Country
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Military branches
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Afghanistan
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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
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Albania
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General Staff Headquarters, Land Forces Command (Army), Naval Forces Command, Air Forces Command, Doctrine and Exercises Command, Logistics Support Command
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Algeria
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People's National Army (ANP; includes Ground Forces), Algerian National Navy (ANN), Air Force (QJA), Territorial Air Defense
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Andorra
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no regular military forces, Police Service of Andorra
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Angola
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Army, Navy (Marinha de Guerra, MdG), Air and Air Defense Forces (FANA)
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Antigua and Barbuda
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Royal Antigua and Barbuda Defense Force (including Coast Guard)
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Argentina
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Argentine Army, Navy of the Argentine Republic (includes Naval Aviation and Marines), Argentine Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Argentina, FAA)
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Armenia
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Army, Air Force and Air Defense Force
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Aruba
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no regular indigenous military forces; Royal Dutch Navy and Marines, Coast Guard
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Australia
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Australian Army, Royal Australian Navy, Royal Australian Air Force, new Special Operations Command (announced in December 2002)
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Austria
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Land Forces (KdoLdSK), Air Forces (KdoLuSK)
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Azerbaijan
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Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces
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Bahamas, The
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Royal Bahamas Defense Force (including Coast Guard)
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Bahrain
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Bahrain Defense Forces (BDF): Ground Force (includes Air Defense), Navy, Air Force, National Guard
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Bangladesh
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Army, Navy, Air Force
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Barbados
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Royal Barbados Defense Force (Troops Command and Coast Guard)
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Belarus
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Army, Air and Air Defense Force
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Belgium
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Army, Naval, and Air Operations Commands
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Belize
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Belize Defense Force (includes Army, Maritime Wing, Air Wing, and Volunteer Guard)
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Benin
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Armed Forces: Army, Navy, Air Force
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Bermuda
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Bermuda Regiment
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Bhutan
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Royal Bhutan Army, Royal Bodyguard, National Militia
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Bolivia
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Army (Ejercito Boliviano), Navy (Fuerza Naval, includes Marines), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Boliviana)
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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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)
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Botswana
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Botswana Defense Force (including an Air Wing)
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Brazil
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Brazilian Army, Brazilian Navy (including Naval Air and Marines), Brazilian Air Force (FAB)
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Brunei
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Royal Brunei Land Forces, Royal Brunei Navy, Royal Brunei Air Force
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Bulgaria
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Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces
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Burkina Faso
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Army, Air Force
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Burma
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Army, Navy, Air Force
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Burundi
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Army (including Naval Detachment and Air Wing), National Gendarmerie
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Cambodia
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Royal Cambodian Armed Forces: Army, Navy, Air Force
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Cameroon
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Army, Navy (includes Naval Infantry), Air Force
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Canada
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Canadian Armed Forces: Land Forces Command, Maritime Command, Air Command
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Cape Verde
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Army, Coast Guard
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Cayman Islands
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no regular military forces; Royal Cayman Islands Police Force
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Central African Republic
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Central African Armed Forces (FACA): Republican Guard, Ground Forces, Naval Forces, Air Force
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Chad
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Armed Forces: National Army (ANT), Air Force, and Republican Guard
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Chile
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Army of the Nation, National Navy (including Naval Air, Coast Guard, and Marine Corps), Air Force of the Nation, Chilean Carabineros (National Police)
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China
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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
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Colombia
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Army (Ejercito Nacional), Navy (Armada Nacional, including Naval Aviation, Marines, and Coast Guard), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Colombiana)
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Comoros
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Comoran Security Force
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Congo, Democratic Republic of the
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Army, Navy, Air Force
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Congo, Republic of the
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Congolese Armed Forces (FAC): Army, Air Force, Navy
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Costa Rica
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no regular military forces; Ministry of Public Security
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Cote d'Ivoire
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Army, Navy, Air Force, paramilitary Gendarmerie, Republican Guard (includes Presidential Guard)
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Croatia
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Ground Forces (Hrvatska Vojska, HKoV), Naval Forces (Hrvatska Ratna Mornarica, HRM), Air and Air Defense Forces (Hrvatsko Ratno Zrakoplovstvo i Protuzrakoplovna Obrana, HRZiPZO)
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Cuba
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Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR): Revolutionary Army (ER), Revolutionary Navy (MGR), Air and Air Defense Force (DAAFAR), Territorial Militia Troops (MTT), Youth Labor Army (EJT)
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Cyprus
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Greek Cypriot area: Greek Cypriot National Guard (GCNG; including air and naval elements), Greek Cypriot Police
Turkish Cypriot area: Turkish Cypriot Security Force (GKK)
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Czech Republic
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Czech Army: Ground Forces, Air Forces, Special Forces
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Denmark
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Royal Danish Army, Royal Danish Navy, Royal Danish Air Force, Home Guard
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Djibouti
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Djibouti National Army (including Navy and Air Force)
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Dominica
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no regular military forces; Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force (including Coast Guard)
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Dominican Republic
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Army, Navy, Air Force
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East Timor
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East Timor Defense Force (Forcas de Defesa de Timor-L'este, FDTL): Army, Navy
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Ecuador
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Army, Navy (including Marines), Air Force, National Police
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Egypt
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Army, Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Command
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El Salvador
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Army, Navy (FNES), Air Force
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Equatorial Guinea
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Army, Navy, Air Force, Rapid Intervention Force
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Eritrea
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Army, Navy, Air Force
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Estonia
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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
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Ethiopia
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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
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
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no regular military forces
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Faroe Islands
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no regular military forces
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Fiji
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Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF): Land Forces, Naval Division
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Finland
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Army, Navy, Air Force
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France
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Army (includes Marines, Foreign Legion, Army Light Aviation), Navy (including naval air), Air Force (including Air Defense), National Gendarmerie
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French Guiana
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no regular military forces; Gendarmerie
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French Polynesia
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no regular military forces; Gendarmerie and National Police Force
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Gabon
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Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Police
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Gambia, The
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Gambian National Army (GNA) (including Naval Unit), Presidential Guard
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Gaza Strip
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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
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Georgia
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Ground Forces (including National Guard), Air and Air Defense Forces, Maritime Defense Force
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Germany
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Army (Bundeswehr), Navy (Deutsche Marine; including Naval Air arm), Air Force (Luftwaffe), Joint Support Service, Central Medical Service
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Ghana
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Army, Navy, Air Force
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Gibraltar
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Royal Gibraltar Regiment
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Greece
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Hellenic Army, Hellenic Navy, Hellenic Air Force (EPA), National Guard
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Grenada
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no regular military forces; Royal Grenada Police Force
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Guadeloupe
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no regular military forces
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Guatemala
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Army, Navy (includes Marines), Air Force
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Guinea
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Army, Navy, Air Force, Republican Guard, Presidential Guard, National Gendarmerie, General Directorate of National Police
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Guinea-Bissau
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People's Revolutionary Armed Force (FARP; includes Army, Navy, and Air Force), paramilitary force
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Guyana
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Guyana Defense Force: Ground Forces, Coast Guard, Air Corps; Guyana People's Militia
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Haiti
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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
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Holy See (Vatican City)
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Swiss Guards Corps (Corpo della Guardia Svizzera)
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Honduras
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Army, Navy (including Naval Infantry), Air Force
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Hong Kong
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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
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Hungary
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Ground Forces, Air Forces
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Iceland
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no regular armed forces; Police, Coast Guard
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India
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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)
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Indonesia
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Indonesia Armed Forces (TNI): Army (TNI-AD), Navy (TNI-AL, including Marines, Naval Air arm), Air Force (TNI-AU)
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Iran
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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 Force [special operations], and Basij [Popular Mobilization Army]), Law Enforcement Forces
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Iraq
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note: the US and UK Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) dissolved the former Iraqi Armed Forces, together with the Ministry of Defense and other security institutions, and is implementing plans to create a new Iraqi Army with a purely defensive mission and capability; recruiting and training began in July 2003, with strength projected to be 3 divisions comprising approximately 36,000 personnel by July 2004; there are also plans to reconstitute an Iraqi Army Aviation Corps and Navy in the future but, as of early 2004, there are no plans to reconstitute an Iraqi Air Force (January 2004)
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Ireland
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Army (including Naval Service and Air Corps)
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Israel
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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
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Italy
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Army, Navy, Air Force (Aeronautica Militare Italiana, AMI), Carabinieri
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Jamaica
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Jamaica Defense Force: Ground Forces, Coast Guard, Air Wing
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Japan
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Ground Self-Defense Force (Army), Maritime Self-Defense Force (Navy), Air Self-Defense Force (Air Force), Coast Guard
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Jordan
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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
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Kazakhstan
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Ground Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces, Naval Force, Republican Guard
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Kenya
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Army, Navy, Air Force
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Kiribati
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no regular military forces; Police Force (carries out law enforcement functions and paramilitary duties; small police posts are on all islands)
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Korea, North
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Korean People's Army (includes Army, Navy, Air Force), Civil Security Forces
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Korea, South
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Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, National Maritime Police (Coast Guard)
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Kuwait
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Land Forces, Navy, Air Force (including Air Defense Force), National Guard
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Kyrgyzstan
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Army, Air and Air Defense, Security Forces, Border Troops
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Laos
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Lao People's Army (LPA; including Riverine Force), Air Force
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Latvia
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Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force, Border Guard, Home Guard (Zemessardze)
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Lebanon
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Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF; includes Army, Navy, and Air Force)
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Lesotho
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Lesotho Defense Force (LDF; with Army and Air Wing)
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Liberia
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Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL): Army, Navy, Air Force
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Libya
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Armed Peoples on Duty (Army), Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Command
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Lithuania
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National Defense Volunteer Forces (SKAT), Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force
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Luxembourg
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Army
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Macau
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responsibility for defense reverted to China on 20 December 1999; there are local police forces
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Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
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Army of the Republic of Macedonia (ARM; including Air and Air Defense Command)
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Madagascar
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People's Armed Forces: comprising Intervention Force, Development Force, and Aeronaval - Navy and Air - Force; National Gendarmerie
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Malawi
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Army (including Air Wing and Naval Detachment), Police (including Mobile Force Unit)
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Malaysia
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Malaysian Army, Royal Malaysian Navy, Royal Malaysian Air Force, Royal Malaysian Marine Police, Sarawak Border Scouts
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Maldives
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National Security Service: comprising Security Branch (ground forces), Air Element; Coast Guard
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Mali
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Army, Air Force, National Guard
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Malta
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Armed Forces: Land Forces (including Air Squadron and Maritime Squadron), Revenue Security Corps
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Marshall Islands
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no regular military forces; Marshall Islands Police
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Martinique
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no regular military forces; Gendarmerie
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Mauritania
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Army, Navy (including Naval Infantry), Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Guard, National Police, Presidential Guard (BSSP)
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Mauritius
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National Police Force (includes the paramilitary Special Mobile Force or SMF and National Coast Guard)
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Mexico
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National Defense Secretariat (Sedena) (including Army and Air Force), Navy Secretariat (including Naval Air and Marines)
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Moldova
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National Army: Ground Forces, Air Force
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Mongolia
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Mongolian People's Army (comprising Ground Forces, Air Defense Forces), Border Guards, Internal Security Forces, Construction Corps Forces, Civil Defense Authority
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Montserrat
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no regular indigenous military forces; Police Force
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Morocco
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Royal Armed Forces: Army, Navy, Air Force
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Mozambique
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Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces, Special Forces
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Namibia
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Namibian Defense Force: Army (including Naval Wing, Air Wing), Police
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Nauru
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no regular military forces; Nauru Police Force
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Nepal
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Royal Nepalese Army (includes Royal Nepalese Army Air Service), Nepalese Police Force
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Netherlands
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Royal Netherlands Army, Royal Netherlands Navy (including Naval Air Service and Marine Corps), Royal Netherlands Air Force, Royal Constabulary, Defense Interservice Command
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Netherlands Antilles
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National Guard, Police Force
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New Caledonia
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no regular indigenous military forces; French Armed Forces (including Army, Navy, Air Force, Gendarmerie); Police Force
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New Zealand
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New Zealand Army, Royal New Zealand Navy, Royal New Zealand Air Force
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Nicaragua
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Army (includes Navy), Navy
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Niger
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Army, Air Force, National Intervention and Security Force
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Nigeria
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Army, Navy, Air Force
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Niue
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no regular indigenous military forces; Police Force
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Norway
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Norwegian Army, Royal Norwegian Navy (including Coast Artillery and Coast Guard), Royal Norwegian Air Force (Kongelige Norske Luftforsvaret, RNoAF), Home Guard
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Oman
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Royal Omani Armed Forces: Army, Navy, Air Force
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Pakistan
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Army, Navy, Air Force
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Palau
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no regular military forces; Police Force
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Panama
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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)
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Papua New Guinea
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Papua New Guinea Defense Force: Ground Force, Maritime Operations Element, and Air Operations Element
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Paraguay
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Army, Navy (includes Naval Air and Marines), Air Force
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Peru
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Army (Ejercito Peruano), Navy (Marina de Guerra del Peru; includes Naval Air, Naval Infantry, and Coast Guard), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea del Peru; FAP)
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Philippines
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Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP): Army, Navy (includes Coast Guard and Marine Corps), Air Force
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Poland
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Land Forces, Navy, Air Force
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Portugal
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Army, Navy (PON; including Marines), Air Force (FAP), Republican Guard (including Fiscal Guard)
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Puerto Rico
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no regular indigenous military forces; paramilitary National Guard, Police Force
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Qatar
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Land Force, Qatari Amiri Navy (QAN), Amiri Air Force
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Reunion
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no regular indigenous military forces; French forces (including Army, Navy, Air Force, and Gendarmerie)
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Romania
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Ground Forces, Naval Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces (AMR), Civil Defense
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Russia
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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
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Rwanda
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Rwandan Defense Forces (Army, Air Forces)
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Saint Kitts and Nevis
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Saint Kitts and Nevis Defense Force (including Coast Guard), Royal Saint Kitts and Nevis Police Force (including Special Service Unit)
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Saint Lucia
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Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (including Special Service Unit, Coast Guard)
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Royal Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (includes Special Service Unit), Coast Guard
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Samoa
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no regular armed services; Samoa Police Force
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San Marino
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Voluntary Military Force (Corpi Militari Voluntar); note - the Voluntary Military Force performs ceremonial duties and limited police assistance
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Sao Tome and Principe
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Army, Coast Guard, Presidential Guard, National Guard
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Saudi Arabia
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Land Force (Army), Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Force, National Guard, Ministry of Interior Forces (paramilitary)
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Senegal
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Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Police (Surete Nationale)
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Serbia and Montenegro
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Army (VJ) (including ground forces with border troops, naval forces, air and air defense forces)
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Seychelles
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Army, Coast Guard (including Navy Wing, Air Wing), National Guard, Presidential Protection Unit (includes Presidential Guard), Seychelles National Police (includes Police Mobile Unit)
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Sierra Leone
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Army (RSLAF)
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Singapore
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Army, Navy, Air Force, People's Defense Force
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Slovakia
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Army (Ground Forces), Air and Air Defense Forces, Home Guard (Territorial Defense Forces)
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Slovenia
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Slovenian Army (includes Air and Naval Forces)
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Solomon Islands
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no regular military forces; Solomon Islands National Reconnaissance and Surveillance Force; Royal Solomon Islands Police (RSIP)
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Somalia
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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
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South Africa
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South African National Defense Force: Army, Navy, Air Force, and Medical Services
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Spain
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Army, Navy, Air Force (Ejercito del Aire, EdA), Marines
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Sri Lanka
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Army, Navy, Air Force, Police Force
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Sudan
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Sudanese People's Armed Forces (SPAF), Navy, Air Force, Popular Defense Forces
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Suriname
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National Army (includes small Navy and Air Force elements)
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Swaziland
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Umbutfo Swaziland Defense Force (Army, including Air Wing)
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Sweden
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Army, Royal Navy, Air Force (Flygvapnet)
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Switzerland
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Land Forces, Air Force
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Syria
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Syrian Arab Army, Syrian Arab Navy, Syrian Arab Air Force (including Air Defense Command), Police and Security Force
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Taiwan
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Army, Navy (including Marine Corps), Air Force, Coast Guard Administration, Armed Forces Reserve Command, Combined Service Forces Command, Armed Forces Police Command
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Tajikistan
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Army, Air Force, Air Defense Force, Presidential National Guard
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Tanzania
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Tanzanian People's Defense Force: Army, Naval Wing, and Air Defense Command; National Service
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Thailand
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Royal Thai Army, Royal Thai Navy (including Royal Thai Marine Corps), Royal Thai Air Force
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Togo
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Army, Navy, Air Force, Gendarmerie
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Tonga
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Tonga Defense Services: Ground Forces (Royal Marines, Royal Guard), Maritime Force (including Air Wing)
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Trinidad and Tobago
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Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force: Ground Force, Coast Guard, and Air Wing
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Tunisia
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Army, Navy, Air Force
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Turkey
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Turkish Armed Forces (TSK): Land Forces, Naval Forces Command (includes Naval Air and Naval Infantry), Air Force, Coast Guard Command, Gendarmerie (Jandarma)
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Turkmenistan
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Ministry of Defense (Army, Air and Air Defense, Navy, Border Troops, and Internal Troops), National Guard
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Tuvalu
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no regular military forces; Police Force (includes Maritime Surveillance Unit for search and rescue missions and surveillance operations)
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Uganda
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Ugandan Peoples' Defense Force (UPDF): Army, Marine Unit, Air Wing
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Ukraine
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Ground Forces, Naval Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces, Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVS) Troops, Border Troops
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United Arab Emirates
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Army, Navy (including Marines and Coast Guard), Air and Air Defense Force, paramilitary forces (includes Federal Police Force)
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United Kingdom
|
Army, Royal Navy (including Royal Marines), Royal Air Force
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United States
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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)
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Uruguay
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Army, Navy (includes Naval Air Arm, Marines, Maritime Prefecture in wartime), Air Force
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Uzbekistan
|
Army, Air and Air Defense Forces, National Guard
|
Vanuatu
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no regular military forces; Vanuatu Police Force (VPF; including the paramilitary Mobile Force or VMF)
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Venezuela
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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)
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Vietnam
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People's Army of Vietnam: Ground Forces, People's Navy Command (including Naval Infantry), Air and Air Defense Force, Coast Guard
|
Yemen
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Army (including Special Forces), Naval Forces and Coastal Defenses (including Marines), Air Force (including Air Defense Forces), Republican Guard
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Zambia
|
Zambian National Defense Force (ZNDF): Army, Air Force, Police, National Service
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Zimbabwe
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Zimbabwe National Army, Air Force of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Republic Police (includes Police Support Unit, Paramilitary Police)
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