List of militaries by country
This is a list of militaries by country, including main branches of ground, naval and air forces.
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List of militaries by country
This is a list of militaries by country, including main branches of ground, naval and air forces.
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Afghanistan
• Afghan Army • Afghan Air Force
Albania
Albanian Armed Forces:
• General Staff of the Armed Forces (Albania) • Albanian Air Force • Albanian Land Force • Albanian Naval Force • Military Police (Albania) • Support Command (Albania)
Algeria
Algerian People's National Army:
• Algerian Land Forces • Algerian National Navy • Algerian Air Force • Territorial Air Defence Forces • Republican Guard
Angola
Angolan Armed Forces:
• Angolan Army • Angolan Navy • National Air Force of Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda has the smallest military budget of any nation with a military.
Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force:
• Antigua and Barbuda Regiment • Antigua and Barbuda Coast Guard • Antigua and Barbuda Cadet Corps • Service and Support Battalion • Antigua and Barbuda Air Wing
Argentina
Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic:
• Argentine Army • Argentine Air Force • Argentine Navy
Armenia
Armed Forces of Armenia:
• Armenian Ground Forces • Armenian Air Force
Australia
Australian Defence Force:
• Royal Australian Air Force • Australian Army • Royal Australian Navy
Austria
Austrian Armed Forces:
• Austrian Army • Austrian Air Force • Jagdkommando
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani Armed Forces:
• Azerbaijani Air Forces • Azerbaijani Land Forces • Azerbaijani Navy
B
Bahamas
Royal Bahamas Defence Force:
Bahrain
Bahrain Defence Force:
• Royal Bahraini Air Force • Royal Bahraini Army • Royal Bahraini Naval Force • Bahrain Royal Medical Services • Royal Guard
Bangladesh
Bangladesh Armed Forces:
• Bangladesh Air Force • Bangladesh Army • Bangladesh Navy
Barbados
Barbados Defence Force:
• Barbados Regiment • Barbados Coast Guard • Barbados Air Wing
Belarus
Armed Forces of Belarus:
• Belarusian Ground Forces • Belarusian Air Force • Special Forces of Belarus • Belarusian Transport Troops • Territorial Defense Troops of Belarus
Belgium
Belgian Armed Forces:
• Belgian Land Component • Belgian Air Component • Belgian Navy • Belgian Medical Component
Belize
Belize Defence Force:
• Belize Coast Guard • Belize Defence Force Air Wing
Benin
• Benin Army • Benin Navy • Benin Air Force • National Gendarmerie
Bhutan
• Royal Bhutan Army • Royal Bodyguard of Bhutan • Royal Bhutan Police
Bolivia
Armed Forces of Bolivia:
• Bolivian Army • Bolivian Air Force • Bolivian Navy
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina:
• Bosnian Ground Forces • Air Force and Anti-Aircraft Defence of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Botswana Defence Force:
• Botswana Ground Force • Botswana Defence Force Air Wing
Brazil
Brazilian Armed Forces:
• Brazilian Army • Brazilian Air Force • Brazilian Navy
Brunei
Royal Brunei Armed Forces:
• Royal Brunei Land Force • Royal Brunei Air Force • Royal Brunei Navy
Bulgaria
Bulgarian Armed Forces:
• Bulgarian Land Forces • Bulgarian Air Force • Bulgarian Navy
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso Armed Forces:
• Army of Burkina Faso • Air Force of Burkina Faso • National Gendarmerie • People's Militia
Burundi
National Defence Force:
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Cambodia
Royal Cambodian Armed Forces:
• Royal Cambodian Army • Royal Cambodian Air Force • Royal Cambodian Navy • Royal Gendarmerie of Cambodia
Cameroon
Cameroon Armed Forces:
• Cameroon Army • Cameroon Air Force • Cameroon Navy • Cameroon Fire Fighter Corps • Cameroon Gendarmerie
Canada
Canadian Armed Forces:
• Canadian Army • Royal Canadian Air Force • Royal Canadian Navy
Cape Verde
Cape Verdean Armed Forces:
• Cape Verdean National Guard • Cape Verdean Coast Guard • Cape Verdean Air Force
Central African Republic
Central African Armed Forces:
• Central African Ground Forces • Central African Republic Air Force • Central African National Gendarmerie • Republican Guard (Central African Republic) • Central African National Police
Chad
• Chadian Air Force • Chadian Ground Forces • National and Nomadic Guard • Chadian National Gendarmerie
Chile
• Chilean Army • Chilean Navy • Chilean Air Force
China
People's Liberation Army:
• People's Liberation Army Ground Force • People's Liberation Army Air Force • People's Liberation Army Navy • People's Liberation Army Rocket Force
Colombia
Military Forces of Colombia:
• National Army of Colombia • Colombian Navy • Colombian Air Force • National Police of Colombia
Comoros
Army of National Development:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo:
• Air Force of the Democratic Republic of the Congo • Land Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo • Navy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo • Republican Guard
Republic of the Congo
Armed Forces of the Republic of the Congo:
• Congolese Army (Ground Forces) • Congolese Air Force • Congolese Marine • Congolese Gendarmerie
Croatia
Armed Forces of Croatia:
• Croatian Army • Croatian Navy • Croatian Air Force • Croatian Special Operations Forces Command
Cuba
Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces:
• Cuban Revolutionary Army • Cuban Revolutionary Navy • Cuban Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Force • National Revolutionary Militia • Territorial Troops Militia
Cyprus
Cypriot National Guard:
• Cyprus Army • Cyprus Air Command • Cyprus Navy
Czech Republic
• Czech Land Forces • Czech Air Force • Czech Territorial Forces • Czech Information and Cyber Forces • Czech Special Forces
D
Denmark
• Royal Danish Army • Royal Danish Air Force • Royal Danish Navy • Home Guard
Djibouti
Djibouti Armed Forces:
• Djibouti Air Force • Djiboutian Army • Djiboutian Navy • Djiboutian National Gendarmerie • Republican Guard (Djibouti)
Dominican Republic
Armed Forces of the Dominican Republic:
• Dominican Army • Dominican Air Force • Dominican Navy
E
East Timor
Timor Leste Defence Force:
• Timor-Leste Army • Timor-Leste Naval Component • Timor-Leste Air Component
Ecuador
Armed Forces of Ecuador:
• Ecuadorian Army • Ecuadorian Air Force • Ecuadorian Navy
Egypt
Egyptian Armed Forces:
• Egyptian Army • Egyptian Air Force • Egyptian Navy • Egyptian Air Defense Forces
El Salvador
Armed Forces of El Salvador:
• Salvadoran Army • Navy of El Salvador • Salvadoran Air Force
Equatorial Guinea
Armed Forces of Equatorial Guinea:
• Navy of Equatorial Guinea • Army of Equatorial Guinea • Air Force of Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Eritrean Defence Forces:
• Eritrean Army • Eritrean Air Force • Eritrean Navy
Estonia
Estonian Defence Forces:
• Estonian Land Forces • Estonian Air Force • Estonian Navy • Estonian Defence League
Ethiopia
Ethiopian National Defense Force:
• Ethiopian Ground Forces • Ethiopian Air Force • Ethiopian Navy • Ethiopian Republican Guard
F
Fiji
Republic of Fiji Military Forces:
• Fiji Infantry Regiment • Republic of Fiji Navy
Finland
Finnish Defence Forces:
• Finnish Army • Finnish Air Force • Finnish Navy
France
• French Army • French Air and Space Force • French Navy • National Gendarmerie • National Guard
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Gabon
Armed Forces of Gabon:
• Gabonese Army • Gabonese Air Force • Gabonese Navy • National Gendarmerie of Gabon • Gabonese Republican Guard
Gambia
• Gambia National Army • Gambia Navy • National Republican Guard
Georgia
Defense Forces of Georgia:
• Georgian Land Forces • Georgian Air Force • Coast Guard of Georgia • Georgian Special Operations Forces • National Guard of Georgia
Germany, Federal Republic of
• German Army • German Navy • German Air Force • Joint Support Service • Joint Medical Service • Cyber and Information Domain Service
Ghana
• Ghana Army • Ghana Air Force • Ghana Navy
Greece
Hellenic Armed Forces:
• Hellenic Army • Hellenic Navy • Hellenic Air Force
Guatemala
Armed Forces of Guatemala:
• Guatemalan Army • Guatemalan Air Force • Guatemalan Navy • Presidential Honor Guard
Guinea
Republic of Guinea Armed Forces:
• People's Army of Guinea • Guinea Air Force • Guinea Navy • Republican Guard
Guinea-Bissau
Revolutionary Armed Forces of the People (Guinea-Bissau):
• Guinea-Bissau Army • Guinea-Bissau Air Force • Guinea-Bissau Navy
Guyana
Guyana Defence Force:
• Guyana Army • Guyana Air Corps • Guyana Coast Guard
H
Haiti
Armed Forces of Haiti:
• Haitian Army • Haitian Aviation Corps
Honduras
Armed Forces of Honduras:
• Honduran Army • Honduran Air Force • Honduran Navy
Hungary
Hungarian Defence Forces:
• Hungarian Ground Forces • Hungarian Air Force
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India
India has the fourth-largest military and the sixth-largest nuclear arsenal in the world.
• Indian Army • Indian Navy • Indian Air Force
Indonesia
Indonesian National Armed Forces:
• Indonesian Army • Indonesian Navy • Indonesian Air Force
Iran
Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces:
• Islamic Republic of Iran Army • Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces • Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force • Islamic Republic of Iran Air Defense Force • Islamic Republic of Iran Navy • Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps • Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Ground Forces • Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force • Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy • Basij • Quds Force • Islamic Republic of Iran Police Command
Iraq
• Iraqi Ground Forces • Iraqi Air Force • Iraqi Navy • Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service • Iraqi Air Defence Command • Popular Mobilization Forces (de jure, all members are de facto under Iran's command)
Ireland
• Irish Army • Irish Air Corps • Irish Naval Service • Reserve Defence Forces
Israel
Israel Defense Forces:
• Israeli Ground Forces • Israeli Air Force • Israeli Navy
Italy
Italian Armed Forces:
• Italian Army • Italian Navy • Italian Air Force • Carabinieri
Ivory Coast
Armed Forces of the Republic of Ivory Coast:
• Ivorian Republican Guard • Ivorian Army • Ivorian Air Force • Ivorian Navy • Ivorian National Gendarmerie
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Jamaica
Jamaica Defence Force:
• The Jamaica Regiment • Maritime, Air and Cyber Command • Support Brigade • Caribbean Military Academy • Jamaica National Reserve
Japan
Japan Self-Defense Forces:
• Japan Ground Self-Defense Force • Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force • Japan Air Self-Defense Force
Jordan
Jordanian Armed Forces:
• Royal Jordanian Army • Royal Jordanian Air Force • Royal Jordanian Navy
K
Kazakhstan
Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan:
• Kazakh Ground Forces • Kazakh Air Defense Forces • Kazakh Naval Forces • Kazakh Air Assault Forces
Kenya
Kenya Defence Forces:
• Kenya Army • Kenya Air Force • Kenya Navy
Korea
Korean People's Army (North Korea):
• Korean People's Army Ground Force • Korean People's Army Air Force • Korean People's Navy • Korean People's Army Strategic Force • Korean People's Army Special Operation Force • Missile General Bureau
Republic of Korea Armed Forces (South Korea):
• Republic of Korea Army • Republic of Korea Air Force • Republic of Korea Navy
Kuwait
Kuwait Military Forces:
• Kuwaiti Army • Kuwait Air Force • Kuwait Naval Force • Kuwait National Guard
Kyrgyzstan
Armed Forces of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan:
• Kyrgyz Air Force • Kyrgyz Army • Kyrgyz National Guard • State Border Guard Service
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Laos
Lao People's Armed Forces:
• Lao People's Army • Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force • Lao People's Navy
Latvia
Latvian National Armed Forces:
• Latvian Land Forces • Latvian Naval Forces • Latvian Air Force • Latvian National Guard
Lebanon
Lebanese Armed Forces:
• Lebanese Army • Lebanese Air Force • Lebanese Navy • Lebanese Special Operations Command • Republican Guard
Lesotho
Lesotho Defence Force:
• Lesotho Defence Force – Air Squadron
Liberia
Armed Forces of Liberia:
• Liberian 23rd Infantry Brigade • Liberian Air Wing • Liberian National Coast Guard
Libya
Libyan Armed Forces - (Government of National Accord):
• Libyan Army • Libyan Air Force • Libyan Navy
Libyan National Army - (House of Representatives):
• Libyan Air Force • Libyan Navy
Lithuania
Lithuanian Armed Forces:
• Lithuanian Land Force • Lithuanian Air Force • Lithuanian Naval Force • Lithuanian Special Operations Force • Lithuanian National Defence Volunteer Forces
Luxembourg
Luxembourg Armed Forces:
M
Madagascar
Madagascar Armed Forces:
• Malagasy Air Force • Madagascar Navy • Malagasy Army • Malagasy National Gendarmerie
Malawi
Malawian Defence Force:
• Malawi Army • Malawi Maritime Force • Malawi Air Force
Malaysia
Malaysian Armed Forces:
• Malaysian Army • Royal Malaysian Air Force • Royal Malaysian Navy
Maldives
Maldives National Defence Force:
• Maldivian Coast Guard • MNDF Air Corps • MNDF Marine Corps • Special Forces (Maldives)
Mali
• Malian Air Force • Malian Army • Mali Republican Guard
Malta
Armed Forces of Malta:
• 1st Regiment (Malta) • Air Wing of the Armed Forces of Malta • Maritime Squadron of the Armed Forces of Malta
Mauritania
Armed Forces of Mauritania:
• Mauritania Islamic Air Force • National Guard
Mexico
The Mexican Armed Forces, the second-largest military in North America, have been primarily engaged in the Mexican drug war since 2006.
Mexican Armed Forces:
• Mexican Army • Mexican Air Force • Mexican Navy
Moldova
Moldovan National Army:
• Moldovan Ground Forces • Moldovan Air Force
Monaco
Public Services (Monaco):
• Compagnie des Carabiniers du Prince • Corps des Sapeurs-Pompiers de Monaco
Mongolia
Mongolian Armed Forces:
• Mongolian Air Force • Mongolian Ground Force • Construction and Engineering Forces
Montenegro
Armed Forces of Montenegro:
• Montenegrin Ground Army • Montenegrin Navy • Montenegrin Air Force
Morocco
Royal Moroccan Armed Forces:
• Royal Moroccan Army • Royal Moroccan Navy • Royal Moroccan Air Force • Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie • Moroccan Royal Guard
Mozambique
Mozambique Defence Armed Forces:
• Mozambique Air Force
Myanmar
• Myanmar Army • Myanmar Air Force • Myanmar Navy
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Namibia
Namibian Defence Force:
• Namibian Air Force • Namibian Army • Namibian Navy
Netherlands
Netherlands Armed Forces:
• Royal Netherlands Army • Royal Netherlands Air Force • Royal Netherlands Navy • Royal Marechaussee
Nepal
Nepalese Armed Forces:
• Nepal Army • Nepalese Army Air Service • Armed Police Force
New Zealand
New Zealand Defence Force:
• New Zealand Army • Royal New Zealand Air Force • Royal New Zealand Navy
Nicaragua
Nicaraguan Armed Forces:
• Nicaraguan Air Force • Nicaraguan Navy
Niger
• Gendarmerie Nationale • National Guard of Niger
Nigeria
Nigerian Armed Forces:
• Nigerian Army • Nigerian Air Force • Nigerian Navy
North Macedonia
Army of the Republic of North Macedonia:
• 1st Mechanized Infantry Brigade • North Macedonia Air Brigade • Special Operations Regiment
Norway
Norwegian Armed Forces:
• Norwegian Army • Royal Norwegian Air Force • Royal Norwegian Navy • Norwegian Cyber Defence Force • Norwegian Home Guard
O
Oman
Prior to 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and 2023 Israel-Gaza war, Oman spent the highest percentage of GDP of its military of any nation.
Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces:
• Royal Air Force of Oman • Royal Army of Oman • Royal Navy of Oman • Royal Guard of Oman • Sultan's Special Force
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Pakistan
Pakistan Armed Forces:
• Pakistan Army • Pakistan Air Force • Pakistan Navy
Palestine
Palestinian Security Services (West Bank):
• Palestinian National Security Forces • Palestinian Presidential Guard
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea Defence Force:
Paraguay
Armed Forces of Paraguay:
• Paraguayan Army • Paraguayan Air Force • Paraguayan Navy
Peru
Peruvian Armed Forces:
• Joint Command of the Armed Forces of Peru • Peruvian Army • Peruvian Air Force • Peruvian Navy
Philippines
Armed Forces of the Philippines:
• Philippine Army • Philippine Air Force • Philippine Navy
Poland
• Polish Land Forces • Polish Air Force • Polish Navy • Polish Special Forces • Territorial Defence Force
Portugal
Portuguese Armed Forces:
• Portuguese Army • Portuguese Navy • Portuguese Air Force
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Qatar
• Qatar Emiri Air Force • Qatari Emiri Navy • Qatar Amiri Guard
R
Romania
Romanian Armed Forces:
• Romanian Land Forces • Romanian Air Force • Romanian Naval Forces
Russia
The Russian Armed Forces are among the largest and most well-funded militaries in the world.
Armed Forces of the Russian Federation:
• Russian Aerospace Forces • Russian Airborne Forces • Russian Ground Forces • Russian Navy • Strategic Rocket Forces • Special Operations Forces • Unmanned Systems Forces
Rwanda
Rwandan Defence Forces:
S
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis Defence Force:
San Marino
Sammarinese Armed Forces:
Sao Tome and Principe
Armed Forces of São Tomé and Príncipe:
• Army of São Tomé and Príncipe • Coast Guard of São Tomé and Príncipe • Air Force of São Tomé and Príncipe • São Tomé Presidential Guard
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has among the largest military budgets in the world. In this picture, Saudi Arabian soldiers receive mortar training from American soldiers.
Royal Saudi Arabian Military Forces:
• Royal Saudi Land Force • Royal Saudi Air Force • Royal Saudi Naval Forces • Royal Saudi Air Defense Forces • Royal Saudi Strategic Missile Force • Saudi Arabian National Guard • Saudi Royal Guard Regiment • Saudi Arabian Border Guards
Senegal
Armed Forces of Senegal:
• Senegalese Air Force • Senegalese Gendarmerie
Serbia
Serbian Armed Forces:
• Serbian Army • Serbian Air Force and Air Defence
Seychelles
Seychelles People's Defence Force:
• Seychelles Coast Guard • Seychelles Air Force
Sierra Leone
Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces:
Singapore
Singapore Armed Forces:
• Singapore Army • Republic of Singapore Navy • Republic of Singapore Air Force • Digital and Intelligence Service
Slovakia
• Ground Forces of the Slovak Republic • Slovak Air Force
Slovenia
Slovenian Armed Forces:
• Slovenian Ground Force • Slovenian Air Force and Air Defence • Slovenian Navy
Somalia
• Somali National Army • Somali Navy • Somali Air Force
South Africa
South African National Defence Force:
• South African Army • South African Air Force • South African Navy • South African Military Health Service
South Sudan
South Sudan People's Defense Forces:
• South Sudan Air Force
Spain
The Spanish Armed Forces contain the oldest military units in the world, including a regiment of the Spanish Army operating continuously since 1248.
Spanish Armed Forces:
• Spanish Army • Spanish Air and Space Force • Spanish Navy • Spanish Royal Guard • Military Emergencies Unit
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Armed Forces:
• Sri Lanka Army • Sri Lanka Navy • Sri Lanka Air Force
Sudan
Sudanese Armed Forces:
• Sudanese Army • Sudanese Navy • Sudanese Air Force • Republican Guard
Suriname
Suriname National Army:
• Surinamese Land Forces • Suriname Air Force • Suriname Coast Guard
Swaziland
Umbutfo Eswatini Defence Force:
• Eswatini Army • Eswatini Air Force
Sweden
Swedish Armed Forces:
• Swedish Army • Swedish Air Force • Swedish Navy • Home Guard
Switzerland
Because of Switzerland's long history of neutrality, the Swiss Armed Forces have not been involved in foreign wars since the early 19th century, but do participate in international peacekeeping missions.
• Swiss Land Forces • Swiss Air Force
Syria
• Syrian Army • Syrian Air Force • Syrian Navy • Syrian Air Defense Force
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Tajikistan
Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan:
• Tajik Ground Forces • Tajik Mobile Forces • Presidential National Guard • Tajik Air Force • Tajik Border Troops • Tajik Internal Troops
Tanzania
Tanzania People's Defence Force:
• Tanzania Air Force Command • Tanzania Naval Command
Thailand
Royal Thai Armed Forces:
• Royal Thai Army • Royal Thai Air Force • Royal Thai Navy
Togo
Togolese Armed Forces:
• Gendarmerie Nationale Togolaise
Tonga
His Majesty's Armed Forces (Tonga):
• Tongan Air Wing • Tongan Land Force • Tongan Maritime Force
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force:
• Trinidad and Tobago Regiment
Tunisia
Tunisian Armed Forces:
• Tunisian Army • Tunisian Air Force • Tunisian Navy
Turkey
Turkish Armed Forces:
• Turkish Land Forces • Turkish Air Force • Turkish Naval Forces
Turkmenistan
Armed Forces of Turkmenistan:
• Turkmen Air Force • Turkmen Ground Forces • Turkmen Naval Forces
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Uganda
Uganda People's Defence Force:
• Uganda Air Force • Ugandan Special Forces Command
Ukraine
Ukraine spends a higher percentage of its GDP on military funding than any other nation.
Armed Forces of Ukraine:
• General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces • Ukrainian Ground Forces • Ukrainian Air Force • Ukrainian Navy • Ukrainian Marine Corps • Ukrainian Air Assault Forces • Special Forces of Ukraine • Territorial Defense Forces • Unmanned Systems Forces
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates Armed Forces:
• United Arab Emirates Army • United Arab Emirates Navy • United Arab Emirates Air Force • United Arab Emirates Presidential Guard
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom operates bases in an estimated 15-20 foreign nations, the second most of any military after only the United States.
British Armed Forces:
• British Army • Royal Air Force • Royal Navy • Royal Marines
United States
The United States Military is generally the most powerful military in the world.
United States Armed Forces:
• United States Army • United States Marine Corps • United States Navy • United States Air Force • United States Space Force • United States Coast Guard • National Guard Bureau
Uruguay
Armed Forces of Uruguay:
• National Army • National Navy of Uruguay • Uruguayan Air Force
Uzbekistan
Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan:
• Uzbekistan Ground Forces • Uzbekistan Air and Air Defence Forces • Uzbekistan National Guard • Border Troops of the State Security Service (Uzbekistan) • Uzbek River Force
V
Vatican City
Military of the Vatican City:
• Corps of Gendarmerie of Vatican City • Pontifical Swiss Guard
Venezuela
National Armed Forces of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela:
• Strategic Command Operations (Venezuela) • Bolivarian Army of Venezuela • Bolivarian Military Aviation of Venezuela • Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela • Bolivarian National Guard of Venezuela • Bolivarian Militia of Venezuela
Vietnam
Vietnam People's Armed Forces:
• People's Army of Vietnam • Vietnam People's Navy • Vietnam People's Air Force • Vietnam Border Guard • Vietnam Coast Guard • Vietnam People's Public Security • Vietnam Militia and Self-Defence Force
Y
Yemen
Republic of Yemen Armed Forces:
• Yemeni land forces • Yemeni Air Force • Yemeni Navy
Z
Zambia
Zambian Defence Force:
• Zambian Army • Zambian Air Force • Zambia National Service
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Defence Forces:
• Zimbabwe National Army • Air Force of Zimbabwe
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Abkhazia
Abkhazian Armed Forces:
• Abkhazian Army • Abkhazian Air Force • Abkhazian Navy
Kosovo
Kosovo Security Force:
• Land Force Command • National Guard Command • Logistics Command • Training and Doctrine Command (Kosovo)
Northern Cyprus
Security Forces Command:
• TRNC Coast Guard Command • Directorate General for Police
Syria
Syrian Democratic Forces:
• People's Protection Units • Self-Defense Forces • United Freedom Forces
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Sahrawi People's Liberation Army:
Somaliland
Somaliland Armed Forces:
• Somaliland National Army • Somaliland Coast Guard
South Ossetia
Armed Forces of South Ossetia:
Taiwan (Republic of China)
Republic of China Armed Forces:
• Republic of China Army • Republic of China Air Force • Republic of China Navy • Republic of China Marine Corps • Republic of China Military Police • Republic of China Armed Forces Reserve
Transnistria
Armed Forces of Transnistria: