| Date - Field | Somalia - Military branches |
2012 January Military branches | National Security Force (NSF): Somali Army (2011) |
2011 January Military branches | National Security Force (NSF): Somali Army (2010) |
2010 January Military branches | no national-level armed forces (2008) |
2009 January Military branches | no national-level armed forces (2008) |
2008 January Military branches | no national-level armed forces (2007) |
2007 January Military branches | a Somali National Army was attempted under the interim government; numerous factions and clans maintain independent militias, and the Somaliland and Puntland regional governments maintain their own security and police forces |
2006 January Military branches | A Somali National Army was attempted under the interim government; numerous factions and clans maintain independent militias, and the Somaliland and Puntland regional governments maintain their own security and police forces |
2005 January Military branches | A Somali National Army was attempted under the interim government; numerous factions and clans maintain independent militias, and the Somaliland and Puntland regional governments maintain their own security and police forces |
2004 January Military branches | A Somali National Army was attempted under the interim government; numerous factions and clans maintain independent militias, and the Somaliland and Puntland regional governments maintain their own security and police forces |
2003 January Military branches | A Somali National Army was attempted under the interim government; numerous factions and clans maintain independent militias, and the Somaliland and Puntland regional governments maintain their own security and police forces |
2002 January Military branches | A Somali National Army is being reformed under the interim government; numerous factions and clans maintain independent militias, and the Somaliland and Puntland regional governments maintain their own security and police forces |
2001 January Military branches | A Somali National Army is being reformed under the interim government; numerous factions and clans maintain independent militias, and the Somaliland and Puntland regional governments maintain their own security and police forces |
2000 January Military branches | no functioning central government military forces; clan militias continue to battle for control of key economic or political prizes |