Malaysian Armed Forces
| Malaysian Armed Forces Angkatan Tentera Malaysia |
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Flag and Crest of the Malaysian Armed Forces
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| Founded | 16 September 1963 |
| Service branches |
 Malaysian Army Royal Malaysian Navy Royal Malaysian Air Force
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| Leadership | |
| Commander-in-Chief | Yang Di-Pertuan Agong Muhammad V |
| Minister of Defence | Hishammuddin Hussein |
| Chief of Armed Forces | General Raja Mohamed Affandi Raja Mohamed Noor |
| Manpower | |
| Military age | 18 years of age |
| Available for military service |
14,817,517, age 16–49 (2011 est) |
| Fit for military service |
12,422,580, age 16–49 (2011 est) |
| Reaching military age annually |
519,280 (2011 est) |
| Active personnel | 110,000 |
| Reserve personnel | 296,300 |
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| Budget | US 3.61 billion(FY2017) |
| Percent of GDP | 1.16% (FY2016 Q4 $311.0bn) |
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 Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Brunei Canada China European Union Finland France Germany Italy Japan Netherlands Norway Pakistan Poland Russia South Africa South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Thailand United Kingdom United States
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| History | Military history of Malaysia |
| Ranks | Malaysian Armed Forces ranks and insignia |
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The Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF, Malay: Angkatan Tentera Malaysia-ATM), the military of Malaysia, consists of three branches, namely the Malaysian Army, the Royal Malaysian Navy, and the Royal Malaysian Air Force. Since 19 December 2016, General Raja Mohamed Affandi Raja Mohamed Noor is the Chief of Malaysian Armed Forces.
Malaysia's armed forces originated from the formation of local military forces in the first half of the 20th century, during British colonial rule of Malaya and Singapore prior to Malaya's independence in 1957. Its role is to defend the sovereignty and strategic interests of Malaysia from all forms of threat.
It is responsible for assisting civilian authorities to overcome all international threats, preserve public order, assist in natural disasters and participate in national development programs. It is also sustaining and upgrading its capabilities in the international sphere to uphold the national foreign policy of being involved under the guidance of the United Nations (UN).
The main theatres of operations were within Malaysian borders, primarily to fight an insurgency led by the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) in what was known as the Emergency. The only foreign incursion of Malaysian territory in modern times were in World War II by Japan (Malaya was then not a unified political entity and consisted of the British Crown Colony of the Straits Settlements, and the British protected Federated Malay States and Unfederated Malay States) and during the Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation by Indonesia under the leadership of President Sukarno. Operations on foreign soil have mainly been peacekeeping operations under the auspices of the United Nations.
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