Somali National Army

Somali Armed Forces Xoogga Dalka Soomaaliyeed القوات المسلحة الصومالية
Emblem of the Somali Armed Forces
Founded	1960
Service branches	Somali National Army Somali Air Force Somali Navy
Headquarters	Mogadishu, Somalia
Leadership
Commander-in-Chief	Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed
Minister of Defense	Abdirashid Abdullahi Mohamed
Chief of Army	Gen. Mohamed Ahmed Jimale
Manpower
Military age	18
Available for military service	2,260,175 (2010 est.; males) 2,159,293 (2010 est.; females), age 18–49
Fit for military service	1,331,894 (2010 est.; males) 1,357,051 (2010 est.; females), age 18–49
Reaching military age annually	101,634 (2010 est.; males) 101,072 (2010 est.; females)
Expenditures
Percent of GDP	0.9% (2005)
Industry
Foreign suppliers	European Union  United States Gulf states  Turkey

The Somali National Armed Forces (SNAF) are the military forces of Somalia, officially known as the Federal Republic of Somalia. Headed by the President as Commander in Chief, they are constitutionally mandated to ensure the nation's sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity.

The SAF was initially made up of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Police Force. In the post-independence period, it grew to become among the larger militaries in Africa. Due to Barre's increasing reliance on his own clans, repressive policies, and the Somali Rebellion, the military had by 1988 begun to disintegrate. By the time President Siad Barre fled in 1991, the armed forces had dissolved. As of January 2014, the security sector is overseen by the Federal Government of Somalia's Ministry of Defence, Ministry of National Security, and Ministry of Interior and Federalism. The Somaliland, Puntland and Khaatumo regional governments maintain their own security and police forces.

Historically, Somali society conferred distinction upon warriors (waranle) and rewarded military acumen. All Somali males were regarded as potential soldiers, except for the odd religious cleric (wadaado). Somalia's many Sultanates each maintained regular troops. In the early Middle Ages, the conquest of Shewa by the Ifat Sultanate ignited a rivalry for supremacy with the Solomonic dynasty.