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The Kuwait Ministry of Defence (Arabic: وزارة الدفاع الكويتية) is one of the governmental bodies of Kuwait. Its minister in charge is a member of the Cabinet of Kuwait. The current Minister of Defense is Abdullah Ali Al-Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The Kuwait Army, established in 1949, is the oldest armed branch among the Kuwait Armed Forces. [2] Its cavalry and infantry predecessors operated in desert and metropolitan areas in 1919, 1920 and 1928 to 1938, tracing their roots directly to the cavalrymen and infantrymen that defended Al-Kout Fortress since the 19th century along with various mounted defensive forces.
The Kuwait National Guard, considered a combat formation, is independent of the Kuwait Armed Forces (and the Kuwait Ministry of Interior, which maintains several formations of its own, including the Kuwait Land Border Force and the Kuwait Coast Guard) and is the main internal and border protection security force.
General Commander of Kuwait Army and Directorate of Public Security Force (1942-1961) until the two split in 1953. Founder and patron of the Kuwaiti Army and Kuwaiti Air Force. Field Marshal of Kuwait Army, Kuwait Air Force (1949-1961) prior to the forming of the Chief of the General Staff of Kuwait Armed Forces in (1963)
Kuwait Army; Kuwait National Guard; Kuwait Naval Force; M. Military ranks of Kuwait; Ministry of Defense (Kuwait) Mubarak al-Abdullah Joint Command and Staff College
The Kuwait National Guard (KNG) (Arabic: الحرس الوطني الكويتي) is a paramilitary and gendarmerie branch of the Kuwait Armed Forces. [1] The National Guard is an independent combat institution and traces its heritage directly to the cavalrymen and infantrymen that defended Kuwait 's three mounted defensive walls .
Camp Patriot (shared with Kuwait Naval Base) Camp Spearhead (shared with port of Ash Shuaiba) No longer existent: Camp Maine (closed in 2003) Camp Pennsylvania (closed in 2004) Camp New Jersey (closed in 2004, combined to become part of Camp Virginia) Camp New York (closed in 2004, reactivated and deactivated several times since) Camp Wolverine ...
The Kuwait Air Force (Arabic: القوات الجوية الكويتية, romanized: al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Kuwaitiya) is the air arm of the Armed Forces of Kuwait. The Air Force headquarters is located at Abdullah Al-Mubarak Air Base , with the remaining forces stationed at Air Defense Brigades, Ali Al Salem Air Base and Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base .