| Military Forces of Colombia Fuerzas Militares de Colombia |
|
|---|---|
The tri-service badge |
|
| Service branches | National Army |
| Leadership | |
| Commander-in-Chief | President Juan Manuel Santos |
| Minister of Defense | Juan Carlos Pinzón |
| General Commander | General Alejandro Navas Ramos |
| Manpower | |
| Military age | 18 |
| Conscription | 18 months Army and Air Force, 24 months Navy, 12 Months National Police |
| Available for military service |
23,287,388 (2008 est.)[1], age 15–49 (2005 est.) |
| Fit for military service |
17,976,288(2008 est.)[1], age 15–49 (2005 est.) |
| Reaching military age annually |
875,595[1] (2005 est.) |
| Active personnel | 285,554[2] (ranked 19th) |
| Expenditures | |
| Budget | US$11.0229 billion[3] (COP$15.6 trillion) (FY09) |
| Percent of GDP | 5.7%[4] (FY08) |
| Industry | |
| Domestic suppliers | Indumil Cotecmar |
| Foreign suppliers | United States Israel Brazil South Africa |
The Military Forces of Colombia (Spanish: Fuerzas Militares de Colombia) are the armed forces of the Republic of Colombia.
Contents |
The Military of Colombia consists of:
The Specific Command of San Andres y Providencia was created on March 5, 1983 by the Ministry of Defense of Colombia. The Command is stationed in the islands of San Andres y Providencia which are located in the Caribbean seanortheast of Colombia between 10°49'00N y 16°10'10N and 76°15'00W y 82°00'00W.[5]
In 1999, Colombia assigned 3.6% of its GDP to defense, according to the National Planning Department. By 2007 this figure had risen to 6.1% of GDP, one of the highest rates in the world. The armed forces number about 250,000 uniformed personnel: 145,000 military and 105,000 police. These figures do not include assistance personnel such as cooks, medics, mechanics, and so on. This makes the Colombian military one of the largest and most well-equipped in Latin America. Many Colombian military personnel have received military training assistance directly in Colombia and also in the United States. The United States has provided equipment and financing to the Colombian military and police through the military assistance program, foreign military sales, and the international narcotics control program, all currently united under the auspices of Plan Colombia.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Participants in Colombian armed conflict |
Key aspects |
||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
• La Violencia (1948-1958) |
• Sinaltrainal v. Coca-Cola (2001) • Kidnappings in Colombia • Illegal drug trade in Colombia • Democratic security |
||||||||||||||
| Guerrillas |
Government of Colombia | Paramilitaries |
|||||||||||||
|
• FARC-EP Former guerrillas Linked to |
Former government program Linked to |
• Águilas Negras Former paramilitaries Linked to |
|||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||
|
||||||||