Namibian Army

Namibian Army
Official emblem, NA
Active	3 September 1990 – present (26 years, 6 months)
Allegiance	Constitution of Namibia
Type	Army
Part of	Namibian Defence Force
Garrison/HQ	Grootfontein, Namibia
Anniversaries	3 September 1990
Engagements	Caprivi Conflict Second Congo War United Nations Mission in Liberia
Commanders
Commander In Chief	President Hage Geingob
Minister of Defence	Penda ya Ndakolo
Army Commander	Major-General Tomas Nopoudyuu Hamunyela

The Namibian Army is the landward defence branch of the Namibian Defence Force.

Development of Namibia's army was fastest of the three arms of Service. The first units of the Army were deployed as early as 1990.The Army was formed when two enemies South West African Territorial Force and the People's Liberation Army of Namibia where inducted after Namibia's independence into the newly created Namibian Defence Force.

The Ministry of Defence has outlined the Army policy as follows

"The Army's principal roles will continue to be as already outlined in the defence policy. The Army will strive to maximise its operational effectiveness through the recruitment of the best young men and women who wish to pursue a military career, their effective training and employment. The Army's equipment priorities are improved troop-lift capacity (road and air); engineer, artillery, anti-tank and air defence and communication systems: the aim being to create a secure, integrated, efficient and cost-effective systems." "The Army will remain a well-disciplined and accountable, professional (all volunteer) force; it will include development of a Reserve; it will continue to train along the lines of other Commonwealth armies; it will train with other Namibian forces (such as the police) to rehearse plans for aid to the civil authorities, civil ministries and civil community; and it will promote a good public image and contribute to the communities in which it is based."

The Army is a hierarchical organisation with the Army commander exercising overall command. The Army headquarters are located at Grootfontein military base,a former SADF logistics base. The Army has several thousand members.