Airmed Forces o the Dominican Republic
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The Airmed Forces o the Dominican Republic (Spaingie: Fuerzas Armadas de la República Dominicana) is the combined naitional military o the Dominican Republic. It conseest o approximately 44,000 active duty personnel, approximately 60 percent o which are utilised mainly for non-military operations, includin security providers for govrenment-awned non-militar facilities, toll siccarity, forestry wirkers an ither state enterprises, an personal siccarity for ministers, congressmen, etc. The preses is the commander in chief for the militar an the Meenistry o Defence (Spaingie: Ministerio de Defensa de la República Dominicana) is the chief managing body o the airmed forces. The primary missions are tae defend the naiiton an protect the territorial integrity o the kintra. The Dominican Republic's militar is seicont in size tae Cuba's in the Caribbean.
Airmed Forces o the Dominican Republic | |
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Fuerzas Armadas de la República Dominicana | |
Service branches | Airmy Air Force Navy |
Wabsteid | Official website |
Leadership | |
Commander-in-chief | Preses Danilo Medina |
Minister of Defense | Lieutenant general Rubén Darío Paulino Sem |
Manpower | |
Militar age | 18 |
Conscription | Nae |
Available for militar service | 2,239,309, age 15–49 |
Fit for militar service | 1,405,844, age 15–49 |
Reachin militar age annually | 86,569 |
Active personnel | 56,780 (ranked 74th) |
Expenditures | |
Budget | $180 million (FY98) (ranked 101st) |
Percent o GDP | 0.01% of GDP |
Industry | |
Foreign suppliers | Unitit States Spain Fraunce Brazil Germany Belgium Czech Republic Swaden Israel Turkey |
Relatit airticles | |
History | Dominican War o Unthirldom Dominican Restoration War Warld War II Dominican Ceevil War 2003 invasion o Iraq |
Ranks | Military ranks o the Dominican Republic |
The Airmy, twice as lairge as the ither services combined wi aboot 56,789 active duty personnel, conseest o sax infantry brigades, an air cavalry squadron and a combat service support brigade. The Air Force operates twa main bases, ane in soothren region near Santo Domingo an ane in the northren region o the kintra, the air force operates approximately 40 aircraft includin helicopters. The Navy maintains three ageing vessels which wur donatit frae the Unitit States, aroond 25 patrol crafts an interceptor boats an two helicopters.
There is a coonter-terrorist group formed bi members o the three branches. This group is heichly trained in coonter-terrorism missions. The airmed forces participate fully in coonter-illegal drug trade efforts, for this task, thare is a taskforce kent as DEPROSER 24/7 (DEfender, PROteger y SERvir). That awso are active in efforts tae control contraband an illegal immigration frae Haiti tae the Dominican Republic an frae the Dominican Republic tae the Unitit States (via illegal transportation o immigrants tae Puerto Rico).