Military and Security Forces
Beninese Armed Forces (Forces Armees Beninoises, FAB; aka Benin Defense Forces): Army, Navy, Air Force; Ministry of Interior and Public Security: Republican Police (Police Republicaine, DGPR) (2022)
Military Service Age and Obligation
18-35 years of age for voluntary and selective compulsory military service; a higher education diploma is required; both sexes are eligible for military service; conscript service is 18 months (2022)
Military and Security Service Personnel Strengths
approximately 7,000 active-duty troops; estimated 5,000 Republican Police (2022)
Military Equipment Inventories and Acquisitions
the FAB is equipped with a small mix of mostly older French and Soviet-era equipment (2021)
Military Deployments
260 (plus about 160 police) Mali (MINUSMA) (May 2022)
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