rdanian Armed Forces (JAF): Royal Jordanian Land Force,
Royal Jordanian Navy, Royal Jordanian Air Force, and Special
Operations Command (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,
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
North Korean People's Army: Ground Force, Navy, Air
Force; Civil Security Forces (2005)
Korea, South
Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, National Maritime
Police (Coast Guard)
Kuwait
Land Forces, Navy, Air Force (includes Air Defense Force),
National Guard (2002)
Kyrgyzstan
Army, Air Force, National Guard (2004)
Laos
Lao People's Army (LPA; includes Riverine Force), Air Force
Latvia
Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force, Border Guard, Home Guard
(Zemessardze)
Lebanon
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF): Army, Navy, and Air Force
Lesotho
Lesotho Defense Force (LDF): Army and Air Wing
Liberia
Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL): Army, Navy, Air Force
Libya
Armed Peoples on Duty (Army), Navy, Air Force, Air Defense
Command
Lithuania
Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force, National Defense Volunteer
Forces (SKAT)
Luxembourg
Army
Macau
China's People's Revolutionary Army (PLA) constitutes the only
armed force in Macau; several police forces constitute the Security
Forces of Macau (SFM) that are subordinate to the General
Secretariat of Security, a body comparable to a ministry of interior
(2004)
Macedonia
Army of the Republic of Macedonia (ARM; includes Air and
Air Defense Command)
Madagascar
People's Armed Forces: Intervention Force, Development
Force, and Aeronaval (Navy and Air) Force; National Gendarmerie
Malawi
Malawi Armed Forces: Army (includes Air Wing and Naval
Detachment), Police (includes Mobile Force Unit)
Malaysia
Malaysian Army (Tentera Darat Malaysia), Royal Malaysian
Navy (Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia, TLDM), Royal Malaysian Air Force
(Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia, TUDM) (2005)
Maldives
National Security Service includes Security Branch (ground
forces), Air Element, Coast Guard
Mali
Army, Air Force, National Guard
Malta
Armed F
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