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Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian: Oružane snage Bosne i Hercegovine, OSBIH Cyrillic script: Оружане снаге Босне и Херцеговине, ОСБИХ) is the official military force of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Bosnian Armed forces were unified in 2005 and are composed of two founding armies: Bosniak-Croat, Army of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Bosnian Serb, Army of Republika Srpska. The Ministry of Defense of Bosnia and Herzegovina, founded in 2004, is in charge of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The supreme commander of the Bosnian Armed Forces is the current president of Bosnia and Herzegovina thus the Presidency commands the Bosnian Army, then the Bosnian Ministry of Defence with the minister Selmo Cikotić, then the Chiefs of Joint Staff with Sifet Podžić as the head of the chiefs. Conscription was completely abolished in Bosnia and Herzegovina effective on and from 1 January 2006.[2]
[edit] Structure[edit] Chiefs of Joint Staff
[edit] Personnel
 [edit] Components[edit] Arms
[edit] Services
[edit] Defense LawBosnia and Herzegovina Defense Law defines the following areas:
[edit] Uniform
[edit] InsigniaMain article: Military ranks and insignia of Bosnia and Herzegovina Insignia is found on military hats or berets, on the right and left shoulder on the uniform of all Soldiers of the Armed Forces. All, except for generals, wear badges on their hats or berets with either the land force badge or air force badge. Generals wear badges with the coat of arms of Bosnia surrounded with branches and two swords.All soldiers of the armed forces have on their right shoulder a flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina. All members of the 3 regiments wear their regiment insignia on the left shoulder. There are other insignias, brigades or other institution are worn under the regiment insignia. The name of the soldiers is worn on the left part of the chest while the name "Armed Forces of BiH" is worn on the right part of the chest. [edit] RegimentsThere are three regiments that have soldiers of one of the three ethnic groups of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs from the past armies that were created during the Bosnian war. These regiments have their distinct ethnic insignias. [edit] Equipment[edit] Infantry weapons[edit] Assault rifle
[edit] Sniper rifle
[edit] Pistol
[edit] Machine gun
[edit] Rocket Launcher
[edit] Main battle tanks
[edit] Armoured fighting vehicles
[edit] Anti-tank weapons
[edit] Artillery
[edit] Logistics
[edit] Helicopters(Only used by the Bosnian Ground forces)
[edit] Other equipment
[edit] Formations [edit] Joint Command and Operational Command - Sarajevo
[edit] Support Command - Banja Luka
[edit] Locations of Military Forces
[edit] History[edit] Army of the Republic of Bosnia and HerzegovinaMain article: Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Army of the Republic of Bosnia And Herzegovina, was created on 15 April 1992 during the early days of the Bosnian War Before, the ARBiH was formally created, there existed a number of paramilitary groups such as the Green Berets, Patriotic League, Bosnia's Territorial Defence forces and civil defense groups, as well as many criminal gangs and collections of police and military professionals. The army was formed under poor circumstances, with a very low number of tanks, APCs and no military aviation assets. The army was divided into Corps, each Corp was stationed in a territory. First commander was Sefer Halilović. [edit] Army of Repubika SrpskaMain article: Army of Republika Srpska The Army of Republika Srpska, was created on 12 May 1992. Before, the VRS was formally created, there were a number of paramilitary groups such as the Srpska Dobrovoljačka Garda, Beli Orlovi, as well as some Russian, Greek and other volunteers. Most of the paramilitary groups were not under the command of General Ratko Mladić. The army was equipped with ex-JNA inventory. It had about 200 tanks, mostly T-55s and 85 M-84s, and 150 APCs with several heavy artillery pieces. The Air Defense of VRS has shot down several aircraft, like F-16, Mirage 2000, F-18 and two Croatian Air Force MiG-21. The VRS received support from the Yugoslav Army and FRY until 1994, when Slobodan Milošević stopped military relations with Republika Srpska. [edit] Croatian Defence CouncilMain article: Croatian Defence Council The Croatian Council of Defence was the main military formation of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia during the Bosnian War and it was first organized military force to with the aim to control the Croat populated areas. It is not to be confused with the Croatian Defence Forces (HOS) which was a separate Croatian military unit [edit] Foreign armiesIn 1995-96, a NATO-led international peacekeeping force (IFOR) of 60,000 troops served in Bosnia and Herzegovina, beginning on December 21st 1995 to implement and monitor the military aspects of the agreement. IFOR was succeeded by a smaller, NATO-led Stabilization Force or SFOR. The number of SFOR troops was reduced first to 12,000 and then to 7,000. SFOR was in turn succeeded by an even smaller, EU-led European Union Force or EUFOR (Althea). As of 2004[update], EUFOR numbers ca. 7,000 troops. [edit] Statistical indicatorsMilitary service age and obligation: 18 years of age for compulsory military service in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina; 16 years of age in times of war; 18 years of age for Republika Srpska; 17 years of age for voluntary military service in the Federation and in the Republika Srpska; by law, military obligations cover all healthy men between the ages of 18 and 60, and all women between the ages of 18 and 55; service obligation is 4 months (July 2004) Manpower available for military service: Military Branches: All branches are combined in to the OSBiH; Land, and Mechanized Forces. Manpower fit for military service: Manpower reaching military service age annually: Military expenditures - dollar figure: $450 million (FY06) Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 4.5% (FY06) [edit] Operations Bosnia and Herzegovina deployed a unit of 37 men to destroy munitions and clear mines, in addition to 6 command personnel as part of the Multinational force in Iraq. The unit was first deployed to Fallujah, then Talil Air Base, and is now located at Camp Echo. In December 2006, the Bosnian government formerly extended its mandate through June 2007. Bosnia and Herzegovina is planning to send another 49 soldiers from the 6th infantry division to Iraq in August 2008, their mission will be to protect/guard Camp Victory in Baghdad. [edit] See also[edit] References[edit] External links
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