Yugoslav People's Army
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"Yugoslav National Army" redirects here. For other uses, see Yugoslav Army (disambiguation).
The Yugoslav People's Army (abbreviated as JNA/ЈНА; Macedonian 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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Yugoslav People's Army | |
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Југословенска народна армија Jugoslavenska narodna armija Jugoslovanska ljudska armada | |
Founded | 1 March 1945; 79 years ago (1 March 1945) |
Disbanded | 20 May 1992; 31 years ago (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 | Less than 275,341 in 1990.[citation needed] |
Reserve personnel | Most of reserve 960,000 in 1990 within territorial defense during war; 783,037 in reserve for JNA in 1990.[citation needed] |
Related articles | |
History | Yugoslav Partisans |
Ranks | Yugoslav People's Army ranks |
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