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| Yugoslav People's Army | |
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| Југословенска народна армија Jugoslavenska narodna armija Jugoslovanska ljudska armada | |
 .svg) JNA coat of arms: left (1951–1991); right (1991–1992) | |
| Founded | 1 March 1945 |
| Disbanded | 20 May 1992 |
| Service branches | Yugoslav Ground Forces (KoV) Yugoslav Navy (JRM) Yugoslav Air Force (JRV) Territorial Defense (TO) |
| Headquarters | Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
| Leadership | |
| Commander-in-Chief |
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| Federal Secretary of People's Defence | See list |
| Chief of the General Staff | See list |
| Personnel | |
| Military age | 15–65 |
| Conscription | 18 |
| Available for military service | c. 12,000,000 (1978)[citation needed], age 15–65 |
| Active personnel | c. 275,341 (1990)[citation needed] |
| Reserve personnel | 783,037 (1990)[citation needed] |
| Related articles | |
| History | Yugoslav Partisans |
| Ranks | Yugoslav People's Army ranks |
The Yugoslav People's Army (JNA/ЈНА; Macedonian, Montenegrin and Serbian: Југословенска народна армија, Jugoslovenska narodna armija; Croatian and Bosnian: Jugoslavenska narodna armija; Slovene: Jugoslovanska ljudska armada, JLA), also called the Yugoslav National Army,[1][2] was the military of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and its antecedents from 1945 to 1992.
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- ^ Ramet, Sabrina P.; Fink Hafner, Danica, eds. (2006). Democratic Transition in Slovenia. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-58544-525-7.