Georgian Armed Forces

Georgian Armed Forces საქართველოს შეიარაღებული ძალები
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Founded	Early 1917
Current form	1991
Service branches	Georgian Land Forces Georgian Special Forces Georgian National Guard
Headquarters	Tbilisi
Leadership
Supreme Commander-in-chief	President Giorgi Margvelashvili
Minister of Defence	Levan Izoria
Chief of General Staff of Georgian Armed Forces	Brigadier General Vladimer Chachibaia
Manpower
Military age	18-30 years old
Conscription	18 years of age, 12 months
Available for military service	2,038,736, age 18-35 (2011 est.)
Fit for military service	827,281, age 18-35 (2011 est.)
Reaching military age annually	56,965 (2011 est.)
Active personnel	37,000 as of 2016 / 17 (37,825 in 2013)
Reserve personnel	140,000
Deployed personnel	Afghanistan - 861 troops deployed for the Resolute Support Mission
Expenditures
Budget	640,000,000 GEL (2015) (324,023,170 USD) (2015)
Percent of GDP	1.2% (2013)
Industry
Domestic suppliers	Tbilisi Aircraft Manufacturing Scientific Technical Center Delta Tbilisi Tank Factory
Foreign suppliers	United States  European Union  Ukraine  Israel  Turkey
Related articles
History	Military history of Georgia
Ranks	Georgian military ranks

640,000,000 GEL (2015)

The Georgian Armed Forces (Georgian: საქართველოს შეიარაღებული ძალები, translit.: sakartvelos sheiaraghebuli dzalebi) is the name of the unified armed forces of Georgia. The Georgian military is a defence force consisting of the Georgian Land Forces, Georgian Special Forces and a paramilitary organization, the Georgian National Guard. The national defense policy aims, based on the Constitution of Georgia, are to guarantee the preservation of the independence and sovereignty of the state and the integrity of its land area, territorial waters and airspace and its constitutional order. The armed forces of Georgia are under the authority of the Georgian Ministry of Defense. The Georgian Armed Forces is not to be confused with the American Civil War army known as the Army of Georgia

The Armed Forces were established in early 1917 from former Russian Imperial Army units on Georgian soil, irregular militias and Georgian personnel returning from World War I. Armed Forces consisted of the Regular Army and Peoples Guard in 1918-1921. On March 23, 1994, Georgia was one of the first former Soviet Republics to join the NATO Partnership for Peace program. Among the partners, Georgia was the first country that was able to submit the special documentation (May 2004) and on October 29, 2004 the North Atlantic Council approved the first Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) for Georgia.