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Military branch

{{Short description|Subdivision of the national armed forces}}

{{Redirect|Service branch|the non-military topic of a branch of an organization that provides charitable service|service club|the activities of a branch of an organization that provides servicing|maintenance}}

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Military branch (also service branch or armed service) is according to common standard a subdivision of the national armed forces of a sovereign nation or state.

Types of branches

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| Air and space force

| Air and space warfare

| French Air and Space Force

Airborne forces

| Paratrooper operations

| Russian Airborne Forces

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| Air defense force

| Air and missile defense

| Egyptian Air Defense Forces

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| Air force

| Aerial warfare

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| Army

| Ground warfare

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| Border guard

| Border security

| Vietnam Border Guard

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| Coast guard

| Maritime security

| United States Coast Guard

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|Command and control

|Reconnaissance, Communication, Surveillance, Information warfare

|People's Liberation Army Information Support Force

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| Cyber force

| Cyberwarfare

| Digital and Intelligence Service (Singapore)

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| Emergencies service

| Disaster relief and emergency management

| Military Emergencies Unit (Spain)

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| Engineering service

| Military engineering

| Construction and Engineering Forces (Mongolia)

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| Gendarmerie

| Military and/or public policing

| National Gendarmerie (France)

General Staff

| Command and control

|Strategic Command Operations (Venezuela)

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| Logistics service

| Military logistics

| Joint Support Service (Germany)

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| Marines

| Naval land force

| United States Marine Corps

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| Medical service

| Medical service

| Belgian Medical Component

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| Military police

| Military law enforcement agency

| Republic of China Military Police

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| Military reserve force

| National reserve and auxiliary service

| Lithuanian National Defence Volunteer Forces

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| Navy

| Naval warfare

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| Strategic rocket force

| Operation of land-based strategic missiles

| People's Liberation Army Rocket Force (China)

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| Royal/Presidential guard

| Protection of royal families / presidential offices and ceremonial duties

| Saudi Royal Guard Regiment / Republican Guard (Algeria)

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| Space force

| Space warfare

| United States Space Force

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| Special forces

| Special operations

| Polish Special Forces

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| Unmanned systems forces

| Drone warfare

| Unmanned Systems Forces (Ukraine)

=Unified armed forces=

The Canadian Armed Forces is the unified armed forces of Canada. While it has three distinct commands - namely the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Navy, and Royal Canadian Air Force - it remains a single military service.{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Unification des Forces armées canadiennes |encyclopedia="L'Encyclopédie canadienne" [The Canadian Encyclopedia] |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/fr/article/unification-des-forces-armees-canadiennes |last=Boileau |first=John |date=November 11, 2021 |language=en, fr |trans-title=Unification of the Canadian Armed Forces}}

=NATO definition=

Branch of service (also branch of military service or branch of armed service) refers, according to NATO standards, to a branch, employment of combined forces or parts of a service, below the level of service, military service, or armed service.{{Cite book |title=Militärisches Studienglossar Englisch Teil I Englisch |publisher=Bundesprachenamt |year=1996 |location=Hürth |page=226 |language=de |trans-title=Military Study Glossary English Part I English |chapter=A {{ndash}} K |trans-chapter=A {{ndash}} K |oclc=1245240835}}

See also

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