• The Chief of Defence Force Staff (C Def F S) was a post in the South African Defence Force and the South African National Defence Force. The Chief of Defence...
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    Union Defence Force (UDF) (Afrikaans: Unie-Verdedigingsmag) comprised the armed forces of South Africa from 1 July 1912, when the Defence Act (No 13 of 1912)...
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  • the South African military chiefs. From 1958 until the first democratic general election in 1994, the present-day South African National Defence Force was...
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    The South African Defence Force (SADF) (Afrikaans: Suid-Afrikaanse Weermag) comprised the armed forces of South Africa from 1957 until 1994. Shortly before...
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    The Chief of Defence Force is the head of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), who holds the rank of Lieutenant-General or Vice-Admiral. The Chief of Defence...
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    South African National Defence Force (SANDF) comprises the armed forces of South Africa. The commander of the SANDF is appointed by the President of South...
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    The Chief of the Defence Staff (French: Chef d'État-Major des Armées [CEMA]; lit. 'Chief of Staff of the Armies') is the military head of the Armed Forces...
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    Namibian Defence Force (NDF) comprises the national military forces of Namibia. It was created when the country, then known as South West Africa, gained...
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    Zambian Defence Force is the military of Zambia. It consists of the Zambian Army, the Zambian Air Force, and the Zambia National Service. The defence forces...
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    Retrieved 2024-08-26. Ministry of Defence, Kigali, website, 31 July 2023, "RDF ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF SEES OFF RELIEF FORCE DEPARTING TO CABO DELGADO, MOZAMBIQUE"...
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  • Chief of the Defence Force may refer to: Chief of the Defence Force (Australia) Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada) Chief of Defence Force (East Timor)...
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  • The South African National Defence Force's rank system is largely based on the British system, with the Air Force (and later the Military Health Service)...
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    Bophuthatswana Defence Force (Afrikaans: Bophuthatswana Weermag; BDF) was established on 6 December 1977 from trainees of the South African Defence Force. It was...
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    Venda Defence Force (VDF) was established in September 1982 from the 112 Battalion of the South African Defence Force and the military branch of the Venda...
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    The South African Army is the principal land warfare force of South Africa, a part of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), along with the...
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    The South Sudan People's Defence Forces (SSPDF), formerly the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), is the military force of the Republic of South Sudan...
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    Malawi Defence Force is the state military organisation responsible for defending Malawi. It originated from elements of the British King's African Rifles...
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    Thus, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the CHOD of the United States, the Chief of the Defence Staff is the CHOD of the United Kingdom, the...
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    Defence Force (TDF) was established during March 1981, from the 141 Battalion of the South African Defence Force (SADF). It was the defence force of the...
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    raids by the South African Defence Force. A turning point was the Raid on Gaborone on 14 June 1985, following apartheid South Africa's murderous raid...
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    The current air force commander is Charles Lutaaya, while Emmanuel Kwihangana serves as chief of air staff. The Ugandan Air Force traces its history...
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    and military staff and is funded within the UK's defence budget. The organisation was formerly known as the Defence Intelligence Staff (DIS), but changed...
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    of India, namely, the Army, the Navy and the Air Force. It is also responsible for the Territorial Army. It is headed by the Chief of Defence Staff as...
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  • from Singapore Police Force and Singapore Civil Defence Force personnel respectively. In the St John Brigade (SJB), the rank of staff sergeant (SSG) is above...
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    The Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF), previously known as the National Resistance Army, is the armed forces of Uganda. From 2007 to 2011, the International...
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  • Andreas Liebenberg (category Chiefs of the South African Army)
    Chief of the Army from 1985 to 1990, as Chief of Defence Force Staff for a few months in 1990, and then as Chief of the South African Defence Force from...
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    underlined with the appointment of Major General Bernard Penfold as Chief of the Defence Staff, a new position as senior officer of the entire armed forces....
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    capacity. Major General Ibrahim Hilmy - Chief of Defence Force Brigadier General Ahmed Ghiyas Vice Chief of Defence Force Brigadier General Ismail Shareef -...
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    Lawrence Mbatha (category Recipients of the MK South Africa Service Medal)
    Officer Commanding of the South african National Defence Force Training Command and before that he was the 19th Commandant of the South African Military Academy...
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    Defence Force (CDF) was established during March 1981 from the 141 Battalion of the South African Defence Force (SADF). It was the defence force of Ciskei...
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