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Military branch (also service branch or armed service) is according to common standard a subdivision of the national armed forces of a sovereign nation or state.
Types of branches
Type | Role | Example (if atypical) |
---|---|---|
Air and space force | Air and space warfare | French Air and Space Force |
Airborne forces | Paratrooper operations | Russian Airborne Forces |
(Air defence force) | Air and missile defense | Egyptian Air Defense Forces |
Air force | Aerial warfare | |
Army | Ground warfare | |
Border guard | Border security | Vietnam Border Guard |
Coast guard | Maritime security | United States Coast Guard |
Command and control | Reconnaissance, Communication, Surveillance, Information warfare | People's Liberation Army Information Support Force |
Cyber force | Cyberwarfare | Digital and Intelligence Service (Singapore) |
Emergencies service | Disaster relief and emergency management | Military Emergencies Unit (Spain) |
Engineering service | Military engineering | Construction and Engineering Forces (Mongolia) |
Gendarmerie | Military and/or public policing | National Gendarmerie (France) |
General Staff | Command and control | Strategic Command Operations (Venezuela) |
Logistics service | Military logistics | Joint Support Service (Germany) |
Marines | Naval land force | United States Marine Corps |
Medical service | Medical service | Belgian Medical Component |
Military police | Military law enforcement agency | Republic of China Military Police |
Military reserve force | National reserve and auxiliary service | Lithuanian National Defence Volunteer Forces |
Navy | Naval warfare | |
Strategic rocket force | (Operation of strategic missiles) | People's Liberation Army Rocket Force (China) |
Space force | Space warfare | United States Space Force |
Special forces | Special operations | Polish Special Forces |
Unmanned systems forces | Drone warfare | Unmanned Systems Forces (Ukraine) |
Unified armed forces
The Canadian Armed Forces is the unified armed forces of Canada. While it has three environmental commands - namely the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Navy, and Royal Canadian Air Force - it remains a single military service.
NATO definition
Branch of service (also branch of military service or branch of armed service) refers, according to NATO standards, to a branch, employment of combined forces or parts of a service, below the level of service, military service, or armed service.
See also
- List of militaries by country
- Military organization
References
- Boileau, John (November 11, 2021). "Unification des Forces armées canadiennes" [Unification of the Canadian Armed Forces]. "L'Encyclopédie canadienne" [The Canadian Encyclopedia] (in English and French).
- "A – K" [A – K]. Militärisches Studienglossar Englisch Teil I Englisch [Military Study Glossary English Part I English] (in German). Hürth: Bundesprachenamt. 1996. p. 226. OCLC 1245240835.
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