Military of Jordan

Jordanian Armed Forces القوات المسلحة الأردنية
Emblem of the Jordanian Armed Forces
Founded	22 October 1920
Current form	1 March 1956
Service branches	Royal Jordanian Army Royal Jordanian Air Force Royal Jordanian Navy
Headquarters	Amman
Leadership
Commander-in-chief	Abdullah II of Jordan
Chief of Defence	Hani Al-Mulki
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff	Lieutenant General Mahmoud Freihat
Manpower
Military age	18–49 years old
Conscription	Suspended indefinitely in 1992; all members are regular volunteers.
Active personnel	110,700 (ranked 44th)
Reserve personnel	60,000 Land Forces, 5,000 Joint (2013 est.)
Expenditures
Budget	$2.5b (2015 est.)
Percent of GDP	7% (2015 est.)
Industry
Domestic suppliers	KADDB
Foreign suppliers	Argentina  United States  Germany  Pakistan  Poland  Japan  Russia  Uruguay  France  China  Egypt  South Korea  Serbia  Taiwan  Colombia  Turkey  Ukraine  Croatia  United Kingdom  Israel  Mexico  Brazil  Saudi Arabia  Chile  Italy  Greece  India  Australia  Venezuela  Bulgaria  Guatemala
Annual imports	$300 million
Annual exports	$72 million
Related articles
History	Arab–Israeli War (1948-1949) Retribution operations (1950s) Six-Day War (1967) War of Attrition (1967-1970) Battle of Karameh (1968) Black September (1970) Yom Kippur War (1973) Libyan Civil War (2011) International military intervention against ISIL (2014-present) 2015 military intervention in Yemen (2015)
Ranks	Jordanian military ranks

The Jordanian Armed Forces (القوات المسلحة الأردنية), also referred to as the Arab Army (الجيش العربي), are the military forces of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. They consist of the ground forces, air force, and navy and is under the direct control of the King of Jordan who is the Commander-in-Chief. The current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is Lieutenant General Mahmoud Freihat, who is also the King's military adviser.

First organized army in Jordan was established on 22 October 1920, and was named the "Mobile Force", at the time it was 150 men strong. On its third anniversary in 1923, the force was renamed the Arab Legion, consisting of 1000 men. By the time Jordan became an independent state in 1946, Arab Legion numbered some 8,000 soldiers in 3 mechanized regiments. In 1956, all British generals were dismissed, and the name was finally changed into the Jordanian Army. The army fought in several wars and battles, mostly against Israel. In the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the capture of the West Bank by Jordan and the decisive Battles of Latrun, proved that the Arab Legion was the most effective army during the war. Several confrontations followed with Israel; Retribution operations, Six Day War, War of Attrition and Yom Kippor War. Jordan also had to face the PLO and the Syrian Army during the events of Black September. The signing of the Israel–Jordan peace treaty in 1994 ended the state of hostility between the two countries, and allowed them to resume normal functioning.