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Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces | |
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Quân lực Việt Nam Cộng hòa | |
Motto | "Tổ Quốc – Danh Dự – Trách Nhiệm" ("Homeland – Honour – Duty") |
Founded | 30 December 1955 |
Disbanded | 30 April 1975 |
Service branches | Army Air Force Navy |
Headquarters | Saigon, Central-South region of Vietnam |
Leadership | |
Commander-in-Chief | Ngo Dinh Diem (1955–1963) Nguyen Van Thieu (1967–1975) |
Chief of Joint General Staff | See list |
Personnel | |
Active personnel | 586,838 |
Deployed personnel | 1,000,000 in 1972 |
Industry | |
Foreign suppliers | United States Australia New Zealand Philippines South Korea Thailand |
Related articles | |
History | Military history of Vietnam |
Ranks | Ranks and insignia of the Republic of Vietnam |
The Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces (RVNAF; Vietnamese: Quân lực Việt Nam Cộng hòa – QLVNCH), were the official armed defence forces of the defunct Republic of Vietnam and were responsible for the defence of the state and the republican regime since its independence from France on 26 October 1955 to its collapse from its northern communist counterparts and the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam (Viet Cong) on 30 April 1975. The Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces day is celebrated in June 19 every years since 1965.