Lebanese Armed Forces

Lebanese Armed Forces
Lebanese Armed Forces
القوات المسلحة اللبنانية (Arabic)
	Emblem of the Lebanese Armed Forces
	Flag of the Lebanese Armed Forces
Motto	"Honor, Sacrifice, Loyalty"; (Arabic: شرف · تضحية · وفاء, romanized: Sharaf.Tadhia.Wafa)
Founded	1 August 1945
Current form	1991
Service branches	Lebanese Ground Forces; Lebanese Navy; Lebanese Air Force
Headquarters	Yarze, Lebanon
Website	Official website
Leadership
Commander-in-chief	Vacant
Prime Minister	Najib Mikati
Minister of Defense	Maurice Sleem
Commander of the Armed Forces	Joseph Aoun
Personnel
Military age	18–30 years of age for voluntary military service
Conscription	No (abolished in 2007)
Available for; military service	1,106,879 males, age 18–39, ; 1,895,723 females, age 18–39
Fit for; military service	934,828 males, age 18–39, ; 948,327 females, age 18–39
Active personnel	95,000
Reserve personnel	35,000
Expenditures
Budget	$1.92 billion (FY2020)
Industry
Foreign suppliers	Brazil; France; Germany; Italy; Japan; United States; North Korea; Russia; China; Iraq; Iran; India
Annual exports	Weapons and Equipments
Related articles
History	Battle of Anjar (1623); World War I; Army of the Levant (1919–1946) Allied Forces; Vichy French Forces; ; French Mandate of Lebanon; World War II Syria–Lebanon Campaign; ; 1948 Arab–Israeli War; 1958 Lebanon crisis; The War over Water; Lebanese Civil War Battle of the Hotels; Hundred Days' War; Multinational Force in Lebanon 1982–1984; Mountain War; War of the Camps; Operation Dinnieh; Global War on Terrorism United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (1978–present); Operation Benin; Israeli–Lebanese conflict; South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000); 2006 Lebanon War; Operation Nahr el Bared; 2008 conflict in Lebanon; 2013 Sidon clash; Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon;
Ranks	Military ranks of Lebanon

The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF; Arabic: القوات المسلحة اللبنانية, romanized: Al-Quwwāt al-Musallaḥa al-Lubnāniyya), also known as the Lebanese Army (Arabic: الجيش اللبناني, romanized: Al-Jaish al-Lubnani), is the military of the Lebanese Republic. It consists of three branches, the ground forces, the air force, and the navy. The motto of the Lebanese Armed Forces is "Honor, Sacrifice, Loyalty" (Arabic: "شرف · تضحية · وفاء" - Sharaf.Tadhia.Wafa^_').

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