico	no regular indigenous military forces; paramilitary National Guard, Police Force
	Qatar	Army, Navy, Air Force
	Reunion	no regular indigenous military forces; French forces (including Army, Navy, Air Force, and Gendarmerie)
	Romania	Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces (AMR), Paramilitary Forces, Civil Defense, Border Guards
	Russia	Ground Forces, Navy, Air Forces; Airborne troops, Strategic Rocket Forces, and Military Space Forces are classified as independent combat arms, not subordinate to any of the three branches
	Rwanda	Army, Navy, Air Force, Gendarmerie
	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Saint Kitts and Nevis Defense Force (including Coast Guard), Royal Saint Kitts and Nevis Police Force (including Special Service Unit)
	Saint Lucia	Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (includes Special Service Unit and Coast Guard)
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Royal Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (includes Special Service Unit), Coast Guard
	Samoa	no regular armed services; Samoa Police Force
	San Marino	Voluntary Military Force (Corpi Militari Voluntar), Gendarmerie; note - the Voluntary Military Force performs ceremonial duties and limited police assistance
	Sao Tome and Principe	Army, Navy, Security Police
	Saudi Arabia	Land Force (Army), Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Force, National Guard, Ministry of Interior Forces (paramilitary)
	Senegal	Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Police (Surete Nationale)
	Serbia and Montenegro	Army (VJ) (including ground forces with border troops, naval forces, air and air defense forces)
	Seychelles	Army, Coast Guard (includes Air Wing), Presidential Protection Unit (includes Presidential Guard), Police Force (includes Police Mobile Unit, a special weapons and tactics unit capable of assisting the Army in maintaining internal stability)
	Sierra Leone	Army (RSLAF)
	Singapore	Army, Navy, Air Force, People's Defense Force, Police Force
	Slovakia	Army (Ground Forces), Air and Air Defense Forces, Home Guards (Territorial Defense Forces), Civil Defense Force, Railway Armed Forces (subordinate to the Ministry of Transportation, Post, and Telecommunications)
	Slovenia	Slovenian Army (includes Air and Naval Forces)
	Solomon Islands	no regular military forces; Solomon Islands National Reconnaissance and Surveillance Force; Royal Solomon Islands Police (RSIP)
	Somalia	A Somali National Army was attempted under the interim government; numerous factions and clans maintain independent militias, and the Somaliland and Puntland regional governments maintain their own security and police forces
	South Africa	South African National Defense Force (including Army, Navy, Air Force, and Medical Services), South African Police Service
	Spain	Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Civil Guard, National Police, Coastal Civil Guard
	Sri Lanka	Army, Navy, Air Force, Police Force
	Sudan	Army, Navy, Air Force, Popular Defense Force Militia
	Suriname	National Army (including small Navy and Air Force elements), Civil Police
	Swaziland	Umbutfo Swaziland Defense Force (Army), Royal Swaziland Police Force
	Sweden	Army, Royal Navy (including Coast Artillery and Naval Helicopter Service), Air Force
	Switzerland	Army, Air Force, Frontier Guards, Fortification Guards
	Syria	Syrian Arab Army, Syrian Arab Navy, Syrian Arab Air Force (includes Air Defense Forces), Police and Security Force
	Taiwan	Army, Navy (including Marine Corps), Air Force, Coast Guard Administration, Armed Forces Reserve Command, Combined Service Forces Command
	Tajikistan	Army, Air Force and Air Defense Force, Presidential National Guard, Security Forces (internal and border troops)
	Tanzania	Tanzanian People's Defense Force (including Army, Navy, and Air Force), paramilitary Police Field Force Unit (including Police Marine Unit and Police Air Wing), territorial militia
	Thailand	Royal Thai Army, Royal Thai Navy (includes Royal Thai Marine Corps), Royal Thai Air Force, paramilitary forces (includes the Border Patrol Police [including Police Aerial Reinforcement Unit], Thahan Phran, Special Action Forces, Police Aviation Division, Thai Marine Police, and the Volunteer Defense Corps)
	Togo	Army, Navy, Air Force, Gendarmerie
	Tonga	Tonga Defense Services (made up of three operational command components and two support elements, including the Royal Marines, Royal Guards, Maritime Force, a support/logistics group, and a training group), Police; note - a new air wing that will be subordinate to the Ministry of Defense is being developed
	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force (including Ground Force, Coast Guard, and Air Wing), Trinidad and Tobago Police Service
	Tunisia	Army, Navy, Air Force, paramilitary forces, National Guard
	Turkey	Land Forces, Navy (includes Naval Air and Naval Infantry), Air Force, Coast Guard, Gendarmerie
	Turkmenistan	Ministry of Defense (Army, Air and Air Defense, Navy, Border Troops, and Internal Troops), National Guard
	Tuvalu	no regular military forces; Police Force (includes Maritime Surveillance Unit for search and rescue missions and surveillance operations)
	Uganda	Ugandan Peoples' Defense Force (including Army, Marine unit, Air Wing)
	Ukraine	Ground Forces, Naval Forces, Air Force, Air Defense Forces, Interior Troops, Border Troops
	United Arab Emirates	Army, Navy (including Marines and Coast Guard), Air Force, Air Defense, paramilitary forces (includes Federal Police Force)
	United Kingdom	Army, Royal Navy (including Royal Marines), Royal Air Force
	United States	Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard (Coast Guard administered in peacetime by the Department of Homeland Security but in wartime reports to the Department of the Navy)
	Uruguay	Army, Navy (including Naval Air Arm, Coast Guard, Marines), Air Force, Police (Coracero Guard, Grenadier Guard)
	Uzbekistan	Army, Air and Air Defense Forces, National Guard, Security Forces (internal security and border troops)
	Vanuatu	no regular military forces; Vanuatu Police Force (VPF; including the paramilitary Mobile Force or VMF)
	Venezuela	National Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas Nacionales or FAN) includes Ground Forces or Army (Fuerzas Terrestres or Ejercito), Naval Forces (Fuerzas Navales or Armada - including marines and Coast Guard), Air Force (Fuerzas Aereas or Aviacion), Armed Forces of Cooperation or National Guard (Fuerzas Armadas de Cooperacion or Guardia Nacional)
	Vietnam	People's Army of Vietnam (includes Ground Forces, People's Navy Command [including Naval Infantry], Air and Air Defense Force, Coast Guard)
	Yemen	Army (includes Special Forces, established in 1999), Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Forces, Republican Guard
	Zambia	Army, Air Force, Police, paramilitary forces
	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe National Army, Air Force of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Republic Police (includes Police Support Unit, Paramilitary Police)