Military branches (2004) | Military branches (2007) | ||
Afghanistan | Afghan National Army, currently being trained by the US with the assistance of the international community, is 7,000 strong; 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 national army remains a gradual process; Afghanistan's militia forces continue to be factionalized, largely along ethnic lines | Afghan National Army (includes Afghan Air Force) (2006) | |
Albania | General Staff Headquarters, Land Forces Command (Army), Naval Forces Command, Air Forces Command, Doctrine and Exercises Command, Logistics Support Command | Land Forces Command (Army), Naval Forces Command, Air Defense Command, General Staff Headquarters (includes Logistics Command, Training and Doctrine Command) (2007) | |
Algeria | People's National Army (ANP; includes Ground Forces), Algerian National Navy (ANN), Air Force (QJA), Territorial Air Defense | National Popular Army (ANP; includes Land Forces), Algerian National Navy (MRA), Air Force (QJJ), Territorial Air Defense Force (2005) | |
Andorra | no regular military forces, Police Service of Andorra | no regular military forces, Police Service of Andorra | |
Angola | Army, Navy (Marinha de Guerra, MdG), Air and Air Defense Forces (FANA) | Angolan Armed Forces (FAA): Army, Navy (Marinha de Guerra, MdG), Angolan National Air Force (FANA) (2007) | |
Antigua and Barbuda | Royal Antigua and Barbuda Defense Force (including Coast Guard) | Royal Antigua and Barbuda Defense Force (2006) | |
Argentina | Argentine Army, Navy of the Argentine Republic (includes Naval Aviation and Marines), Argentine Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Argentina, FAA) | Argentine Army (Ejercito Argentino), Navy of the Argentine Republic (Armada Republica; includes naval aviation and naval infantry), Argentine Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Argentina, FAA) (2007) | |
Armenia | Army, Air Force and Air Defense Force | Armed Forces: Ground Forces, Nagorno-Karabakh Self Defense Force (NKSDF), Air Force, Air Defense Force (2006) | |
Aruba | no regular indigenous military forces; Royal Dutch Navy and Marines, Coast Guard | no regular indigenous military forces; the Netherlands maintains a detachment of marines, a frigate, and an amphibious combat detachment in the neighboring Netherlands Antilles (2005) | |
Australia | Australian Army, Royal Australian Navy, Royal Australian Air Force, new Special Operations Command (announced in December 2002) | Australian Defense Force (ADF): Australian Army, Royal Australian Navy, Royal Australian Air Force, Special Operations Command (2006) | |
Austria | Land Forces (KdoLdSK), Air Forces (KdoLuSK) | Land Forces (KdoLdSK), Air Forces (KdoLuSK) | |
Azerbaijan | Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces | Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces | |
Bahamas, The | Royal Bahamas Defense Force (including Coast Guard) | Royal Bahamian Defense Force: Land Force, Navy, Air Wing (2007) | |
Bahrain | Bahrain Defense Forces (BDF): Ground Force (includes Air Defense), Navy, Air Force, National Guard | Bahrain Defense Forces (BDF): Ground Force (includes Air Defense), Naval Force, Air Force, National Guard | |
Bangladesh | Army, Navy, Air Force | Bangladesh Defense Force: Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Navy, Bangladesh Air Force (Bangladesh Biman Bahini, BAF) (2006) | |
Barbados | Royal Barbados Defense Force (Troops Command and Coast Guard) | Royal Barbados Defense Force: Troops Command, Barbados Coast Guard (2007) | |
Belarus | Army, Air and Air Defense Force | Belarus Armed Forces: Land Force, Air and Air Defense Force (2006) | |
Belgium | Army, Naval, and Air Operations Commands | Belgian Armed Forces: Land Operations Command, Naval Operations Command, Air Operations Commands (2005) | |
Belize | Belize Defense Force (includes Army, Maritime Wing, Air Wing, and Volunteer Guard) | Belize Defense Force (BDF): Army, Maritime Wing, Air Wing, and Volunteer Guard | |
Benin | Armed Forces: Army, Navy, Air Force | Benin Armed Forces: Ground Forces Command, Benin Navy, Benin People's Air Force (Force Aerienne Populaire de Benin, FAPB) (2007) | |
Bermuda | Bermuda Regiment | no regular military forces; Bermuda Police Service, Bermuda Reserve Constabulary, Bermuda Regiment | |
Bhutan | Royal Bhutan Army, Royal Bodyguard, National Militia | Royal Bhutan Army: Royal Bodyguard, Royal Bhutan Police (2005) | |
Bolivia | Army (Ejercito Boliviano), Navy (Fuerza Naval, includes Marines), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Boliviana) | Bolivian Armed Forces: Bolivian Army (Ejercito Boliviano), Bolivian Navy (Armada Boliviana; includes marines), Bolivian Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Boliviana, FAB) (2007) | |
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) | 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 an Air Wing) | Botswana Defense Force (includes an air wing) (2006) | |
Brazil | Brazilian Army, Brazilian Navy (including Naval Air and Marines), Brazilian Air Force (FAB) | Brazilian Army, Brazilian Navy (Marinha do Brasil (MB), includes Naval Air and Marine Corps (Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais)), Brazilian Air Force (Forca Aerea Brasileira, FAB) (2007) | |
Brunei | Royal Brunei Land Forces, Royal Brunei Navy, Royal Brunei Air Force | Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF): Royal Brunei Land Forces, Royal Brunei Navy, Royal Brunei Air Force (Tentera Udara Diraja Brunei) (2005) | |
Bulgaria | Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces | Bulgarian Armed Forces: Ground Forces, Naval Forces, Bulgarian Air Forces (Bulgarski Voennovazdyshni Sily, BVVS) (2006) | |
Burkina Faso | Army, Air Force | Army, Air Force of Burkina Faso (Force Aerienne de Burkina Faso, FABF), National Gendarmerie (2006) | |
Burma | Army, Navy, Air Force | Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw): Army, Navy, Air Force (Tatmadaw Lay) (2007) | |
Burundi | Army (including Naval Detachment and Air Wing), National Gendarmerie | National Defense Force (Forces de Defense Nationales, FDN): Army (includes Naval Detachment and Air Wing) (2006) | |
Cambodia | Royal Cambodian Armed Forces: Army, Navy, Air Force | Royal Cambodian Armed Forces: Royal Cambodian Army, Royal Khmer Navy, Royal Cambodian Air Force (2005) | |
Cameroon | Army, Navy (includes Naval Infantry), Air Force | Cameroon Armed Forces: Army, Navy (includes naval infantry), Air Force (Armee de l'Air du Cameroun, AAC) (2006) | |
Canada | Canadian Armed Forces: Land Forces Command, Maritime Command, Air Command | Canadian Forces: Land Forces Command, Maritime Command, Air Command, Canada Command (homeland security) (2006) | |
Cape Verde | Army, Coast Guard | People's Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARP): Army, Coast Guard (includes maritime air wing) (2007) | |
Cayman Islands | no regular military forces; Royal Cayman Islands Police Force | no regular military forces; Royal Cayman Islands Police Force | |
Central African Republic | Central African Armed Forces (FACA): Republican Guard, Ground Forces, Naval Forces, Air Force | Central African Armed Forces (FACA): Ground Forces, Military Air Service, General Directorate of Gendarmerie Inspection (DGIG); National Police (2006) | |
Chad | Armed Forces: National Army (ANT), Air Force, and Republican Guard | Chadian National Army (Armee Nationale Tchadienne, ANT), Chadian Air Force (Force Aerienne Tchadienne, FAT), Gendarmerie (2007) | |
Chile | Army of the Nation, National Navy (including Naval Air, Coast Guard, and Marine Corps), Air Force of the Nation, Chilean Carabineros (National Police) | Army of the Nation, Chilean Navy (Armada de Chile, includes naval air, marine corps, and Maritime Territory and Merchant Marine Directorate (Directemar)), Chilean Air Force (Fuerza Aerea de Chile, FACh), Chilean Carabineros (National Police) (2007) | |
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 | People's Liberation Army (PLA): Ground Forces, Navy (includes marines and naval aviation), Air Force (includes airborne forces), and Second Artillery Corps (strategic missile force); People's Armed Police (PAP); Reserve and Militia Forces (2006) | |
Colombia | Army (Ejercito Nacional), Navy (Armada Nacional, including Naval Aviation, Marines, and Coast Guard), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Colombiana) | National Army (Ejercito Nacional), National Navy (Armada Nacional, includes Naval Aviation, Naval Infantry (Infanteria de Marina, Colmar), and Coast Guard), Colombian Air Force (Fuerza Aerea de Colombia, FAC) (2007) | |
Comoros | Comoran Security Force | Comoran Defense Force: Comoran Security Force; Comoran Federal Police (2007) | |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | Army, Navy, Air Force | Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC): Army, Navy, Congolese Air Force (Force Aerienne Congolaise, FAC) (2006) | |
Congo, Republic of the | Congolese Armed Forces (FAC): Army, Air Force, Navy | Congolese Armed Forces (Forces Armees Congolaises, FAC): Army, Navy, Congolese Air Force (Armee de l'Air Congolaise), Gendarmerie, Republican Guard (2007) | |
Cook Islands | - | no regular military forces; National Police Department (2007) | |
Costa Rica | no regular military forces; Ministry of Public Security | no regular military forces; Ministry of Public Security, Government, and Police (2006) | |
Cote d'Ivoire | Army, Navy, Air Force, paramilitary Gendarmerie, Republican Guard (includes Presidential Guard) | Cote d'Ivoire Defense and Security Forces (FDSC): Army, Navy, Air Force (2006) | |
Croatia | Ground Forces (Hrvatska Vojska, HKoV), Naval Forces (Hrvatska Ratna Mornarica, HRM), Air and Air Defense Forces (Hrvatsko Ratno Zrakoplovstvo i Protuzrakoplovna Obrana, HRZiPZO) | 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), Air Force, Joint Education and Training Command, Logistics Command; Military Police Force supports each of the three Croatian military forces (2007) | |
Cuba | Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR): Revolutionary Army (ER), Revolutionary Navy (MGR), Air and Air Defense Force (DAAFAR), Territorial Militia Troops (MTT), Youth Labor Army (EJT) | Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR): Revolutionary Army (ER), Revolutionary Navy (Marina de Guerra Revolucionaria, MGR), Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Force (DAAFAR), Youth Labor Army (EJT) (2007) | |
Cyprus | Republic of Cyprus: Greek Cypriot National Guard (GCNG; including air and naval elements), Greek Cypriot Police
north Cyprus: Turkish Cypriot Security Force (GKK) |
Republic of Cyprus: Greek Cypriot National Guard (GCNG; includes air and naval elements); north Cyprus: Turkish Cypriot Security Force (GKK) | |
Czech Republic | Czech Army: Ground Forces, Air Forces, Special Forces | Army of the Czech Republic (ACR): Joint Forces Command (includes Army and Air Forces), Support and Training Forces Command (2007) | |
Denmark | Royal Danish Army, Royal Danish Navy, Royal Danish Air Force, Home Guard | Defense Command: Army Operational Command, Admiral Danish Fleet, Island Command Greenland, Tactical Air Command (2006) | |
Djibouti | Djibouti National Army (including Navy and Air Force) | Djibouti National Army (includes Navy and Air Force) | |
Dominica | no regular military forces; Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force (including Coast Guard) | no regular military forces; Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force (includes coast guard) (2006) | |
Dominican Republic | Army, Navy, Air Force | Army, Navy, Air Force | |
East Timor | East Timor Defense Force (Forcas de Defesa de Timor-L'este, FDTL): Army, Navy | - | |
Ecuador | Army, Navy (including Marines), Air Force, National Police | Army, Navy (includes Naval Infantry, Naval Aviation, Coast Guard), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Ecuatoriana, FAE) (2007) | |
Egypt | Army, Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Command | Army, Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Command | |
El Salvador | Army, Navy (FNES), Air Force | Salvadoran Army (ES), Salvadoran Navy (FNES), Salvadoran Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Salvadorena, FAS) (2006) | |
Equatorial Guinea | Army, Navy, Air Force, Rapid Intervention Force | National Guard (Army, with Coast Guard (Navy) and Air Wing) (2007) | |
Eritrea | Army, Navy, Air Force | 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 |
Estonian Defense Forces: Land Force, Navy, Air Force, Volunteer Defense League (Kaitseliit, KL) (2006) | |
Ethiopia | Ethiopian National Defense Force: Ground Forces, Air Force, Mobilized Militia
note: Ethiopia is landlocked and has no navy; following the secession of Eritrea, Ethiopian naval facilities remained in Eritrean possession |
Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF): Ground Forces, Ethiopian Air Force
note: Ethiopia is landlocked and has no navy; following the secession of Eritrea, Ethiopian naval facilities remained in Eritrean possession |
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | no regular military forces | no regular military forces | |
Faroe Islands | no regular military forces | no regular military forces | |
Fiji | Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF): Land Forces, Naval Division | Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF): Land Forces, Naval Forces (2006) | |
Finland | Army, Navy, Air Force | Finnish Defense Forces (FDF): Army, Navy (includes coastal defense forces), Air Force (Suomen Ilmavoimat) (2006) | |
France | Army (includes Marines, Foreign Legion, Army Light Aviation), Navy (including naval air), Air Force (including Air Defense), National Gendarmerie | Army (includes marines, Foreign Legion, light aviation), Navy (includes naval air), Air Force (includes air defense), National Gendarmerie | |
French Guiana | no regular military forces; Gendarmerie | - | |
French Polynesia | no regular military forces; Gendarmerie and National Police Force | no regular military forces; Gendarmerie and National Police Force | |
Gabon | Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Police | Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Police | |
Gambia, The | Gambian National Army (GNA) (including Naval Unit), Presidential Guard | Gambian National Army (National Guard, GNA), Gambian Navy (GN) (2007) | |
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 | in accordance with the peace agreement, the Palestinian Authority is not permitted conventional military forces; there are, however, public security forces (2007) | |
Georgia | Ground Forces (including National Guard), Air and Air Defense Forces, Maritime Defense Force | Georgian Armed Forces: Land Forces (includes National Guard), Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces (2006) | |
Germany | Army (Heer), Navy (Deutsche Marine; including Naval Air arm), Air Force (Luftwaffe), Joint Support Service, Central Medical Service | Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr): Army (Heer), Navy (Deutsche Marine, includes naval air arm), Air Force (Luftwaffe), Joint Service Support Command (Streitkraeftebasis), Central Medical Service (Zentraler Sanitaetsdienst) (2006) | |
Ghana | Army, Navy, Air Force | Ghanaian Army, Ghanaian Navy, Ghanaian Air Force (2007) | |
Gibraltar | Royal Gibraltar Regiment | Royal Gibraltar Regiment | |
Greece | Hellenic Army, Hellenic Navy, Hellenic Air Force (EPA), National Guard | Hellenic Army (Ellinikos Stratos, ES), Hellenic Navy (Ellinikos Polemiko Navtiko, EPN), Hellenic Air Force (Elliniki Polimiki Aeroporia, EPA) (2007) | |
Grenada | no regular military forces; Royal Grenada Police Force | no regular military forces; Royal Grenada Police Force (includes Coast Guard) (2007) | |
Guadeloupe | no regular military forces | - | |
Guatemala | Army, Navy (includes Marines), Air Force | Army, Navy (includes Marines), Air Force | |
Guinea | Army, Navy, Air Force, Republican Guard, Presidential Guard, National Gendarmerie, General Directorate of National Police | Army, Navy, Air Force, Presidential Guard (2007) | |
Guinea-Bissau | People's Revolutionary Armed Force (FARP; includes Army, Navy, and Air Force), paramilitary force | People's Revolutionary Armed Force (FARP): Army, Navy, Air Force; paramilitary force | |
Guyana | Guyana Defense Force: Ground Forces, Coast Guard, Air Corps; Guyana People's Militia | Guyana Defense Force: Army (includes Coast Guard, Air Corps) (2007) | |
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 |
no regular military forces - small coast guard; the regular Haitian Armed Forces (FAdH) - Army, Navy, and Air Force - have been demobilized but still exist on paper unless they are constitutionally abolished (2007) | |
Holy See (Vatican City) | Swiss Guards Corps (Corpo della Guardia Svizzera) | Pontifical Swiss Guard (Corpo della Guardia Svizzera Pontificia) | |
Honduras | Army, Navy (including Naval Infantry), Air Force | Army, Navy (includes Naval Infantry), Honduran Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Hondurena, FAH) (2007) | |
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 | no regular indigenous military forces; Hong Kong garrison of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) includes elements of Ground Forces, Navy, and 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 | Ground Forces, Hungarian Air Force (Magyar Legiero, ML) (2006) | |
Iceland | no regular armed forces; Police, Coast Guard | no regular military forces; Icelandic National Police (2006) | |
India | Army, Navy (including naval air arm), Air Force, Coast Guard, various security or paramilitary forces (including Border Security Force, Assam Rifles, National Security Guards, Indo-Tibetan Border Police, Special Frontier Force, Central Reserve Police Force, Central Industrial Security Force, Railway Protection Force, and Defense Security Corps) | Army, Navy (includes naval air arm), Air Force, Coast Guard, various security or paramilitary forces (includes Border Security Force, Assam Rifles, National Security Guards, Indo-Tibetan Border Police, Special Frontier Force, Central Reserve Police Force, Central Industrial Security Force, Railway Protection Force, and Defense Security Corps) | |
Indonesia | Indonesia Armed Forces (TNI): Army (TNI-AD), Navy (TNI-AL, including Marines, Naval Air arm), Air Force (TNI-AU) | Indonesian Armed Forces (Tentara Nasional Indonesia, TNI): Army (TNI-AD), Navy (TNI-AL, includes marines, naval air arm), Air Force (TNI-Angkatan Udara (TNI-AU)), National Air Defense Command (Kommando Pertahanan Udara Nasional, Kohanudnas)
note: the TNI is directly subordinate to the president but the government is making efforts to incorporate it into the Department of Defense (2007) |
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Iran | Islamic Republic of Iran regular forces (includes Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force and Air Defense Command), Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) (includes Ground Forces, Air Force, Navy, Qods Force [special operations], and Basij [Popular Mobilization Army]), Law Enforcement Forces | Islamic Republic of Iran Regular Forces (Artesh): Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force of the Military of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Niru-ye Hava'i-ye Artesh-e Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran; includes air defense); Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (Sepah-e Pasdaran-e Enqelab-e Eslami, IRGC): Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force, Qods Force (special operations), and Basij Force (Popular Mobilization Army); Law Enforcement Forces (2007) | |
Iraq | note: in the summer of 2003 the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) began recruiting and training a New Iraqi Army (NIA) that would have a purely defensive mission and capability; in March 2004, the Iraqi Interim Government established a Ministry of Defense to create an Iraqi Armed Force; at that time the NIA was renamed the Iraqi Armed Force - Army (IAF-A); plans also were put into effect to reconstitute an Iraqi Army Air Corps (IAAC) and Coastal Defense Force (navy), but there are no plans to reconstitute an Iraqi Air Force; the Army's primary new focus will be domestic counterinsurgency, which is a change of direction from the CPA's intent to create an army not involved in domestic politics; in mid-2004 the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) was designated the Iraqi National Guard (ING) and subordinated to the Defense Ministry and the Iraqi Armed Forces Pre-war Iraqi military equipment was largely destroyed by Coalition forces during combat operations in early 2003 or subsequently looted or scrapped (September 2004) | Iraqi Armed Forces: Iraqi Army (includes Iraqi Special Operations Force, Iraqi Intervention Force), Iraqi Navy (former Iraqi Coastal Defense Force), Iraqi Air Force (former Iraqi Army Air Corps) (2005) | |
Ireland | Army (including Naval Service and Air Corps) | Irish Defense Forces (Oglaigh na h-Eireann): Army (includes Naval Service and Air Corps) (2006) | |
Israel | Israel Defense Forces (IDF): Ground Corps (including Pioneer Fighting Youth (Nahal)), Navy, Air Force(including Air Defense Forces); note - historically there have been no separate Israeli military services | Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israel Naval Forces (INF), Israel Air Force (IAF) (2007) | |
Italy | Army, Navy, Air Force (Aeronautica Militare Italiana, AMI), Carabinieri | Army (Esercito Italiano, EI), Navy (Marina Militare Italiana, MMI), Air Force (Aeronautica Militare Italiana, AMI), Carabinieri Corps (Corpo dei Carabinieri, CC) (2005) | |
Jamaica | Jamaica Defense Force: Ground Forces, Coast Guard, Air Wing | Jamaica Defense Force: Ground Forces, Coast Guard, Air Wing (2007) | |
Japan | Ground Self-Defense Force (Army), Maritime Self-Defense Force (Navy), Air Self-Defense Force (Air Force), Coast Guard | Japanese Defense Agency (JDA): Ground Self-Defense Force (Rikujou Jietai, GSDF), Maritime Self-Defense Force (Kaijou Jietai, MSDF), Air Self-Defense Force (Nihon Koku-Jieitai, ASDF) (2006) | |
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 | Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF): Royal Jordanian Land Force, Royal Jordanian Navy, Royal Jordanian Air Force (Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Malakiya al-Urduniya), Special Operations Command (Socom); Public Security Directorate (normally falls under Ministry of Interior, but comes under JAF in wartime or crisis situations) (2006) | |
Kazakhstan | Ground Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces, Naval Force, Republican Guard | Ground Forces, Naval Force, Air and Air Defense Forces, Republican Guard | |
Kenya | Army, Navy, Air Force | Kenyan Army, Kenyan Navy, Kenyan Air Force (2007) | |
Kiribati | no regular military forces; Police Force (carries out law enforcement functions and paramilitary duties; small police posts are on all islands) | no regular military forces; Police Force (carries out law enforcement functions and paramilitary duties; small police posts are on all islands) (2007) | |
Korea, North | Korean People's Army (includes Army, Navy, Air Force), Civil Security Forces | North Korean People's Army: Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force; civil security forces (2005) | |
Korea, South | Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, National Maritime Police (Coast Guard) | Army, Navy, Republic of Korea Air Force (Han-guk Kong Goon), Marine Corps, National Maritime Police (coast guard) (2006) | |
Kuwait | Land Forces, Navy, Air Force (including Air Defense Force), National Guard | Land Forces, Kuwaiti Navy, Kuwaiti Air Force (Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Kuwaitiya), National Guard (2007) | |
Kyrgyzstan | Army, Air and Air Defense, Security Forces, Border Troops | Army, Air Force, National Guard (2005) | |
Laos | Lao People's Army (LPA; including Riverine Force), Air Force | Lao People's Army (LPA; includes Riverine Force), Air Force | |
Latvia | Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force, Border Guard, Home Guard (Zemessardze) | Latvian Republic Defense Force: Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force (Latvijas Gaisa Spelki), Border Guard, Latvian Home Guard (Latvijas Zemessardze) (2007) | |
Lebanon | Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF; includes Army, Navy, and Air Force) | Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF): Army, Navy, and Air Force (2007) | |
Lesotho | Lesotho Defense Force (LDF; with Army and Air Wing) | Lesotho Defense Force (LDF): Army and Air Wing | |
Liberia | Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL): Army, Navy, Air Force | Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL): Army, Navy, Air Force | |
Libya | Armed Peoples on Duty (Army), Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Command | Armed Peoples on Duty (APOD, Army), Libyan Arab Navy, Libyan Arab Air Force (Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Jamahiriya al-Arabia al-Libyya, LAAF) (2007) | |
Lithuania | National Defense Volunteer Forces (SKAT), Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force | Ground Forces, Naval Force, Lithuanian Military Air Forces, National Defense Volunteer Forces (2005) | |
Luxembourg | Army | Army | |
Macau | responsibility for defense reverted to China on 20 December 1999; there are local police forces | no regular military forces | |
Macedonia | Army of the Republic of Macedonia (ARM; including Air and Air Defense Command) | Army of the Republic of Macedonia (ARM): Joint Operational Command, with subordinate Air Wing (Makedonsko Voeno Vozduhoplovstvo, MVV), Special Operations Regiment (2007) | |
Madagascar | People's Armed Forces: comprising Intervention Force, Development Force, and Aeronaval - Navy and Air - Force; National Gendarmerie | People's Armed Forces: Intervention Force, Development Force, and Aeronaval Force (navy and air); National Gendarmerie | |
Malawi | Army (including Air Wing and Naval Detachment), Police (including Mobile Force Unit) | Malawi Armed Forces: Army (includes Air Wing and Naval Detachment) (2007) | |
Malaysia | Malaysian Army, Royal Malaysian Navy, Royal Malaysian Air Force, Royal Malaysian Marine Police, Sarawak Border Scouts | Malaysian Armed Forces (Angkatan Tentera Malaysia, ATM): Malaysian Army (Tentera Darat Malaysia), Royal Malaysian Navy (Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia, TLDM), Royal Malaysian Air Force (Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia, TUDM) (2006) | |
Maldives | National Security Service: comprising Security Branch (ground forces), Air Element; Coast Guard | Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF): Quick Reaction Force, Security Protection Group, Coast Guard (2007) | |
Mali | Army, Air Force, National Guard | Malian Armed Forces: Army, Republic of Mali Air Force (Force Aerienne de la Republique du Mali, FARM), National Guard (2007) | |
Malta | Armed Forces: Land Forces (including Air Squadron and Maritime Squadron), Revenue Security Corps | Armed Forces of Malta (AFM; includes air and maritime elements) (2005) | |
Marshall Islands | no regular military forces; Marshall Islands Police | no regular military forces; under the 1983 Compact of Free Association, the US has full authority and responsibility for security and defense of the Marshall Islands; Marshall Islands Police (2006) | |
Martinique | no regular military forces; Gendarmerie | - | |
Mauritania | Army, Navy (including Naval Infantry), Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Guard, National Police, Presidential Guard (BSSP) | Mauritanian Armed Forces: Army, Mauritanian Navy (Marine Mauritanienne; includes naval infantry), Air Force (Force Aerienne Islamique de Mauritanie, FAIM) (2007) | |
Mauritius | National Police Force (includes the paramilitary Special Mobile Force or SMF and National Coast Guard) | no regular military forces; National Police Force, Special Mobile Force, National Coast Guard (2007) | |
Mexico | National Defense Secretariat (Sedena) (including Army and Air Force), Navy Secretariat (including Naval Air and Marines) | Secretariat of National Defense (Secretaria de Defensa Nacional, Sedena): Army (Ejercito), Mexican Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Mexicana, FAM); Secretariat of the Navy (Secretaria de Marina, Semar): Mexican Navy (Armada de Mexico, ARM, includes Naval Air Force (FAN) and Marines) (2007) | |
Micronesia, Federated States of | - | no regular military forces (2007) | |
Moldova | National Army: Ground Forces, Air Force | National Army: Ground Forces, Rapid Reaction Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces (2006) | |
Mongolia | Mongolian People's Army (comprising Ground Forces, Air Defense Forces), Border Guards, Internal Security Forces, Construction Corps Forces, Civil Defense Authority | Mongolian Armed Forces: Mongolian People's Army (MPA), Mongolian People's Air Force (Agaaryn Dovtolgoonoos Khamgaalakh Tsergiyn Komandial, MPAF); there is no navy (2007) | |
Montserrat | no regular indigenous military forces; Police Force | no regular military forces; Royal Montserrat Police Force (2005) | |
Morocco | Royal Armed Forces: Army, Navy, Air Force | Royal Armed Forces (Forces Armees Royales, FAR): Royal Moroccan Army (includes Air Defense), Navy (includes Marines), Royal Moroccan Air Force (Force Aerienne Royale Marocaine) (2007) | |
Mozambique | Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces, Special Forces | Mozambique Armed Defense Forces (FADM): Mozambique Army, Mozambique Navy (Marinha Mocambique, MM), Mozambique Air Force (Forca Aerea de Mocambique, FAM) (2006) | |
Namibia | Namibian Defense Force: Army (including Naval Wing, Air Wing), Police | Namibian Defense Force: Army, Navy, Air Wing (2006) | |
Nauru | no regular military forces; Nauru Police Force | no regular military forces; Nauru Police Force (2007) | |
Nepal | Royal Nepalese Army (includes Royal Nepalese Army Air Service), Nepalese Police Force | 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, Defense Interservice Command | Royal Netherlands Army, Royal Netherlands Navy (includes Naval Air Service and Marine Corps), Royal Netherlands Air Force (Koninklijke Luchtmacht, KLu), Royal Military Police, Defense Interservice Command (DICO) (2006) | |
Netherlands Antilles | National Guard, Police Force | no regular military forces; National Guard, Police Force (2005) | |
New Caledonia | no regular indigenous military forces; French Armed Forces (including Army, Navy, Air Force, Gendarmerie); Police Force | no regular indigenous military forces; French Armed Forces (includes Army, Navy, Air Force, Gendarmerie); Police Force | |
New Zealand | New Zealand Army, Royal New Zealand Navy, Royal New Zealand Air Force | New Zealand Defense Force (NZDF): New Zealand Army, Royal New Zealand Navy, Royal New Zealand Air Force (2006) | |
Nicaragua | Army (includes Navy), Navy | National Army of Nicaragua (ENN; includes Navy, Air Force) (2007) | |
Niger | Army, Air Force, National Intervention and Security Force | Nigerien Armed Forces (Forces Armees Nigeriennes, FAN): Army, Niger Air Force (2007) | |
Nigeria | Army, Navy, Air Force | Nigerian Armed Forces: Army, Navy, Air Force (2007) | |
Niue | no regular indigenous military forces; Police Force | no regular indigenous military forces; Police Force | |
Norway | Norwegian Army, Royal Norwegian Navy (including Coast Artillery and Coast Guard), Royal Norwegian Air Force (Kongelige Norske Luftforsvaret, RNoAF), Home Guard | Norwegian Army (Haeren), Royal Norwegian Navy (Kongelige Norske Sjoeforsvaret, RNoN; includes Coastal Rangers and Coast Guard (Kystvakt)), Royal Norwegian Air Force (Kongelige Norske Luftforsvaret, RNoAF), Home Guard (Heimevernet, HV) (2006) | |
Oman | Royal Omani Armed Forces: Army, Navy, Air Force | Royal Omani Armed Forces: Royal Army of Oman, Royal Navy of Oman, Royal Air Force of Oman (Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Sultanat Oman, RAFO) (2006) | |
Pakistan | Army, Navy, Air Force | Army (includes National Guard), Navy (includes Marines and Maritime Security Agency), Pakistan Air Force (Pakistan Fiza'ya) (2007) | |
Palau | no regular military forces; Police Force | no regular military forces; Palau National Police (2006) | |
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) | 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: Ground Force, Maritime Operations Element, and Air Operations Element | Papua New Guinea Defense Force (PNGDF; includes Maritime Operations Element, Air Operations Element) (2007) | |
Paraguay | Army, Navy (includes Naval Air and Marines), Air Force | Army, National Navy (Armada Nacional, includes Naval Aviation, Marine Corps, General Naval Prefecture), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Paraguay, FAP) (2006) | |
Peru | Army (Ejercito Peruano), Navy (Marina de Guerra del Peru; includes Naval Air, Naval Infantry, and Coast Guard), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea del Peru; FAP) | Peruvian Army (Ejercito Peruano), Peruvian Navy (Marina de Guerra del Peru, MGP (includes naval air, naval infantry, and coast guard)), Peruvian Air Force (Fuerza Aerea del Peru, FAP) (2007) | |
Philippines | Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP): Army, Navy (includes Coast Guard and Marine Corps), Air Force | Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP): Army, Navy (includes Marine Corps), Philippine Air Force (Hukbomg Himpapawid ng Pilipinas) (2006) | |
Poland | Land Forces, Navy, Air Force | Armed Forces of the Polish Republic (Sily Zbrojne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, SZRP): Land Forces (includes Navy (Marynarka Wojenna, MW)), Polish Air Force (Sily Powietrzne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, SPRP) (2006) | |
Portugal | Army, Navy (PON; including Marines), Air Force (FAP), Republican Guard (including Fiscal Guard) | Army, Navy (Marinha Portuguesa; includes Marine Corps), Air Force (Forca Aerea Portuguesa, FAP), National Republican Guard (Guarda Nacional Republicana) (2005) | |
Puerto Rico | no regular indigenous military forces; paramilitary National Guard, Police Force | no regular indigenous military forces; paramilitary National Guard, Police Force | |
Qatar | Land Force, Qatari Amiri Navy (QAN), Amiri Air Force | Qatari Amiri Land Force (QALF), Qatari Amiri Navy (QAN), Qatari Amiri Air Force (QAAF) (2007) | |
Reunion | no regular indigenous military forces; French forces (including Army, Navy, Air Force, and Gendarmerie) | - | |
Romania | Ground Forces, Naval Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces (AMR), Civil Defense | Land Forces, Naval Forces, Romanian Air Force (Fortele Aeriene Romane, FAR), Special Operations (2006) | |
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 | Ground Forces (SV), Navy (VMF), Air Forces (Voyenno-Vozdushniye Sily, VVS); Airborne Troops (VDV), Strategic Rocket Troops (RVSN), and Space Troops (KV) are independent "combat arms," not subordinate to any of the three branches; Russian Ground Forces include the following combat arms: motorized-rifle troops, tank troops, missile and artillery troops, air defense of ground troops (2007) | |
Rwanda | Rwandan Defense Forces (Army, Air Forces) | Rwandan Defense Forces: Army, Air Force | |
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 Kitts and Nevis Defense Force (includes Coast Guard), Royal Saint Kitts and Nevis Police Force | |
Saint Lucia | Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (including Special Service Unit, Coast Guard) | no regular military forces; Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (includes Special Service Unit, Coast Guard) (2007) | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Royal Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (includes Special Service Unit), Coast Guard | no regular military forces; Royal Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force, Coast Guard (2007) | |
Samoa | no regular armed services; Samoa Police Force | no regular military forces; Samoa Police Force (2005) | |
San Marino | Voluntary Military Force (Corpi Militari Voluntar); note - the Voluntary Military Force performs ceremonial duties and limited police assistance | no regular military forces; Voluntary Military Force (Corpi Militari Voluntar) performs ceremonial duties and limited police functions (2006) | |
Sao Tome and Principe | Army, Coast Guard, Presidential Guard, National Guard | Armed Forces of Sao Tome and Principe (FASTP): Army, Navy, Presidential Guard (2007) | |
Saudi Arabia | Land Force (Army), Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Force, National Guard, Ministry of Interior Forces (paramilitary) | Land Forces (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) | Army, Senegalese Navy (Marine Senegalaise), Senegalese Air Force (Armee de l'Air du Senegal) (2007) | |
Serbia | - | Serbian Armed Forces (Vojska Srbije, VS): Land Forces Command (includes Serbian naval force, consisting of a river flotilla on the Danube), Joint Operations Command, Air and Air Defense Forces Command (2007) | |
Serbia and Montenegro | Army (VJ) (including ground forces with border troops, naval forces, air and air defense forces) | - | |
Seychelles | Army, Coast Guard (including Navy Wing, Air Wing), National Guard, Presidential Protection Unit (includes Presidential Guard), Seychelles National Police (includes Police Mobile Unit) | Seychelles Defense Force: Army, Coast Guard (includes Naval Wing, Air Wing), National Guard (2005) | |
Sierra Leone | Army (RSLAF) | Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF): Army (includes Air Wing, Navy (Maritime Wing)) (2007) | |
Singapore | Army, Navy, Air Force, People's Defense Force | Singapore Armed Forces: Army, Navy, Republic of Singapore Air Force (includes Air Defense) (2006) | |
Slovakia | Ground Forces (including Home Guard [Domobrana]), Air and Air Defense Forces (January 2003) | Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic (Ozbrojene Sily Slovenskej Republiky): Land Forces (Pozemne Sily), Air Forces (Vzdusne Sily) (2005) | |
Slovenia | Slovenian Army (includes Air and Naval Forces) | 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) | no regular military forces; 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 | no national-level armed forces (2007) | |
South Africa | South African National Defense Force: Army, Navy, Air Force, and Medical Services | South African National Defense Force (SANDF): South African Army, South African Navy (SAN), South African Air Force (SAAF), Joint Operations Command, Joint Support Command, Military Intelligence, Military Health Service (2007) | |
Spain | Army, Navy, Air Force (Ejercito del Aire, EdA), Marines | Spanish Armed Forces: Army (Ejercito de Tierra), Spanish Navy (Armada Espanola, AE; includes Marine Corps), Spanish Air Force (Ejercito del Aire Espanola, EdA) (2006) | |
Sri Lanka | Army, Navy, Air Force, Police Force | Sri Lankan Army, Sri Lankan Navy, Sri Lankan Air Force (2006) | |
Sudan | Sudanese People's Armed Forces (SPAF), Navy, Air Force, Popular Defense Forces | Sudanese People's Armed Forces (SPAF): Land Forces, Navy, Air Force, Popular Defense Forces (2007) | |
Suriname | National Army (includes small Navy and Air Force elements) | National Army (Nationaal Leger, NL; includes Naval Wing, Air Wing) (2007) | |
Swaziland | Umbutfo Swaziland Defense Force (Army, including Air Wing) | Umbutfo Swaziland Defense Force (USDF): Ground Force (includes air wing), Royal Swaziland Police Force (RSPF) (2007) | |
Sweden | Army, Royal Navy, Air Force (Flygvapnet) | Swedish Armed Forces (Forsvarsmakten): Army (Armen), Royal Swedish Navy (Marinen), Swedish Air Force (Svenska Flygvapnet) (2006) | |
Switzerland | Land Forces, Air Force | Swiss Armed Forces: Land Forces, Swiss Air Force (Schweizer Luftwaffe); Switzerland has no navy, but maintains a fleet of military patrol boats to patrol Swiss borders (2006) | |
Syria | Syrian Arab Army, Syrian Arab Navy, Syrian Arab Air Force (including Air Defense Command), Police and Security Force | Syrian Armed Forces: Syrian Arab Army (includes Syrian Arab Navy), Syrian Arab Air and Air Defense Force (includes Air Defense Command) (2005) | |
Taiwan | Army, Navy (including Marine Corps), Air Force, Coast Guard Administration, Armed Forces Reserve Command, Combined Service Forces Command, Armed Forces Police Command | Army, Navy (includes Marine Corps), Air Force, Coast Guard Administration, Armed Forces Reserve Command, Combined Service Forces Command, Armed Forces Police Command | |
Tajikistan | Army, Air Force, Air Defense Force, Presidential National Guard | Ground Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces, Mobile Force (2007) | |
Tanzania | Tanzanian People's Defense Force: Army, Naval Wing, and Air Defense Command; National Service | Tanzanian People's Defense Force (Jeshi la Wananchi la Tanzania, JWTZ): Army, Naval Wing (includes Coast Guard), Air Defense Command (includes Air Wing), National Service (2007) | |
Thailand | Royal Thai Army, Royal Thai Navy (including Royal Thai Marine Corps), Royal Thai Air Force | Royal Thai Army (RTA), Royal Thai Navy (RTN, includes Royal Thai Marine Corps), Royal Thai Air Force (Knogtap Agard Thai, RTAF) (2006) | |
Timor-Leste | - | Timor-Leste Defense Force (Forcas de Defesa de Timor-L'este, FDTL): Army, Navy (Armada) (2005) | |
Togo | Army, Navy, Air Force, Gendarmerie | Togolese Armed Forces (FAT): Army, Navy, Air Force, Gendarmerie (2005) | |
Tonga | Tonga Defense Services: Ground Forces (Royal Marines, Royal Guard), Maritime Force (including Air Wing) | Tonga Defense Services: Land Force (Royal Guard), Naval Force (includes Royal Marines, Air Wing) (2006) | |
Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force: Ground Force, Coast Guard, and Air Wing | Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force: Ground Force, Coast Guard (includes air wing) (2004) | |
Tunisia | Army, Navy, Air Force | Army, Navy, Republic of Tunisia Air Force (Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Jamahiriyah At'tunisia) (2007) | |
Turkey | Turkish Armed Forces (TSK): Land Forces, Naval Forces Command (includes Naval Air and Naval Infantry), Air Force, Coast Guard Command, Gendarmerie (Jandarma) | Turkish Armed Forces (TSK): Land Forces, Turkish Naval Forces (Turk Deniz Kuvvetleri, TDK; includes naval air and naval infantry), Turkish Air Force (Turk Hava Kuvvetleri, THK) (2006) | |
Turkmenistan | Ministry of Defense (Army, Air and Air Defense, Navy, Border Troops, and Internal Troops), National Guard | Ground Forces, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces (2007) | |
Tuvalu | no regular military forces; Police Force (includes Maritime Surveillance Unit for search and rescue missions and surveillance operations) | no regular military forces; Police Force | |
Uganda | Ugandan Peoples' Defense Force (UPDF): Army, Marine Unit, Air Wing | Uganda Peoples Defense Force (UPDF): Army (includes Marine Unit), Air Force (2007) | |
Ukraine | Ground Forces, Naval Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces, Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVS) Troops, Border Troops | Ground Forces, Naval Forces, Air Forces (Viyskovo-Povitryani Syly), Air Defense Forces (2002) | |
United Arab Emirates | Army, Navy (including Marines and Coast Guard), Air and Air Defense Force, paramilitary forces (includes Federal Police Force) | Army, Navy (includes Marines and Coast Guard), Air and Air Defense Force, paramilitary forces (includes Federal Police Force) | |
United Kingdom | Army, Royal Navy (including Royal Marines), Royal Air Force | Army, Royal Navy (includes 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) | Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard; note - Coast Guard administered in peacetime by the Department of Homeland Security, but in wartime reports to the Department of the Navy | |
Uruguay | Army, Navy (includes Naval Air Arm, Marines, Maritime Prefecture in wartime), Air Force | Army, Navy (includes naval air arm, Marines, Maritime Prefecture in wartime), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Uruguaya, FAU) (2006) | |
Uzbekistan | Army, Air and Air Defense Forces, National Guard | Army, Air and Air Defense Forces, National Guard | |
Vanuatu | no regular military forces; Vanuatu Police Force (VPF; including the paramilitary Mobile Force or VMF) | no regular military forces; Vanuatu Police Force (VPF), Vanuatu Mobile Force (VMF; includes Police Maritime Wing (PMW)) (2007) | |
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) | National Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas Nacionales or FAN): Ground Forces or Army (Fuerzas Terrestres or Ejercito), Naval Forces (Fuerzas Navales or Armada; includes Marines, 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: Ground Forces, People's Navy Command (including Naval Infantry), Air and Air Defense Force, Coast Guard | People's Armed Forces: People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) (includes People's Navy Command (with naval infantry, coast guard), Air and Air Defense Force (Kon Quan Nhan Dan), Border Defense Command), People's Public Security Forces, Militia Force, Self-Defense Forces (2005) | |
Yemen | Army (including Special Forces), Naval Forces and Coastal Defenses (including Marines), Air Force (including Air Defense Forces), Republican Guard | Army (includes Republican Guard), Navy (includes Marines), Yemen Air Force (includes Air Defense Force) (2007) | |
Zambia | Zambian National Defense Force (ZNDF): Army, Air Force, Police, National Service | Zambian National Defense Force (ZNDF): Army, Air Force, Police, National Service | |
Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe National Army, Air Force of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Republic Police (includes Police Support Unit, Paramilitary Police) | Zimbabwe Defense Forces (ZDF): Zimbabwe National Army, Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ), Zimbabwe Republic Police (2005) |