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Defence Forces of Georgia
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The Defence Forces of Georgia (Georgian: საქართველოს თავდაცვის ძალები, romanized: sakartvelos tavdatsvis dzalebi), or Georgian Defence Forces (GDF), are the combined military forces of Georgia, tasked with the defence of the nation's independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity. They consist of the Land Force, Air Force, National Guard, and Special Operations Forces. The Defence Forces are under overall leadership of the Minister of Defence of Georgia and directly headed by the Chief of Defence Forces.
Defence Forces of Georgia | |
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საქართველოს თავდაცვის ძალები | |
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Founded | 30 April 1991 |
Current form | December 2018 |
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Headquarters | Tbilisi, Georgia |
Website | mod |
Leadership | |
Commander-in-chief | ![]() |
Prime Minister | ![]() |
Minister of Defence | ![]() |
Chief of Defence Forces | Maj. Gen. Giorgi Matiashvili[1] |
Personnel | |
Military age | 18–65 years old |
Conscription | 18 years of age, 12 months |
Available for military service | 2,156,000, age 18–65 (2019 est.) |
Fit for military service | 1,023,400 male, age 18–65 (2019 est.) |
Reaching military age annually | 49,751 (2019 est.) |
Active personnel | 37,000[2] |
Reserve personnel | 27,000 (Active as of 2023) 23,000 (Specialist as of 2023) 155,500 (territorial reserve as of 2024) |
Deployed personnel | Central African Republic |
Expenditure | |
Budget | 1.612 Billion GEL (2024)[3] 764,000,000 USD (2024) |
Percent of GDP | 1.577% (2024) |
Industry | |
Domestic suppliers | Tbilisi Aircraft Manufacturing TAM Management Scientific Technical Center Delta Tbilisi Tank Factory Delta CAA Tactical Delta WB |
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Related articles | |
History | Military history of Georgia List of wars involving Georgia |
Ranks | Georgian military ranks |
The first regular military was established in the first Georgian Republic in 1918 and was in existence until after the republic's overthrow by the invading Soviet Russian forces in 1921. The modern Georgian military were founded in accordance with the government decree of 24 April 1991. 30 April, the day when the first conscripts were called up for military service in 1991, has been celebrated as the day of the Georgian military forces.[4]
The Georgian military have fought in the civil war and separatist conflicts in the 1990s and the Russo-Georgian War of 2008 as well as major international military missions such as in Iraq and Afghanistan. Georgia was one of the first former Soviet republics to join the NATO Partnership for Peace program in 1994 and Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) in 2004 and has sought to bring its military in line with the NATO standards.