word | | Military branches |
| Defense | Barbados | Royal Barbados Defense Force: Troops Command, Barbados Coast Guard (2007) |
| Defense | Belarus | Belarus Armed Forces: Land Force, Air and Air Defense Force (2008) |
| Defense | Belize | Belize Defense Force (BDF): Army, BDF Air Wing, BDF Volunteer Guard (2007) |
| Defense | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosnia and Herzegovina Armed Forces (OSBiH): Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Air and Air Defense Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Zrakoplovstvo i Protuzracna Obrana, ZPO) (2007) |
| Defense | Botswana | Botswana Defense Force (includes an air wing) (2008) |
| Defense | Burundi | National Defense Force (Forces de Defense Nationales, FDN): Army (includes Naval Detachment and Air Wing), Gendarmerie (2008) |
| Defense | Cote d'Ivoire | Cote d'Ivoire Defense and Security Forces (FDSC): Army, Navy, Air Force (2006) |
| Defense | Cuba | ... Revolucionarias, FAR): Revolutionary Army (ER; includes Territorial Militia Troops, MTT), Revolutionary Navy (Marina de Guerra Revolucionaria, MGR; includes Marine Corps), Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Force (DAAFAR), Youth Labor Army (EJT) (2008 |
| Defense | Denmark | Defense Command: Army Operational Command, Admiral Danish Fleet, Island Command Greenland, Tactical Air Command, Home Guard (2008) |
| Defense | Egypt | Army, Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Command |
| Defense | Estonia | Estonian Defense Forces: Land Force, Navy, Air Force (Eesti Ohuvagi), Volunteer Defense League (Kaitseliit, KL) (2008) |
| Defense | Ethiopia | Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF): Ground Forces, Ethiopian Air Force (ETAF) (2008) note: Ethiopia is landlocked and has no navy; following the secession of Eritrea, Ethiopian naval facilities remained in Eritrean possession |
| Defense | Finland | Finnish Defense Forces (FDF): Army, Navy (includes Coastal Defense Forces), Air Force (Suomen Ilmavoimat) (2007) |
| defense | France | Army (includes Marines, Foreign Legion, Army Light Aviation), Navy (Marine Nationale, includes Naval Air), Air Force (Armee de l'Air, includes air defense), National Gendarmerie (2008) |
| Defense | Gambia, The | Office of the Chief of Defense: Gambian National Army (National Guard, GNA), Gambian Navy (GN) (2008) |
| Defense | Georgia | Georgian Armed Forces: Land Forces, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces, National Guard (2008) |
| Defense | Guyana | Guyana Defense Force: Army (includes Coast Guard, Air Corps) (2007) |
| Defense | Indonesia | ... Angkatan Darat (TNI-AD)), Navy (TNI-Angkatan Laut (TNI-AL); includes marines, naval air arm), Air Force (TNI-Angkatan Udara (TNI-AU)), National Air Defense Command (Kommando Pertahanan Udara Nasional (Kohanudnas)) (2008 |
| defense | Iran | ... of Iran (Niru-ye Hava'i-ye Artesh-e Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran; includes air defense); Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (Sepah-e Pasdaran-e Enqelab-e Eslami, IRGC): Ground Forces, Navy ... |
| Defense | Iraq | Iraqi Armed Forces: Iraqi Army (includes Iraqi Special Operations Force, Iraqi Intervention Force), Iraqi Navy (former Iraqi Coastal Defense Force), Iraqi Air Force (former Iraqi Army Air Corps) (2005) |
| Defense | Ireland | Irish Defense Forces (Oglaigh na h-Eireann): Army (includes Naval Service and Air Corps) (2008) |
| Defense | Israel | Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israel Naval Forces (INF), Israel Air Force (IAF) (2007) |
| Defense | Jamaica | Jamaica Defense Force: Ground Forces, Coast Guard, Air Wing (2007) |
| Defense | Japan | Japanese Ministry of Defense (MOD): Ground Self-Defense Force (Rikujou Jietai, GSDF), Maritime Self-Defense Force (Kaijou Jietai, MSDF), Air Self-Defense Force (Koku Jieitai, ASDF) (2008) |
| Defense | Kazakhstan | Ground Forces, Naval Force, Air and Air Defense Forces, Republican Guard |
| Defense | Latvia | Latvian Republic Defense Force: Ground Forces, Navy (Latvijas Juras Speki; includes Coast Guard (Latvijas Kara Flotes)), Latvian Air Force (Latvijas Gaisa Speki), Border Guard, Latvian Home Guard (Latvijas Zemessardze) (2008) |
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