Talk:Lebanese Armed Forces

The Lebanese Army is one of the most trained in the world but lacks the modern weapons and fighting systems. Lebanese soldiers are sent to be trained in Europe and USA, they score very high points in training in most cases as their Americans and Eoropeans counterparts, but due to political restrictions both internal and external, the Lebanese Army is unable to arm itself niether in quantity nor in quality.

Keep the part about the air force. It's about the armed forces so all branches should be included.

Mrld 17:05, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Are the ATTACKER-class patrol boats the same as the Australian Attack class patrol boats. The article states the boats are British but the link goes to an Australian made boat (I don't think the Aussies sold any to the Lebanese). Ozdaren 15:29, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

its a british made boat and was formely used by the brits... the link is wrong...--Jadraad (talk) 08:32, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

I was watching the news, and someone brought up an interesting theory, that this entire army is just a force to help police Lebanon, and serve virtually no other purposes. It's quite clear that this force couldn’t hope to stop Israel or Syria if they were to return. They've lost a considerable amount of men to an enemy in most terms, weaker foe, and just 3 days into fighting in Tripoli, they're requesting more ammunition. Just how powerful or reliable IS this military? Or is all this just simply the fact that they lack more donations? Hoboron 23:32, 25 May 2007 (UTC) Hoboron

What is about that snake eating bullshit?

To finalise the process of becoming a Commando each new recruit must undertake the highly regarded Snake meal. This meal occurs at the conclusion of the training and involves the Commando biting off the head of a live poisionous snake with his teeth and eating it

Unless there is a _reliable_ source it should be deleted immediately - ok I just did so. Sounds like an urban legend. What if there is no poisonous snake at hand - cant you graduate to a special forces member. Furthermore for such a small force to have 8 SF formations is quite a lot. So what is their standard of training? Can they be compared to established SF forces (SAS, SEAL, KSK)? What is the difference between commando and special forces regiment? This needs a lot of work. Right now it seems like the fantasies of a 12-year old lebanes army fan.

-Hasasn Kheireddine's Answer

Concerning the Commando Regiment the "Maghawir", it's true that they eat a snake alive, I don't know whether it's poisonous or not though. And keep in mind that there's not a whole lot of information regarding Lebanon on print. It's a small country, with a small population, Every family in Lebanon knows all the other family names, and their influence in the country; so generally these things are true. In any case, here's a link to the Maghawir during a live show. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7ad_1249581219 Hasan Kheireddine 02:13, 2 June 2014 (UTC) Hasan Kheireddine

Lebanon is not that small. Everyone does not know all other families! The snake story is highly improbable, and saying that the country is small does not make it more likely.Royalcourtier (talk) 11:18, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

Seriously, this article reads like a recruitment brochure for the Lebanese Armed Forces. "Lebanese snipers are considered among the deadliest in the world" and other statements are purely subjective. Also references to a country called "Israhell" don't seem to be very NPOV. cook503 (talk) 12:34 AM, 15 January 2007 (EST)

I reccomend this link http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=126638 as a new external link, its an unbiased topic, users are familiar with the pictures they post of the LAF, and we can keep a better idea of what the LAF actually uses with the various updates and photos. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hoboron (talk • contribs) 18:52, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

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Did this article go through a GA review? If it didn't then the GA rating must be reverted back to B-class. I can't find its review, so I'm not sure it went through one. --Al Ameer son (talk) 05:26, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

:Should be nominated now. Let's keep the GA unless it fails the GA assessment later, but most likely it won't. --Zaher1988 · ^Talk|_{Contributions} 06:42, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

::Happy to know you will nominate it, but I'm afraid I will have to remove the GA rating until it passes. It's just how things work here. See WP:GAN#War and military to list the article for a reviewer, then add the GA nomination template to the top of this page. Cheers and good luck! --Al Ameer son (talk) 16:13, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Since this article will be reviewed soon, it will be necessary to source the first and third paragraphs of the General overview section, the first, third and sixth of the History section (I have a source for the last passage of that section), and many entire subsections of the main Combat history section. Referencing is a vital requirement of Good article. Good luck! --Al Ameer son (talk) 03:34, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

:Hello, thank you for drawing my attention. I have referenced the mentioned above, except the civil war section of the combat history. --Zaher1988 · ^Talk|_{Contributions} 09:59, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

::Fantastic job! The Civil War section will indeed need to be referenced (GA reviews are much stricter than before), but the vast majority of the article is now sourced. Oh, and this line "This was the first major combat operation for the Lebanese Armed Forces under the Independent Lebanese Government." also needs a reference. Other than that, the GA review should go smoothly. You have done a great job with this article. Cheers! --Al Ameer son (talk) 16:00, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

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Hey, I'm all for progress, but right now the page says they have 1.8 million women in the force compared 1.1 men, and of that more women than men are "fit for service." That does not sound factual, especially for a country in the Middle East. There is no source for these numbers either. 2600:4040:901A:C200:54B8:6254:1AD5:2308 (talk) 19:40, 21 February 2025 (UTC)

:It doesn't say those are the numbers in the force, it says those are the numbers of people available (i.e., qualified to be in the force). Largoplazo (talk) 23:25, 21 February 2025 (UTC)