Transjordan Frontier Force
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The Transjordan Frontier Force was formed, on 1 April 1926, from cadre drawn drawn from the Arab Legion, and it consisted of only 150 men and most of them were stationed along Transjordan's roads. During this time the Arab Legion was reduced to 900 men and was also stripped of its machine guns, artillery, and communications troops. Replacing the disbanded Palestine Gendarmerie the TJFF had the task of protecting Transjordan's borders.
On 9 February, 1948 the Trans-Jordan Frontier Force was disbanded with members being absorbed back into The Arab Legion.
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