Saudi army
| Royal Saudi Arabian Army | |
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(Arabic;) «القُوّات البَرِيَة المَلَكيَّة السُّـعُوديَّة»
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| Founded | As early as January 1745; |
| Country |
 Arabian Kingdom |
| Allegiance | Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques |
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| Type | Army |
| Role | Ground-based warfare |
| Size | 300,000+ full-time personnel (2012 est.) 325,000 reserve and National Guard 625,000+ total personnel (2015 est.) |
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| Headquarters | King Rd, Al Wazarat, Riyadh |
| Anniversaries | January 13; (115 years ago) |
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| Website | rslf.sa |
| Commanders | |
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Crown Prince Mohammad Al Saud |
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General Abdul Rahman Al Banyan |
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Lt. General Prince Fahd Al Saud |
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Battle flag |
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The Royal Saudi Land Forces (KSA) (Arabic: القوات البرية الملكية السعودية), also called Saudi Arabian Army (Arabic: الجيش العربي السعودي Al-Jai? al-?Arab?yat al-Su??d?yah), are the largest branch of the Saudi Arabia Armed Forces. The Saudi Arabia Ground Armed Forces (SAAF) divide its manpower between two main entities, the National Guard (SANG) and the Army [RSLF]. The Chief of the Saudi General Staff until 2011 was Field Marshal Saleh Al-Muhaya.
The modern Saudi Army has its roots in the first Saudi State, which was formed as early as 1745, and is considered to be the birth year of the Saudi Army. As of 13 January 1902 was founded as the Royal Saudi Land Forces, and is the oldest branch of the KSA military.
Other events that led to an expansion of the Saudi Army were the Arab–Israeli conflict in 1948, the fall of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in the Iranian Revolution in 1979 and the subsequent fears of possible Shia's actions, and in the last years the first Gulf War in 1990. In the year 2000, Saudi Arabia's government spent billions of dollars to expand the Saudi Forces including the Saudi Army.
Fahad Al-Eissa, Director general of the defense minister’s office stated that “We are the fourth-largest military spender in the world, yet when it comes to the quality of our arms, we are barely in the top 20,”. Mohammad bin Salman was appointed Defense Minister to correct these defficiencies.
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