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The People’s Revolutionary Army (PRA) was the military of Grenada between 1979 and 1983. The People's Revolutionary Militia served as its reserve force. The two, alongside the Grenada Police and the Coast Guard, were collectively termed as the People's Revolutionary Armed Forces (PRAF) from 1981.
Some of the countries, such as Costa Rica and Grenada, underwent a process of demilitarization. [10] [11] [12] Other countries were formed without armed forces, such as Samoa over 60 years ago; [13] the primary reason being that they were, or still are, under protection from another nation at their point of independence.
American forces remained in Grenada after combat operations finished in December as part of Operation Island Breeze. The remaining forces performed security missions and assisted members of the Caribbean Peacekeeping Force and the Royal Grenadian Police Force, including military police, special forces, and a specialized intelligence detachment.
Rank comparison chart of officers for armies/land forces of Anglophone states. Officers. Rank group ... Grenada: No army. Guyana Army [11. Commander-in-Chief ...
The first Caribbean forces arrived on Grenada by U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft from Barbados about five hours later. The vanguard force, led by Brigadier Rudyard Lewis of Barbados, landed on a Ranger-seized runway without any defined military role being assigned to them by the Pentagon. [ 2 ]
Rank comparison chart of all armies and land forces of North and South American states. Officers. Rank group General / flag officers ... Grenada: No army
The First Minister was asked whether the IRA Army Council currently has any influence over Sinn Fein.
The number of military personnel in the reserve forces that are not normally kept under arms, whose role is to be available to mobilize when necessary. The number of personnel in paramilitary forces: armed units that are not considered part of a nation's formal military forces. The total number of active, reserve, and paramilitary personnel.