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The Malaysian Armed Forces (Abbr.: MAF; Malay: Angkatan Tentera Malaysia; Jawi: اڠكتن تنترا مليسيا ), are the armed forces of Malaysia, consists of three branches; the Malaysian Army, Royal Malaysian Navy and the Royal Malaysian Air Force. The number of MAF active personnel is 113,000 along with reserve forces at 51,600. [1] [2]
The Malaysian air forces trace their lineage to the Malayan Auxiliary Air Force formations of the Royal Air Force (RAF) formed in 1934. They later transformed into the Straits Settlements Volunteer Air Force (SSVAF) and the Malayan Volunteers Air Force (MVAF) formed in 1940 and dissolved in 1942 during the height of the Japanese advance over ...
The Malaysian Army (Malay: Tentera Darat Malaysia; Jawi: تنترا دارت مليسيا ) is the land component of the Malaysian Armed Forces. Steeped in British Army traditions, the Malaysian Army does not carry the title ‘royal’ ( diraja ) as do the Royal Malaysian Navy and the Royal Malaysian Air Force .
The Malaysia Coast Guard (MCG), also known as the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA), is a key maritime force tasked with safeguarding Malaysia's littoral waters, enforcing laws within the Malaysian Maritime Zone (MMZ), and managing maritime emergency responses.
The Ministry of Defence (Malay: Kementerian Pertahanan; Jawi: كمنترين ڤرتاهنن ), abbreviated MINDEF [2] or KEMENTAH, [3] is a ministry of the Government of Malaysia that is responsible for defence, national security, army, navy, hydrography, air force, armed forces, intelligence services, counterintelligence, military intelligence, national service, and veterans affairs.
The United Kingdom governed Malaysia in its pre-independence days. Most of its military forces at the time were from Commonwealth nations.There were local military forces such as the Penang and Province Wellesley Volunteer Corps, and other similar units created in Singapore and the other Malay States, however, they were regarded as a territorial army than a federal army.
Malaysia Civil Defence Force's fleet in parade. The National Headquarters encompasses all civil defence and search and rescue units nationwide, and reports to the Prime Minister's Department. As of 2017 Major General (R) Dato' Azmy Bin Yahya serves as its Chief Commissioner of Civil Defence.
The Royal Malaysian Air Force once had a special operations force to secure the RMAF strategic airbase which was known as Special Air Service of Air Force (Malay: Pasukan Khas Udara; PASKAU). In its first establishment, the name of this unit was known as HANDAU ( Air and Land Defense , Malay : Perta han an Da rat dan U dara ) and at that moment ...