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@2055 Military branches
Afghanistan
NA; note - the December 2001 Bonn Agreement called for
all militia forces to come under the authority of the central
government, but regional leaders have continued to retain their
militias and the formation of a nation army will be a gradual
process; Afghanistan's forces continue to be factionalized, largely
along ethnic lines
Albania
Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces, Interior Ministry
Troops, Border Guards
Algeria
People's National Army (ANP), Algerian National Navy (ANN),
Air Force, Territorial Air Defense, National Gendarmerie
Andorra
no regular military forces, but there is a police force
Angola
Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces, National Police Force
Antigua and Barbuda
Royal Antigua and Barbuda Defense Force, Royal
Antigua and Barbuda Police Force (including the Coast Guard)
Argentina
Argentine Army, Navy of the Argentine Republic (includes
naval aviation and Marines), Coast Guard, Argentine Air Force,
National Gendarmerie, National Aeronautical Police Force
Armenia
Army, Air and Air Defense Forces, Border Guards
Aruba
no regular indigenous military forces; Royal Dutch Navy and
Marines, Coast Guard
Australia
Australian Army, Royal Australian Navy, Royal Australian
Air Force
Austria
Land Forces (KdoLdSK), Air Forces (KdoLuSK)
Azerbaijan
Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces
Bahamas, The
Royal Bahamas Defense Force (Coast Guard only), Royal
Bahamas Police Force
Bahrain
Bahrain Defense Forces (BDF) comprising Ground Force
(includes Air Defense), Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, Police Force,
Amiri Guards, National Guard
Bangladesh
Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, paramilitary forces
(includes Bangladesh Rifles, Bangladesh Ansars, Village Defense
Parties, Armed Police Battalions, National Cadet Corps)
Barbados
Royal Barbados Defense Force (including Ground Forces and
Coast Guard), Royal Barbados Police Force
Belarus
Army, Air Force (including air defense), Interior Ministry
Troops, Border Guards
Belgium
Army, Navy, Air Components, Federal Police
Belize
Belize Defense Force (includes Army, Maritime Wing, Air Wing,
and Volunteer Guard)
Benin
Armed Forces (including Army, Navy, Air Force), National
Gendarmerie
Bermuda
no regular indigenous military forces; Bermuda Regiment,
Bermuda Police Force, Bermuda Reserve Constabulary
Bhutan
Royal Bhutan Army, Royal Bodyguard, National Militia, Royal
Bhutan Police, Forest Guards
Bolivia
Army (Ejercito Boliviano), Navy (Fuerza Naval, includes
Marines), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Boliviana), National Police Force
(Policia Nacional de Bolivia)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
VF Army (the air and air defense forces are
subordinate commands within the Army), VRS Army (the air and air
defense forces are subordinate commands within the Army)
Botswana
Botswana Defense Force (including Army and Air Wing),
Botswana National Police
Brazil
Brazilian Army, Brazilian Navy (includes naval air and
marines), Brazilian Air Force, Federal Police (paramilitary)
Brunei
Land Forces, Navy, Air Force, Royal Brunei Police
Bulgaria
Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces (subordinate to
Ministry of Defense), Internal Forces (subordinate to Ministry of
Interior), Civil Defense Forces (subordinate to the president)
Burkina Faso
Army, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Police,
People's Militia
Burma
Army, Navy, Air Force
Burundi
Army (including naval and air units), Gendarmerie
Cambodia
Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF): Army, Navy, Air Force
Cameroon
Army, Navy (includes naval infantry), Air Force, National
Gendarmerie, Presidential Guard
Canada
Canadian Armed Forces (comprising Land Forces Command,
Maritime Command, Air Command, Communications Command, Training
Command)
Cape Verde
Army, Coast Guard
Cayman Islands
no regular indigenous military forces; Royal Cayman
Islands Police Force (RCIPF)
Central African Republic
Central African Armed Forces (FACA)
(including Republican Guard, Ground Forces, Naval Forces, and Air
Force), Presidential Security Guard, Gendarmerie, National Police
Chad
Armed Forces (including National Army, Air Force, and
Gendarmerie), Rapid Intervention Force, National and Nomadic Guard
(GNNT), Presidential Security Guard, Police
Chile
Army of the Nation, National Navy (including naval air, coast
guard, and marines), Air Force of the Nation, Chilean Carabineros
(National Police), Investigations Police
China
People's Liberation Army (PLA): comprises ground forces, Navy
(including naval infantry and naval aviation), Air Force, and II
Artillery Corps (strategic missile force), People's Armed Police
Force (internal security troops, nominally a state security body but
included by the Chinese as part of the "armed forces" and considered
to be an adjunct to the PLA), militia
Colombia
Army (Ejercito Nacional), Navy (Armada Nacional, including
Marines and Coast Guard), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Colombiana),
National Police (Policia Nacional)
Comoros
Comoran Security Force
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Army, Navy, Air Force, Special
Security Battalion
Congo, Republic of the
Army, Air Force, Navy, Gendarmerie, National
Police
Costa Rica
no regular indigenous military forces; Air Section,
Ministry of Public Forces (Fuerza Publica)
Cote d'Ivoire
Army, Navy, Air Force, paramilitary Gendarmerie,
Republican Guard (includes Presidential Guard)
Croatia
Ground Forces (Hrvatska Vojska, HV), Naval Forces, Air and
Air Defense Forces
Cuba
Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) including Revolutionary Army
(ER), Revolutionary Navy (MGR), Air and Air Defense Force (DAAFAR),
Territorial Militia Troops (MTT), and Youth Labor Army (EJT); note -
the Border Guard Troops (TGF) are controlled by the Interior Ministry
Cyprus
Greek Cypriot area: Greek Cypriot National Guard (GCNG;
including air and naval elements), Greek Cypriot Police
Turkish Cypriot area: Turkish Cypriot Security Force (GKK)
Czech Republic
Army, Air and Air Defense Forces, Territorial Defense
Force
Denmark
Royal Danish Army, Royal Danish Navy, Royal Danish Air
Force, Home Guard
Djibouti
Djibouti National Army (including Navy and Air Force)
Dominica
Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force (including Special
Service Unit, Coast Guard)
Dominican Republic
Army, Navy, Air Force, National Police
East Timor
The East Timor Defense Force or FALINTIL-FDTL comprises a
light-infantry Army and a small Naval component; note - plans are to
develop a force of 1,500 active personnel and 1,500 reserve
personnel over the next five years
Ecuador
Army, Navy (including Marines), Air Force, National Police
Egypt
Army, Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Command
El Salvador
Army, Navy (FNES), Air Force
Equatorial Guinea
Army, Navy, Air Force, Rapid Intervention Force,
National Police
Eritrea
Army, Navy, Air Force
Estonia
Estonia Defense Forces (including Ground Forces, Navy, Air
Force), Republic Security Forces (internal and border troops),
Volunteer Defense League (Kaitseliit), Maritime Border Guard, Coast
Guard
note: Border Guards and Ministry of Internal Affairs become part of
the Estonian Defense Forces in wartime; the Coast Guard is
subordinate to the Ministry of Defense in peacetime and the Estonian
Navy in wartime
Ethiopia
Ethiopian National Defense Force (Ground Forces, Air Force,
militia, police)
note: Ethiopia is landlocked and has no navy; following the
secession of Eritrea, Ethiopian naval facilities remained in
Eritrean possession
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
British Forces Falkland Islands no
regular indigenous military forces; (includes Army, Royal Air Force,
and Royal Navy), Police Force
Faroe Islands
no regular indigenous military forces; small Police
Force and Coast Guard are maintained
Fiji
Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF), includes ground
forces, naval division
Finland
Army, Navy, Air Force, Frontier Guard (including Sea Guard)
France
Army (includes marines), Navy (includes naval air), Air Force
(includes Air Defense), National Gendarmerie
French Guiana
no regular indigenous military forces; French Forces,
Gendarmerie
French Polynesia
no regular indigenous military forces; French
Forces (including Army, Navy, Air Force), Gendarmerie
Gabon
Army, Navy, Air Force, Presidential (Republican) Guard
(charged with protecting the president and other senior officials),
National Gendarmerie, National Police
Gambia, The
Gambian National Army (GNA) (includes marine unit),
National Police, Presidential Guard
Gaza Strip
in accordance with the peace agreement, the Palestinian
Authority is not permitted conventional military forces; there are,
however, a Public Security Force and a civil Police Force
Georgia
Ground Forces (includes National Guard), combined Air and
Air Defense Forces, Naval Forces, Republic Security and Police
Forces (internal and border troops)
Germany
Army, Navy (including naval air arm), Air Force, Medical
Corps, Joint Support Service
Ghana
Army, Navy, Air Force, National Police Force
Gibraltar
no regular indigenous military forces; British Army, Royal
Navy, Royal Air Force
Greece
Hellenic Army, Hellenic Navy, Hellenic Air Force, Police,
National Guard
Grenada
Royal Grenada Police Force, Coast Guard
Guadeloupe
no regular indigenous military forces; French Forces,
Gendarmerie
Guatemala
Army, Navy (includes Marines), Air Force
Guinea
Army, Navy, Air Force, Republican Guard, Presidential Guard,
paramilitary National Gendarmerie, National Police Force (Surete
National)
Guinea-Bissau
People's Revolutionary Armed Force (FARP; includes
Army, Navy, and Air Force), paramilitary force
Guyana
Guyana Defense Force (including Ground Forces, Coast Guard,
and Air Corps), Guyana Police Force, Guyana People's Militia, Guyana
National Service
Haiti
Haitian National Police (HNP)
note: the regular Haitian Army, Navy, and Air Force have been
demobilized but still exist on paper until or unless they are
constitutionally abolished
Holy See (Vatican City)
Swiss Guards Corps (Corpo della Guardia
Svizzera)
Honduras
Army, Navy (including marines), Air Force
Hong Kong
no regular indigenous military forces; Hong Kong garrison
of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) including elements of the
PLA Ground Forces, PLA Navy, and PLA Air Force; these forces are
under the direct leadership of the Central Military Commission in
Beijing and under administrative control of the adjacent Guangzhou
Military Region
Hungary
Ground Forces, Air Forces
Iceland
no regular armed forces; Police, Coast Guard
India
Army, Navy (including naval air arm), Air Force, Strategic
Nuclear Command (SNC), Coast Guard, various security or paramilitary
forces (including Border Security Force, Assam Rifles, Rashtriya
Rifles, National Security Guards, Indo-Tibetan Border Police,
Special Frontier Force, Ladakh Scouts, Central Reserve Police Force,
Central Industrial Security Force, Railway Protection Force, Defense
Security Corps, and Indian Reserve Battalions)
Indonesia
Army, Navy (including marines and naval air arm), Air Force
Iran
Islamic Republic of Iran regular forces (includes Ground
Forces, Navy, Air Force and Air Defense Command), Iranian
Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) (includes Ground Forces, Air
Force, Navy, Qods [special operations], and Basij [Popular
Mobilization Army] forces), Law Enforcement Forces
Iraq
Army, Republican Guard, Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Force,
Border Guard Force, Fedayeen Saddam; note - with the defeat of
Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003, the data listed in the following
entries for Iraq is invalid, but is retained here for historical
purposes and until replaced by valid information related to the
future Iraqi Government (April 2003)
Ireland
Army (including Naval Service and Air Corps), National
Police (Garda Siochana)
Israel
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) (includes ground, naval, and air
components with Air Defense Forces), Pioneer Fighting Youth (Nahal);
note - historically there have been no separate Israeli military
services
Italy
Army, Navy, Air Force, Carabinieri
Jamaica
Jamaica Defense Force (including Ground Forces, Coast Guard,
and Air Wing), Jamaica Constabulary Force
Japan
Ground Self-Defense Force (Army), Maritime Self-Defense Force
(Navy), Air Self-Defense Force (Air Force), Coast Guard
Jordan
Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) (Royal Jordanian Land Force,
Royal Naval Force, Royal Jordanian Air Force, and Special Operations
Command or SOCOM); note - Public Security Directorate normally falls
under Ministry of Interior but comes under JAF in wartime or crisis
situations
Kazakhstan
Ground Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces, Naval Force,
Border Service, Republican Guard
Kenya
Army, Navy, Air Force
Kiribati
no regular military forces; Police Force (carries out law
enforcement functions and paramilitary duties; small police posts
are on all islands)
Korea, North
Korean People's Army (includes Army, Navy, Air Force),
Civil Security Forces
Korea, South
Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, National Maritime
Police (Coast Guard)
Kuwait
Army, Navy, Air Force (including Air Defense Force), National
Police Force, National Guard, Coast Guard
Kyrgyzstan
Army, Air and Air Defense, Security Forces, Border Troops
Laos
Lao People's Army (LPA; including Riverine Force), Air Force,
National Police Department
Latvia
Ground Forces, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces, Border
Guard, National Guard
Lebanon
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF; includes Army, Navy, and Air
Force)
Lesotho
Lesotho Defense Force (LDF; including Army and Air Wing),
Royal Lesotho Mounted Police
Liberia
Army, Navy, Air Force
Libya
Armed Peoples on Duty (Army), Navy, Air and Air Defense
Command (includes Air Force)
Lithuania
Ground Forces, Navy, Air and Air Defense Force, National
Volunteer Defense Forces (SKAT)
Luxembourg
Army, Grand Ducal Police
Macau
no regular indigenous military forces; responsibility for
defense reverted to China on 20 December 1999; there is a local
police force
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
Army (ARM), Air and Air
Defense Forces, Police Force
Madagascar
People's Armed Forces (comprising Intervention Force,
Development Force, Aeronaval [Navy and Air] Force), Gendarmerie,
Presidential Security Regiment
Malawi
Army (including Air Wing and Naval Detachment), Police
(including paramilitary Mobile Force Unit)
Malaysia
Malaysian Army, Royal Malaysian Navy, Royal Malaysian Air
Force, Royal Malaysian Police Field Force, Marine Police, Sarawak
Border Scouts
Maldives
National Security Service
Mali
Army, Air Force, Gendarmerie, Republican Guard, National Guard,
National Police (Surete Nationale)
Malta
Armed Forces (including land forces [with subordinate air
squadron and maritime squadron] and the Revenue Security Corps),
Maltese Police Force
Marshall Islands
no regular military forces; Police Force
Martinique
no regular indigenous military forces; French Forces
(Army, Navy, Air Force), Gendarmerie
Mauritania
Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National
Guard, National Police, Presidential Guard
Mauritius
National Police Force (includes the paramilitary Special
Mobile Force or SMF and National Coast Guard)
Mexico
National Defense Secretariat (SEDENA) (including Army and Air
Force), Navy Secretariat (including Naval Air and Marines)
Moldova
Ground Forces (includes Air and Air Defense Forces),
Republic Security Forces (includes paramilitary Internal Troops and
Border Troops)
Mongolia
Mongolian Armed Forces (includes General Purpose Forces,
Air and Air Defense Forces, Civil Defense Troops); note - Border
Troops are under Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs in peacetime
Montserrat
no regular indigenous military forces; Police Force
Morocco
Royal Armed Forces (includes Army, Navy, Air Force),
Gendarmerie, Auxiliary Forces
Mozambique
Army, Naval Command, Air and Air Defense Forces, Special
Forces, Militia
Namibia
National Defense Force (Army, including Air Wing), Police
Nauru
no regular military forces; Nauru Police Force
Nepal
Royal Nepalese Army (includes Royal Nepalese Army Air
Service), Nepalese Police Force
Netherlands
Royal Netherlands Army, Royal Netherlands Navy
(including Naval Air Service and Marine Corps), Royal Netherlands
Air Force, Royal Constabulary
Netherlands Antilles
no regular indigenous military forces; Royal
Netherlands Navy, Marine Corps, Royal Netherlands Air Force,
National Guard, Police Force
New Caledonia
no regular indigenous military forces; French Armed
Forces (including Army, Navy, Air Force, Gendarmerie); Police Force
New Zealand
New Zealand Army, Royal New Zealand Navy, Royal New
Zealand Air Force
Nicaragua
Army, Navy, Air Force
Niger
Army, Air Force, Gendarmerie, National Intervention and
Security Force
Nigeria
Army, Navy, Air Force, Police Force
Niue
no regular indigenous military forces; Police Force
Norway
Norwegian Army, Royal Norwegian Navy (including Coast
Artillery and Coast Guard), Royal Norwegian Air Force, Home Guard
Oman
Royal Omani Armed Forces (Army, Navy, Air Force), Royal Omani
Police
Pakistan
Army, Navy, Air Force, Civil Armed Forces, National Guard
Palau
NA
Panama
an amendment to the Constitution abolished the armed forces,
but there are security forces (Panamanian Public Forces or PPF
includes the Panamanian National Police, National Maritime Service,
and National Air Service)
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea Defense Force (includes Ground
Force, Maritime Operations Element, and Air Operations Element)
Paraguay
Army, Navy (includes Naval Air and Marines), Air Force
Peru
Army (Ejercito Peruano), Navy (Marina de Guerra del Peru;
includes Naval Air, Marines, and Coast Guard), Air Force (Fuerza
Aerea del Peru; FAP), National Police (includes General Police,
Security Police, and Technical Police)
Philippines
Army, Navy (including Coast Guard and Marine Corps), Air
Force, paramilitary units
Poland
Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Force
Portugal
Army, Navy (PON) (includes Marines), Air Force, Republican
Guard (includes Fiscal Guard)
Puerto Rico
no regular indigenous military forces; paramilitary
National Guard, Police Force
Qatar
Army, Navy, Air Force
Reunion
no regular indigenous military forces; French forces
(including Army, Navy, Air Force, and Gendarmerie)
Romania
Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces (AMR), Paramilitary
Forces, Civil Defense, Border Guards
Russia
Ground Forces, Navy, Air Forces; Airborne troops, Strategic
Rocket Forces, and Military Space Forces are classified as
independent combat arms, not subordinate to any of the three branches
Rwanda
Army, Navy, Air Force, Gendarmerie
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis Defense Force (including
Coast Guard), Royal Saint Kitts and Nevis Police Force (including
Special Service Unit)
Saint Lucia
Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (includes Special Service
Unit and Coast Guard)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Royal Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines Police Force (includes Special Service Unit), Coast Guard
Samoa
no regular armed services; Samoa Police Force
San Marino
Voluntary Military Force (Corpi Militari Voluntar),
Gendarmerie; note - the Voluntary Military Force performs ceremonial
duties and limited police assistance
Sao Tome and Principe
Army, Navy, Security Police
Saudi Arabia
Land Force (Army), Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Force,
National Guard, Ministry of Interior Forces (paramilitary)
Senegal
Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Police
(Surete Nationale)
Serbia and Montenegro
Army (VJ) (including ground forces with border
troops, naval forces, air and air defense forces)
Seychelles
Army, Coast Guard (includes Air Wing), Presidential
Protection Unit (includes Presidential Guard), Police Force
(includes Police Mobile Unit, a special weapons and tactics unit
capable of assisting the Army in maintaining internal stability)
Sierra Leone
Army (RSLAF)
Singapore
Army, Navy, Air Force, People's Defense Force, Police Force
Slovakia
Army (Ground Forces), Air and Air Defense Forces, Home
Guards (Territorial Defense Forces), Civil Defense Force, Railway
Armed Forces (subordinate to the Ministry of Transportation, Post,
and Telecommunications)
Slovenia
Slovenian Army (includes Air and Naval Forces)
Solomon Islands
no regular military forces; Solomon Islands National
Reconnaissance and Surveillance Force; Royal Solomon Islands Police
(RSIP)
Somalia
A Somali National Army was attempted under the interim
government; numerous factions and clans maintain independent
militias, and the Somaliland and Puntland regional governments
maintain their own security and police forces
South Africa
South African National Defense Force (including Army,
Navy, Air Force, and Medical Services), South African Police Service
Spain
Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Civil Guard, National Police,
Coastal Civil Guard
Sri Lanka
Army, Navy, Air Force, Police Force
Sudan
Army, Navy, Air Force, Popular Defense Force Militia
Suriname
National Army (including small Navy and Air Force
elements), Civil Police
Swaziland
Umbutfo Swaziland Defense Force (Army), Royal Swaziland
Police Force
Sweden
Army, Royal Navy (including Coast Artillery and Naval
Helicopter Service), Air Force
Switzerland
Army, Air Force, Frontier Guards, Fortification Guards
Syria
Syrian Arab Army, Syrian Arab Navy, Syrian Arab Air Force
(includes Air Defense Forces), Police and Security Force
Taiwan
Army, Navy (including Marine Corps), Air Force, Coast Guard
Administration, Armed Forces Reserve Command, Combined Service
Forces Command
Tajikistan
Army, Air Force and Air Defense Force, Presidential
National Guard, Security Forces (internal and border troops)
Tanzania
Tanzanian People's Defense Force (including Army, Navy, and
Air Force), paramilitary Police Field Force Unit (including Police
Marine Unit and Police Air Wing), territorial militia
Thailand
Royal Thai Army, Royal Thai Navy (includes Royal Thai
Marine Corps), Royal Thai Air Force, paramilitary forces (includes
the Border Patrol Police [including Police Aerial Reinforcement
Unit], Thahan Phran, Special Action Forces, Police Aviation
Division, Thai Marine Police, and the Volunteer Defense Corps)
Togo
Army, Navy, Air Force, Gendarmerie
Tonga
Tonga Defense Services (made up of three operational command
components and two support elements, including the Royal Marines,
Royal Guards, Maritime Force, a support/logistics group, and a
training group), Police; note - a new air wing that will be
subordinate to the Ministry of Defense is being developed
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force (including
Ground Force, Coast Guard, and Air Wing), Trinidad and Tobago Police
Service
Tunisia
Army, Navy, Air Force, paramilitary forces, National Guard
Turkey
Land Forces, Navy (includes Naval Air and Naval Infantry),
Air Force, Coast Guard, Gendarmerie
Turkmenistan
Ministry of Defense (Army, Air and Air Defense, Navy,
Border Troops, and Internal Troops), National Guard
Tuvalu
no regular military forces; Police Force (includes Maritime
Surveillance Unit for search and rescue missions and surveillance
operations)
Uganda
Ugandan Peoples' Defense Force (including Army, Marine unit,
Air Wing)
Ukraine
Ground Forces, Naval Forces, Air Force, Air Defense Forces,
Interior Troops, Border Troops
United Arab Emirates
Army, Navy (including Marines and Coast Guard),
Air Force, Air Defense, paramilitary forces (includes Federal Police
Force)
United Kingdom
Army, Royal Navy (including Royal Marines), Royal Air
Force
United States
Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast
Guard (Coast Guard administered in peacetime by the Department of
Homeland Security but in wartime reports to the Department of the
Navy)
Uruguay
Army, Navy (including Naval Air Arm, Coast Guard, Marines),
Air Force, Police (Coracero Guard, Grenadier Guard)
Uzbekistan
Army, Air and Air Defense Forces, National Guard,
Security Forces (internal security and border troops)
Vanuatu
no regular military forces; Vanuatu Police Force (VPF;
including the paramilitary Mobile Force or VMF)
Venezuela
National Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas Nacionales or FAN)
includes Ground Forces or Army (Fuerzas Terrestres or Ejercito),
Naval Forces (Fuerzas Navales or Armada - including marines and
Coast Guard), Air Force (Fuerzas Aereas or Aviacion), Armed Forces
of Cooperation or National Guard (Fuerzas Armadas de Cooperacion or
Guardia Nacional)
Vietnam
People's Army of Vietnam (includes Ground Forces, People's
Navy Command [including Naval Infantry], Air and Air Defense Force,
Coast Guard)
Yemen
Army (includes Special Forces, established in 1999), Navy, Air
Force, Air Defense Forces, Republican Guard
Zambia
Army, Air Force, Police, paramilitary forces
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe National Army, Air Force of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
Republic Police (includes Police Support Unit, Paramilitary Police)