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Military of Bangladesh Military branches Army, Navy, Air Force Military manpower Military age 18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2005) Availability males age 18-49: 35,170,019 (2005) Fit for military service males age 15-49: 26,841,255 (2005) Military expenditures Dollar figure $995.3 million (2004) Percent of GDP 1.8% (2004) The Bangladesh Army, Navy, and Air Force are composed of regular military personnel. Some of the senior officers and noncommissioned officers served in the Military of Pakistan before the 1971 independence war. Senior officers include "repatriates" who were interned in Pakistan during the war, and "freedom fighters" who fought against Pakistan. Official flag of Bangladesh Army Bangladesh Army, or Bānglādesh Shenā Bāhini (Bānglā: বাংলাদেশ সেনা বাহিনী) in Bangla, is a branch of Bangladesh Armed Forces. ... The Bangladesh Navy has a strength of 10,900 (940 officers) (1997 estimate). ... Official emblem of Bangladesh Air Force The Bangladesh Air Force (বাংলাদেশ বিমান বাহিনী Bangladesh Biman Bahini in Bangla), is the branch of the Bangladesh Armed Forces. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Official flag of Bangladesh Army Bangladesh Army, or Bānglādesh Shenā Bāhini (Bānglā: বাংলাদেশ সেনা বাহিনী) in Bangla, is a branch of Bangladesh Armed Forces. ... The Bangladesh Navy has a strength of 10,900 (940 officers) (1997 estimate). ... Official emblem of Bangladesh Air Force The Bangladesh Air Force (বাংলাদেশ বিমান বাহিনী Bangladesh Biman Bahini in Bangla), is the branch of the Bangladesh Armed Forces. ... Military manpower Military age 16 years of age Availability 39,028,014 (2005) Males ages 16-49 Reaching military age males: 1,969,055 (2005) Active troops 620,000 (Ranked 7th) Military expenditures Dollar figure $3. ... In addition to traditional defense roles, the military has been called on to provide support to civil authorities for disaster relief and internal security. The Bangladesh Air Force and Navy, with about 7,000 personnel each, perform traditional military missions. A Coast Guard has been recently formed, under the Home Ministry, to play a stronger role in the area of anti-smuggling, anti-piracy, and protection of offshore resources. Recognition of economic and fiscal constraints has led to the establishment of several paramilitary and auxiliary forces, including the 40,000-member Bangladesh Rifles; the Ansars and Village Defense Parties Organization, which claims 64 members in every village in the country; and a 5,000-member specialized police unit known as the Armed Police. The Bangladesh Rifles, under the authority of the Home Ministry, are commanded by army officers who are seconded to the organization. Bangladesh Rifles is a paramilitary force in Bangladesh. ... In addition to in-country military training, some advanced and technical training takes place abroad, including grant-aid training in the United States. People's Republic of China, Pakistan, and eastern Europe are the major defense suppliers to Bangladesh, but military leaders are trying to find affordable alternatives to Chinese equipment. World map showing Europe Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiogeographic one. ... A 2,300-member Bangladesh Army contingent served with coalition forces during the 1991 Gulf war. Bangladesh is currently the leading contributor (with 9,457 members) to United Nations peacekeeping operations, with an infantry battalion in UNIKOM (Kuwait), an engineer battalion in UNTAET, (East Timor) and another infantry battalion scheduled for service in Sierra Leone in May 2000. Combatants U.S.-led coalition Iraq Commanders Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. ... United Nations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... UNIKOM, the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission, was established on April 9, 1991 following the Gulf War by Security Council resolution 689 (1991) and fully deployed by early May. ... The UN Transitional Administration in East Timor provided an interim civil administration and a peacekeeping mission in the territory of East Timor. ... Contents 1 Data 2 Possible enemies 3 Current deployments 4 Training 5 Military Ranks 6 Organization 6.1 Branches 6.2 Military Districts 6.3 Schools 6.4 Cantoments 7 Para-Military Force 8 See also 9 External links Data The highest award given by the Bangladesh Armed Forces is the Bir Sreshtho. The Bir Sreshtho (The Most Valiant Hero) is the highest military award of Bangladesh. ... Possible enemies Recent political decisions have strongly emphasized the will to participate in international operations, to the point where this has become the main short-term goal of training and equipment acquisition. Bangladesh aims to have the option of remaining neutral in case of proximate war, and therefore not a formal member of any military alliance. A neutral country takes no side in a war between other parties, and in return hopes to avoid being attacked by either of them. ... Current deployments Currently, Bangladesh has deployed military forces in several countries under UN. Bangladesh Armed Forces is active in Liberia, Sierra Leon, Angola, Somalia, Liberia]], Haiti, Kosovo, Bosnia & Harzegovina, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Bangladesh ranked 1 in number of personnel in UN peacekeeping force. Her government refused to take perticipate in Iraq on a request from USA. For other uses, see Kosovo (disambiguation). ... Training Officers are trained at the Bangladesh Military Academy located in Chittagong, southern part of the country. Bangladesh Military Academy (BMA) is the training institute for the officer-cadets of Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Navy, and Bangladesh Air Force. ... Chittagong (Bengali: চট্টগ্রাম, Chaṭṭagrām) is the major sea-port and second largest city of Bangladesh. ... Military Ranks Bangladesh military ranks, essentially corresponds to those used by the armed forces of the English speaking world. Military rank, or simply rank, is a system of grading seniority and command within military organizations. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... There are three different systems of rank for commissioned officers, depending on whether one is commissioned in the Army, Navy and Air Force. Although Para-military forces used their own system of ranking, Bangladesh Rifles (border security force) use sane ranking system as army. In military organizations, a commissioned officer is a member of the service who derives authority directly from a sovereign power, and as such holds a commission from that power. ... Bangladesh Rifles is a paramilitary force in Bangladesh. ... Army Ranks<td bgcolor="#aaaaaa" rowspan=14 Field Marshal General Lieutenant General Major General Brigadier General Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second Lieutenant The military introduced the rank of Brigadier General in 2001. All officers were commissioned as "Second Lieutenant. Above colonel , ranking is a political will to in the armed forces. No Field Marshals have been appointed yet. Only 2 persons were ranked as General. General Osmani, chief of Bangladesh Liberation Force i 1971 and Mustafizur Rahman, chief of Bangladesh Army in 1997 to 2001. [This document is old, written in 1996 (Presidential list updated 2004). ... Note: This article is about the military usage of the word marshal. For other usages, see the end of this article. ... Organization Branches Bangladesh Army (Sena Bahini) Bangladesh Navy (Nou Bahini) Bangladesh Air Force (BIman Bahini) Official flag of Bangladesh Army Bangladesh Army, or Bānglādesh Shenā Bāhini (Bānglā: বাংলাদেশ সেনা বাহিনী) in Bangla, is a branch of Bangladesh Armed Forces. ... The Bangladesh Navy has a strength of 10,900 (940 officers) (1997 estimate). ... Official emblem of Bangladesh Air Force The Bangladesh Air Force (বাংলাদেশ বিমান বাহিনী Bangladesh Biman Bahini in Bangla), is the branch of the Bangladesh Armed Forces. ... Military Districts Secret. No information is acquired yet. Schools Some of the schools listed below answers to other units, listed under the various branches of the Armed Forces. Bangaldesh Military Academy Mirpur Infantry School. Mirpur Staff School. Bangladesh Military Institute. Bangladesh Military Medical School. Cantoments Dhaka Cantonment. Mirpur Cantonment Chittagong Cantonemnt. Khagrachari Cantonemnt. Rangamati Cantonment. Jessore Cantonment. Khulna Cantonment. Rajshahi Cantonment. Bagura Cantontment. Sayedpur Cantonment. Ghatail Cantonment. Mymensing Cantonment. Sylhet Cantonment. Comilla Cantonment. Para-Military Force Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) Bangladesh Ansar Bangladesh National Cadet Core (BNCC) Bangladesh Rifles is a paramilitary force in Bangladesh. ... See also Government of Bangladesh [This document is old, written in 1996 (Presidential list updated 2004). ... External links CIA World Factbook 2001 www.bangladesharmy.info Category: Military of Bangladesh World Factbook 2004 cover The World Factbook is an annual publication by the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States with basic almanac-style information about the various countries of the world. ...

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