Republic of Croatia Armed Forces

Republic of Croatia Armed Forces
Oružane snage Republike Hrvatske
Croatian Armed Forces emblem
Service branches	Croatian Army Croatian Navy Croatian Air Force
Leadership
Commander-in-Chief	Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
Defence Minister	Damir Krstičević
Chief of staff of the Armed Forces	Mirko Šundov
Manpower
Military age	18 years of age (voluntary)
Conscription	Abolished in 2008
Available for military service	2,033,589 (2015 est.), age 15–49
Fit for military service	1,610,442 (2015 est.), age 15–49
Reaching military age annually	55,349 (2015 est.)
Active personnel	14,506 (2016)
Deployed personnel	Afghanistan - 84  Kosovo - 27  Pakistan - 9  Western Sahara - 6  Haiti - 3  Bosnia and Herzegovina - 2  Cyprus - 2  Liberia - 2  Lebanon - 1
Expenditures
Budget	c. 4.4 billion HRK (c. 633 million USD) (c. 593 million Euro )
Percent of GDP	1.21% (2017)
Industry
Domestic suppliers	Đuro Đaković (armored vehicles) HS Produkt (small arms)
Foreign suppliers	Finland  Germany  Italy  Norway  Sweden   Switzerland  United States
Related articles
History	Military history of Croatia Ban Josip Jelačić Nikola Šubić Zrinski Croatian War of Independence Croatian National Guard War in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ranks	Croatian military ranks

The Republic of Croatia Armed forces (Croatian: Oružane snage Republike Hrvatske - OSRH) is the military service of the Republic of Croatia

The President is the Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief and it administrates it in times of war by giving orders to the Chief of staff, while Armed Forces administration and the defense policy execution in times of peace is done by the Government through the Ministry of Defence. This unified institution consists of land, sea, and air branches referred to as:

Croatian Armed Forces are charged with protecting the Republic as well as supporting international peacekeeping efforts when mandated by the NATO, United Nations and/or European Union.

The total number of active military personnel in the Croatian Armed Forces stands at 14,506 and 6,000 reserves working in various service branches of the armed forces. In May 2016, Armed Forces had 16,019 members, of which 14,506 were active military personnel and 1,513 civil servants. Of the 14,506 active military personnel, 3,183 were officers, 5,389 non-commissioned officers, 5,393 soldiers, 520 military specialists, 337 civil servants and 1,176 other employees.

Total available male manpower aged 16–49 number 1,035,712, of which 771,323 are technically fit for military service. Male citizens are now no longer subject to compulsory military service since January 1, 2008. However, the last generation of 2007 servicemen was also absolved of compulsory service by an act from then Minister of Defence Berislav Rončević.

The Croatian military budget for the past 6–7 years was kept below 2% of GDP, a vast difference from the 1990s when defence expenditure represented a major stake in Croatian Budgetary expenditure due to the Croatian War of Independence. For example, 1995 Croatian defense budget stood at 12.4 billion Croatian Kuna or just over 12% of GDP, which was also the highest defense expenditure ever.