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The Ghana Army is the principal land warfare force of Ghana. In 1959, two years after the Gold Coast became independent from the British Empire , the Gold Coast Regiment was withdrawn from the Royal West African Frontier Force and formed the basis for the new Ghanaian army.
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) is the state military organisation of Ghana, consisting of the Army (GA), Navy (GN), and Ghana Air Force. [3]The Commander-in-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces is the president of Ghana, who is also the supreme military commander of the Border Guard Unit (BGU).
Name Image Caliber Type Origin Notes Pistols Browning Hi-Power [1]: 9×19mm: Semi-automatic pistol Belgium Submachine guns Sten [2]: 9×19mm: Submachine gun United Kingdom Sterling [3]
Burma Camp walls. Burma Camp is the headquarters of the Ghana Armed Forces [1] and the Ghanaian Ministry of Defence. The camp is in Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana. [2] It retains notoriety and fear from previous Ghanaian military regimes, when civilians who entered the camp might not re-emerge. [3]
This article is a list of military conflicts involving Ghana and includes conflicts such as coups. Wars. Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result Congo Crisis [1]
The Ghana Military Academy is the military academy of the Ghana Armed Forces. It offers basic military training to officer cadets from the Ghana Army, Ghana Navy and the Ghana Air Force. [3] The academy is based in Teshie in the Greater Accra Region. Entrance into the Ghana Military Academy is through a vigorous selection process.
As the army's main force, it is responsible for Ghanaian internal security and defence. Ghana also makes a large commitment to peacekeeping operations in the region and overseas, most notably in Sierra Leone and Liberia , for which the Ghana Regiment provides the majority of personnel. [ 1 ]
The Common Services Establishment Committee was formed in January 1969 with the aim of creating a logistics brigade for the Ghana Army using auxiliary units. [5] In October 1969, the services and units were combined to form the Support Services Brigade Group, primarily for administrative efficiency rather than operational purposes.