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Combined military forces of Guatemala

The Guatemalan Armed Forces (lang es) is the unified military organization comprising the Guatemalan Army, Navy, Air Force, and Presidential Honor Guard. The president of Guatemala is the commander in chief of the military, and formulates policy, training, and budget through the Minister of Defence. Day to day operations are conducted by the Chief of the General Staff.

Guatemala is a signatory to the Rio Pact and was a member of the Central American Defense Council (CONDECA). The President of the Republic is commander in chief. Prior to 1945 the Defence Ministry was titled the Secretariat of War (Secretaría de la Guerra). An agreement signed in September 1996, which is one of the substantive peace accords, mandated that the mission of the armed forces change to focus exclusively on external threats. Presidents Álvaro Arzú and his successors Alfonso Portillo, Óscar Berger and Álvaro Colom, have used a constitutional clause to order the army on a temporary basis to support the police in response to a nationwide wave of violent crime, a product of the Mexican criminal organizations going across the north west region. The peace accords call for a one third reduction in the army's authorized strength and budget — achieved in 2004 — and for a constitutional amendment to permit the appointment of a civilian minister of defense. A constitutional amendment to this end was defeated as part of a May 1999 plebiscite, but discussions between the executive and legislative branches continue on how to achieve this objective. In 2004 the army has gone beyond its accord mandated target, and has implemented troop reductions from an estimated 28,000 to 15,500 troops, including subordinate air force (1,000) and navy (1,000) elements. It is equipped with armaments and material from the United States, Israel, Taiwan, Argentina, Spain, and France. As part of the army downsizing, the operational structure of 19 military zones and three strategic brigades are being recast as several military zones are eliminated and their area of operations absorbed by others. The air force operates three air bases; the navy has two port bases. The Guatemalan army has a special forces unit (specializing in anti insurgent jungle warfare) known as the Kaibiles. In 2011, a Guatemalan court convicted four members of the Kaibiles, of killing more than 200 civilians in the Dos Erres massacre in 1982. Each man was sentenced to 6,050 years in prison. Their convictions for their roles in the massacre nearly 30 years prior, in which soldiers killed more than 200 men, women, and children, would not have happened if not for the courage of victims of violence and Guatemala's attorney general, Claudia Paz y Paz. After the convictions of the Dos Erres four, based on a Guatemalan government's commitment to reorganize its special forces units, the U. S. Department of Defense resumed military aid.

The Día del Ejército (Army Day or Armed Forces Day) is celebrated on 30 June, although if it occurs on a Tuesday or Wednesday it is celebrated on the prior Monday, and if it occurs on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday it moves to the following Monday.

The Armed Forces today number at around 39,000 active personnel.

The Army or Land Forces are the oldest military branch of the armed forces. In the middle of the 19th century, General Rafael Carrera promoted it with the triumph in the Battle of San José La Arada, dated to 2 February 1851, a date that is today commemorated as the day of this branch.

The Navy was founded on 15 January 1959, by the then President Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes, due to the need to protect the country's marine resources, which at the time were the object of illegal predation by fishing boats from neighboring countries. It is a state entity with functions as a police agency for seas and rivers.

The Guatemalan Air Force (lang es) constitutes the aviation portion of the Guatemalan Army. Founded in 1921, it is organized, equipped and trained to plan, conduct and execute the actions imposed by the State Military Defense in relation to the use of air power.

The Presidential Honor Guard of Guatemala is a branch of the Guatemalan Land Forces, responsible for the care and protection of the President of the Republic, as well as the Vice President.

Name Image Caliber Type Origin Notes Pistols M1911 9×19mm Submachine gun Mini Uzi9×19mmSubmachine gun FMK 3 9×19mm Submachine gun MAC 10 9×19mm Submachine gun Rifles AKM 7.62×39mm Assault rifle AKS 74U 5.45×39mm CarbineAssault rifle Samopal vz.58 7.62×39mm Assault rifle IMI Galil 5.56×45mm Assault rifle IWI Galil ACE 5.56×45mm Assault rifle Galil Córdova 5.56×45mm Assault rifle Tavor CTAR215.56×45mmAssault rifleIn use with Kaibiles M16 5.56×45mm Assault rifle Colt 727 7.62×51mm Battle rifle Machine guns Daewoo K3 5.56×45mm Light machine gun Browning M1919 60mm Rocket propelled grenade M7A2 LAW Recoilless rifle 105mm 64 in service.

Name Image Type Origin Quantity Status Notes Bofors L/60 Autocannon Unknown Blowpipe MANPADS 82 launchers.