ions 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, Republic of Korea Air Force (Han-guk Kong
Goon), Marine Corps, National Maritime Police (coast guard) (2006)

Kuwait
Land Forces, Kuwaiti Navy, Kuwaiti Air Force (Al-Quwwat
al-Jawwiya al-Kuwaitiya), National Guard (2006)

Kyrgyzstan
Army, Air Force, National Guard (2005)

Laos
Lao People's Army (LPA; includes Riverine Force), Air Force

Latvia
Latvian Republic Defense Force: Ground Forces, Navy, Air
Force, Border Guard, Home Guard (Zemessardze) (2005)

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 (APOD, Army), Libyan Arab Navy, Libyan
Arab Air Force (LAAF) (2006)

Lithuania
Ground Forces, Naval Force, Lithuanian Military Air
Forces, National Defense Volunteer Forces (2005)

Luxembourg
Army

Macau
no regular military forces

Macedonia
Army of the Republic of Macedonia (ARM): Joint Operational
Command, with subordinate Air Wing (Makedonsko Voeno
Vozduhoplovstvo, MVV), Special Force Command (2006)

Madagascar
People's Armed Forces: Intervention Force, Development
Force, and Aeronaval Force (navy and air); National Gendarmerie

Malawi
Malawi Armed Forces: Army (includes Air Wing and Naval
Detachment), Police (includes Mobile Force Unit)

Malaysia
Malaysian Armed Forces (Angkatan Tentera Malaysia, ATM):
Malaysian Army (Tentera Darat Malaysia), Royal Malaysian Navy
(Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia, TLDM), Royal Malaysian Air Force
(Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia, TUDM) (2006)

Maldives
National Security Service: Security Branch (ground forces),
Air Element, Coast Guard

Mali
Army, Air Force, National Guard

Malta
Armed Forces of Malta (AFM; includes air and maritime
elements) (2005)

Marshall Islands
no regular military forces; Marshall Islands Police

Mauritania
Mauritanian Armed Forces: Army, Navy (Marine
Mauritanienne; includes naval infantry), Air Force (Force Aerienne
Islamique de Mauritanie, FAIM) (2005)

Mauritius
no regular military forces; National Police Force, Special
Mobile Force, National Coast Guard

Mexico
Secretariat of N