Myanmar Armed Forces
| Tatmadaw တပ်မတော် |
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| Service branches |
 Myanmar Army Myanmar Navy Myanmar Air Force Myanmar Police Force
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| Leadership | |
| Commander-in-Chief | Senior General Min Aung Hlaing |
| Minister of Defence | Lieutenant General Sein Win |
| Deputy Commander-in-Chief | Vice-Senior General Soe Win |
| Manpower | |
| Military age | 16 to 49 years of age |
| Available for military service |
14,747,845 males, age 15–49 (2010 est.), 14,710,871 females, age 15–49 (2010 est.) |
| Fit for military service |
10,451,515 males, age 15–49 (2010 est.), 11,181,537 females, age 15–49 (2010 est.) |
| Reaching military age annually |
522,478 males (2010 est.), 506,388 females (2010 est.) |
| Active personnel | 406,000 (ranked 9th) |
| Reserve personnel | 72,000 (Paramilitary) |
| Expenditures | |
| Budget | $2.4 billion (2014) |
| Percent of GDP | 4% (2014) |
| Industry | |
| Domestic suppliers | Kapasaw Industries (Myanmar Defence Industries) |
| Foreign suppliers |
 Belarus China Pakistan Indonesia Israel North Korea South Korea Malaysia India Russia Serbia Singapore Ukraine
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Parliamentary Seats
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| Seats in the Amyotha Hluttaw |
56 / 224
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| Seats in the Pyithu Hluttaw |
110 / 440
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The Myanmar Armed Forces, officially known as the Tatmadaw (Burmese: တပ်မတော်; MLCTS: tap ma. taw, IPA: [taʔmədɔ̀]), is the military organisation of Myanmar (Burma). The armed forces are administered by the Ministry of Defence and are composed of the Army, the Navy and the Air Force. Auxiliary services include the Myanmar Police Force, the People's Militia Units and until 2013 the Frontier Forces, locally known as Na Sa Kha.
Currently, there is no military draft. Thus, all service personnel are volunteers in theory, although there is a law on the books (the People's Militia Law) that allows for conscription if the President considers it necessary for Myanmar's defence that the provisions of the law be activated. In practice, it has been claimed that the Tatmadaw conscripts adults and children and uses civilians as forced labour and even human mine-sweepers. The Tatmadaw has been engaged in a bitter battle with ethnic insurgents and the narco-armies since the country gained its independence from the United Kingdom in 1948. However, in a 2014 survey conducted by the International Republican Institute across all Myanmar demographics shows military is the most favourable institution with 84% of respondents saying either "very favorable" or "favorable" ahead of other institutions such as media, government and Burmese opposition.
The military proposed a defence budget of K 2.36 trillion (USD 2.39 billion) for 2014-15 and was approved by the Parliament. The incumbent Minister for Defence Wai Lwin revealed at a Parliament section on 28 October 2014 that 46.2 percent of the budget is spent on personnel cost, 32.89 percent on operation & procurement, 14.49 percent on construction related projects and 2.76 percent on health and education.
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