Composition of the Militia and Self-Defense Forces According to Current Laws

To be specific, according to the provisions of Article 4 of the Militia and Self-Defense Law 2009, militia and self-defense forces comprise core militia and self-defense forces and broad-based militia and self-defense forces.

In detail:

- Core militia and self-defense force is a force consisting of citizens within the age for performing the obligation to join the militia and self-defense force, who are selectively recruited to serve for a fixed term in militia and self-defense units. This force includes:

- Mobile militia and self-defense force is a force under the core militia and self-defense force organized into units ready to mobilize and carry out tasks in areas when ordered by competent authorities;- Local militia and self-defense force is a force under the core militia and self-defense force organized and operating in hamlets, villages, residential clusters, and in agencies and organizations, carrying out tasks locally and ready to reinforce the mobile militia and self-defense force;- Air defense militia, artillery, engineering, reconnaissance, communications, chemical defense, and medical militia and self-defense forces.

- Broad-based militia and self-defense force is a force consisting of citizens within the age for performing the obligation to join the militia and self-defense force who have been registered and managed to be ready to expand and mobilize the force when ordered by competent authorities.

See more: Militia and Self-Defense Law 2009, officially effective from July 1, 2010.

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