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Territorial Defence Force (Ukraine)
Territorial Defense or Territorial Defense Forces may refer to: Active * Territorial Troops Militia, a Cuban paramilitary militia under the command of the MINFAR * Territorial Forces (Finland) * Territorial Troops (Kazakhstan) * Territorial Defence Force (Poland), an active military reserve component of the Polish armed forces * Territorial Defense Forces (Ukraine) * Territorial Defense Student, Thailand Defunct * Territorial Defense Forces (Poland), an armed force responsible for the internal security of Poland separate from the Polish Army from 1965 until 2008 * Territorial Defense (Yugoslavia), an independent formation of the People's Army of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia * Territorial Defence Force of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina * Slovenian Territorial Defence * Territorial defence battalions (Ukraine) See also * Military reserve force * Territorial Army (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Territorial Troops Militia
The Territorial Troops Militia (), is a Cuban paramilitary militia composed exclusively of civilian volunteers. It was established on May 1, 1980, and placed under the command of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces (MINFAR). Its creation is recognized as having marked the beginning of Cuba's official embrace of the military doctrine of the War of All the People, which has remained in force since then. Like the MNR (National Revolutionary Militia The National Revolutionary Militia () (MNR) is a citizens’ militia in the Republic of Cuba. It was founded in 1959 in the aftermath of the Cuban Revolution to protect buildings against sabotage from "counter-revolutionary" armed groups and any ...) of the early 1960s, the MTT's formation reinforced the notion of the popular will to defend the Revolution. In general, the militia is a part-time force with only light arms which are issued to them only on occasion. Manning Most members of the MTT are women, the elderly, or retirees. Mal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Territorial Forces (Finland)
Local Defence companies (know collectively as "Maakuntajoukot"; Local Defence forces-)(; ) are regional forces of Finnish Defence Forces (FDF) composed of volunteer reservists who have signed a contract that obliges them to do certain tasks during a crisis, with wartime strength supplemented by non-volunteer reservists as needed. The FDF works with and supervises the National Defence Training Association of Finland in the training of the troops. Local Defence companies are part of Local Defence battalions which are under command of the military province of their area (''sotilaslääni'', four in total, divided into 19 military districts, ''aluetoimisto''), in total there are 28 companies. Sometimes the name is rendered as local defence units or volunteer reserve units. The most important duties for Local Defence companies are protection, guarding, oversight and defence of certain targets and the area of their respective military district in general. In addition, Local Defence comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Territorial Troops (Kazakhstan)
The Territorial Troops (, ) are a volunteer paramilitary service of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Instead of being an independent service branch of the Armed Forces of Kazakhstan, it reports directly to the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan. There are currently 16 departmental like territorial defense brigades stationed in 14 regions, as well as the capital and largest city of Nur-Sultan and Almaty. The independent defense brigades are designed to perform tasks within the internal borders of the administrative regions, similarly to State defense forces or National Guard in the United States. During wartime situations, the territorial units have the potential to grow up to a size of over 60,000 military personnel. History On November 6, 2001, President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a secret presidential decree that called for a regulated organization to deal with defending the internal borders of Kazakh territory. Just close to 15 years later, in December 2015 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Territorial Defence Force (Poland)
The Territorial Defence Force – TDF () is the fifth military branch of Polish Armed Forces, the Polish Armed Forces, following Polish Land Forces, Land Forces, Polish Air Force, Air Force, Polish Navy, Navy and Polish Special Forces, Special Forces. The force is made up of professional and part-time volunteer soldiers, forming part of the country's defence and deterrence system. Formed in 2016, it had reached 24,000 personnel by July 2019, and was slated to reach a size of around 53,000 personnel in 17 light infantry brigades by 2021. The creation of the Polish TDF relates to the reforms in the Baltic states' Territorial Defence Forces to provide response during the early stages of a hybrid conflict. History The Territorial Defence Force is a planned reserve component of Polish Armed Forces. A Territorial Defense Forces (Poland), similar, identically named organization had existed in the country since 1965, but was disbanded in 2008 as part of a modernization program. The re- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Territorial Defense Forces (Ukraine)
The Territorial Defence Forces ( TDF; , , ) are the Military reserve force, military reserve component of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Territorial Defence Forces were formed after the reorganization of the Territorial defence battalions (Ukraine), Territorial Defence Battalions, volunteer militias created during the War in Donbas (2014–2022), war in Donbas under the command of the Ministry of Defence (Ukraine), Ministry of Defence. Territorial Defence units existed from 2015 until 2021 in semi-organized forms until 2022 when they were officially organized into a unified corps that formed a separate branch of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is formed by a core of part-time reservists, usually former combat veterans, and in cases of war can be expanded to include local civilian volunteers for local defense, in a case of mass mobilization, with the core expected to lead the mobilized volunteers. The TDF was officially activated with the start of the 2022 Russian invasion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Territorial Defense Student
Territorial Defense Student (; ) is a military youth organization in Thailand under control of the Royal Thai Army, and recently the Royal Thai Navy and Royal Thai Air Force. History Prior to World War II the ''Yuwachon Thahan'' (or "junior soldiers", Thai: ยุวชนทหาร) or more commonly referred to as Territorial Defense ( Thai: รักษาดินแดน, shortened as ร.ด. in Thai) were established in 1934 by Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram. At the beginning of World War II junior soldiers were sent to fight troops of the Japanese Empire that invaded southern Thailand on 8 December 1941. At the end of the war the junior soldiers were disbanded, but Lieutenant General Luang Chatnakrop (พล.ท. หลวงชาตินักรบ) created the territorial defense cadets to replace them in 1948. Battle of Tha Nang Sang Bridge On the first day of the Japanese invasion of Southeast Asia (8 December 1941), the Japanese Army sent troops to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Territorial Defense Forces (Poland)
The Territorial Defense Forces () was an armed force responsible for the internal security of Poland and separate from the Polish Army. The OTK existed from 1965 until 2008. As initially organized, OTK forces included both an " Internal Defense Forces" and the " Border Protection Troops". This style of internal security organization corresponded to that used by the Soviet Union during the same period. After the fall of communism in Poland, changing political priorities led to the reduction of OTK forces. By 1 July 2008, the last of its battalions were converted to mechanized units of the army. History The Territorial Defense Forces of the Country (OTK) were established in Poland by the resolution of the State Defense Committee of May 14, 1959, used to directly defend the country's territory against various threats (the external system consisted of operational troops intended to act as part of the United Armed Forces of the Warsaw Pact, assumed to be outside the country's terri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Territorial Defense (Yugoslavia)
The Territorial Defense ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Територијална Oдбрана, Teritorijalna odbrana; TO for short) was the gendarmerie and military reserve force component of the armed forces of Yugoslavia that was the primary means of organized armed resistance against an enemy under the Constitution of Yugoslavia. Similar to the U.S. National Guard, each of the Yugoslav constituent republics had its own Territorial Defense military formations, to remain separate from the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), which also maintained its own reserve forces and could take command of Territorial Defense in case of war. This would be done under the command of the Presidency of Yugoslavia as Supreme Commander of Armed Forces through the Minister of Defense, who was the highest military rank that could command both Yugoslav People's Army and ''Territorial Defense'' simultaneously under the constitution. While the President of Yugoslavia was in function he was under constitution sup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Territorial Defence Force Of The Republic Of Bosnia And Herzegovina
The Territorial Defence Force of the Republic of Bosnia and Hercegovina () were the first official armed forces of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina at the beginning of the Bosnian War. They were eventually transformed into the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. History Teritorijalna odbrana (TO) was the name of a local defence reserve force in the former Yugoslav People's Army. The TO were organized in their respective country with a separate command that of the JNA. The TO was a Civilian Home Guard, roughly like a paramilitary or a reserve military force. The regions of the TO were in charge of mobilization with the help of the local population. TORBiH in Bosnia The TO was the official army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, along with the separate Bosnian military forces formed by Sefer Halilović the Patriotic League (PL). The TO, from 1991 to April 1992, absorbed all units of the PL and districts military formations into the TO, which was eventually transformed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovenian Territorial Defence
The Territorial Defense of the Republic of Slovenia ( (TO RS)), also known as the Territorial Defense of Slovenia (Slovenian: ''Teritorialna obramba Slovenije OS'), was the predecessor of the Slovenian Armed Forces. It was named after the Yugoslav Territorial Defense. History After the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, the Yugoslav leadership adopted the doctrine of General People's Defence and established the Territorial Defense. After the victory of democratic parties in the 1990 Slovenian parliamentary election, the central government in Belgrade ordered disarmament of TO Slovenia, a decision that was effectively ignored. Many weapons subsequently disappeared from supply depots and were later issued to the initial territorial defence units of the Republic of Slovenia. Command TO headquarters were established on November 20, 1968. The early development of this military command was almost exclusively in the hands of Slovenian officers. In 1990, the Territo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Territorial Defence Battalions (Ukraine)
Territorial defence battalions () were volunteer military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine under the auspices of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence in 2014–2015. They should not be confused with the volunteer units of Special Tasks Patrol Police of Ukraine created along with territorial defense battalions, but under the auspices of the Ministry of Interior. Together, they are both collectively known as the Ukrainian volunteer battalions. The battalions were established in mid-2014, during the early stages of the war in Donbas, to combat the pro-Russian separatists and the forces of the Donetsk People's Republic, Luhansk People's Republic, and the United Armed Forces of Novorossiya. 32 volunteer territorial defence battalions were formed. In autumn 2014, most of the territorial defence battalions were reorganized as motorized infantry battalions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In 2022, the Territorial Defense Forces were created as a successor of the old territorial defe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Reserve Force
A military reserve force is a military organization whose members (reservists) have military and civilian occupations. They are not normally kept under arms, and their main role is to be available when their military requires additional manpower. Reserve forces are generally considered part of a permanent standing body of armed forces, and allow a nation to reduce its peacetime military expenditures and maintain a force prepared for war. During peacetime, reservists typically serve part-time alongside a civilian job, although most reserve forces have a significant permanent full-time component as well. Reservists may be deployed for weeks or months-long missions during peacetime to support specific operations. During wartime, reservists may be kept in service for months or years at a time, although typically not for as long as active duty soldiers. In countries with a volunteer military, reserve forces maintain military skills by training periodically (typically one weeken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
