Armed Forces of Montenegro | |
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Војска Црне Горе (Montenegrin) | |
Motto | Čojstvo i Junaštvo (cnr) Humanity and Bravery (en) |
Founded | 1879 |
Current form | 2006 |
Service branches | |
Headquarters | Podgorica |
Website | www |
Leadership | |
Commander-in-chief | Jakov Milatović |
Minister of Defence | Dragan Krapović |
Chief of the General Staff | Zoran Lazarević |
Personnel | |
Military age | 18 years of age |
Conscription | No |
Fit for military service | 184,159 males, age 15–49, 171,823 females, age 15–49 |
Active personnel | 2,350[1] |
Expenditure | |
Budget | €134 million |
Percent of GDP | 1.9% 2024 |
Industry | |
Domestic suppliers | TARA Aerospace and Defence Products AD |
Foreign suppliers | Israel Italy Czech Republic Turkey Serbia Bosnia and Herzegovina Romania United States Slovenia Spain[2] |
Related articles | |
History | Military history of Montenegro |
Ranks | Military ranks of Montenegro |
The Armed Forces of Montenegro (Montenegrin: Војска Црне Горе, romanized: Vojska Crne Gore) are the military forces of Montenegro. The Armed Forces consists of an army, navy and air force.
The military currently maintains a force of 2,350 active duty members.[1] The bulk of its equipment and forces were inherited from the Armed Forces of Serbia and Montenegro; as Montenegro contained the entire coastline of the former union, it retained the entire naval force.[citation needed]
On 5 June 2017, Montenegro joined NATO as the 29th member.