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Historical Values
Year Value
1990 Mongolian People's Army, Air Force (negligible)
1991 Mongolian People's Army (includes Border Guards), Air Force
1992 Mongolian People's Army (includes Border Guards), Air Force
1993 Mongolian People's Army (includes Internal Security Forces and Frontier Guards), Air Force
1994 Mongolian People's Army (includes Internal Security Forces and Frontier Guards), Air Force
1995 Mongolian People's Army (includes Internal Security Forces and Frontier Guards), Air Force
1996 Mongolian People's Army (includes Internal Security Forces and Frontier Guards), Air Force
1997 Mongolian People's Army (includes Internal Security Forces and Frontier Guards), Air Force
1998 Mongolian People's Army (includes Internal Security Forces and Frontier Guards), Air Force
1999 Mongolian People's Army (includes Internal Security Forces and Frontier Guards), Air Force
2000 Mongolian People's Army (includes Internal Security Forces and Border Guards), Air Force, Civil Defense troops
2001 Mongolian Armed Forces (includes General Purpose Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces, Civil Defense Troops); note - Border Troops are under Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs in peacetime
2002 Mongolian Armed Forces (includes General Purpose Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces, Civil Defense Troops); note - Border Troops are under Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs in peacetime
2003 Mongolian Armed Forces (includes General Purpose Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces, Civil Defense Troops); note - Border Troops are under Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs in peacetime
2004 Mongolian People's Army (comprising Ground Forces, Air Defense Forces), Border Guards, Internal Security Forces, Construction Corps Forces, Civil Defense Authority
2005 Mongolian Armed Forces: Mongolian People's Army (MPA), Mongolian People's Air Force (MPAF) (2005)
2006 Mongolian People's Army (MPA), Mongolian People's Air Force (MPAF); there is no navy (2005)
2007 Mongolian Armed Forces: Mongolian People's Army (MPA), Mongolian People's Air Force (Agaaryn Dovtolgoonoos Khamgaalakh Tsergiyn Komandial, MPAF); there is no navy (2007)
2008 Mongolian Armed Forces: Mongolian Army, Mongolian Air Force; there is no navy (2008)
2009 Mongolian Armed Forces: Mongolian Army, Mongolian Air Force; there is no navy (2009)
2010 Mongolian Armed Forces: Mongolian Army, Mongolian Air Force; there is no navy (2010)
2011 Mongolian Armed Forces: Mongolian Army, Mongolian Air Force; there is no navy (2010)
2012 Mongolian Armed Forces: Mongolian Army, Mongolian Air Force; there is no navy (2010)
2013 Mongolian Armed Forces (Mongol ulsyn zevsegt huchin): Mongolian Army (includes Mongolian Air and Air Defense, which is to become a separate service in 2015); there is no navy (2013)
2014 Mongolian Armed Forces (Mongol ulsyn zevsegt huchin): Mongolian Army (includes Mongolian Air and Air Defense, which is to become a separate service in 2015); there is no navy (2013)
2015 Mongolian Armed Forces (Mongol ulsyn zevsegt huchin): Mongolian Army, Mongolian Air and Air Defense (2015)
2016 Mongolian Armed Forces (Mongol ulsyn zevsegt huchin): Mongolian Army, Mongolian Air Force (2016)
2017 Mongolian Armed Forces (Mongol ulsyn zevsegt huchin): Mongolian Army, Mongolian Air Force (2016)
2018 Mongolian Armed Forces (Mongol ulsyn zevsegt huchin): Mongolian Army, Mongolian Air Force (2016)
2019 Mongolian Armed Forces (Mongol ulsyn zevsegt huchin): Mongolian Army, Mongolian Air Force (2019)
2020 Mongolian Armed Forces (Mongol ulsyn zevsegt huchin): Mongolian Army (includes Border Troops), Mongolian Air Force, National Center for Emergency and Disaster Relief (coordinates the military's efforts as first-responders for earthquakes, wildfires, and forest fires; contagious diseases; and snow and dust storms as well as severe winters (known as zud )); paramilitary forces: Internal Security Troops (2019)
2021 Mongolian Armed Forces (Mongol ulsyn zevsegt huchin): General Purpose Troops (Mongolian Army), Air/Air Defense Force, Cyber Security, Special Forces, Civil Engineering, Civil Defense Forces; Border Troops; Internal Security Troops Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs: National Police Agency, General Authority for Border Protection (2021)
2022 Mongolian Armed Forces (MAF): Mongolian Ground Force (aka General Purpose Troops), Air/Air Defense Force, Cyber Security, Special Forces, Civil Engineering, Civil Defense Forces (2022) note: the National Police Agency and the General Authority for Border Protection, which operate under the Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs, are primarily responsible for internal security; they are assisted by the General Intelligence Agency under the prime minister; the Armed Forces assist the internal securi
2023 Mongolian Armed Forces (MAF): Mongolian Ground Force (aka General Purpose Troops), Mongolian Air/Air Defense Force, Cyber Security Forces, Special Forces, Civil Engineering Forces, Civil Defense Forces (2023) note: the National Police Agency and the General Authority for Border Protection, which operate under the Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs, are primarily responsible for internal security; they are assisted by the General Intelligence Agency under the prime minister; the MAF assists the
2024 Mongolian Armed Forces (MAF): Ground Force, Air Force, Cyber Security Forces, Special Forces, Construction-Engineering Forces (2024) note: the National Police Agency and the General Authority for Border Protection, which operate under the Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs, are primarily responsible for internal security; they are assisted by the General Intelligence Agency under the prime minister; the MAF assists the internal security forces in providing domestic emergency assistance and dis
2025 Mongolian Armed Forces (MAF): Land Force, Air Force, Cyber Security Forces, Special Forces, Construction-Engineering Forces (2025) note: the National Police Agency and the General Authority for Border Protection, which operate under the Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs, are primarily responsible for internal security; they are assisted by the General Intelligence Agency under the prime minister