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Nacionalne oružane snage Latvije (Latvijski: Nacionālie Bruņotie Spēki (NAF)) su sjedinjene vojne snage Republike Latvije. Odbrambeni koncept Latvije se temelji na Švedsko-Finskom modelu, a to su snage za brze reakcije sastavljene od mobilizacijske baze koncentrirane oko profesionalnog jezgra. Oružane se snage sastoje od Kopnene vojske (1500 vojnika), Mornarice (552 pripadnika), Avijacija (300) te 550 profesionalaca na 10.642 pripadnika Nacionalne garde. Sveukupno ima 5062 profesionalna vojnika. Uz njih u oružanim snagama se nalazi još i oko 1300 civilnih uposlenika. Od 5052 vojne osobe 1284 su oficiri, 1945 podoficiri i 1817 profesionalnih vojnika.

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National Armed Forces (Latvian: Nacionālie Bruņotie Spēki (NAF)) are the unified armed forces of the Republic of Latvia. Latvia's defense concept is based upon the Swedish-Finish model of a rapid response force composed of a mobilization base and a small group of career professionals. The National Armed Forces consists of Land Forces, Naval Forces, Air Force, National Guard and others. Latvia has switched to a professional army, the last draft was in 2005. From January 1, 2007, the Latvian army is fully contract-based. There are 5052 soldiers of professional military service in the NAF. 1500 soldiers are in the Land Force, 552 - in the Naval Forces, 300 - in the Air Force and 550 soldiers of professional military service and 10 642 national guardsmen in the National Guard. There are 1380 civil and military employees serving in the NAF. There are 1284 officers, 1945 non-commissioned officers and 1817 privates or privates first class serving in the NAF.

BALTIC BATALION BALTIČKI BATALJON

U suradnji sa Estonijon i Litvanijom osnovan je Baltički bataljon BALBAT i osnovana je i zajednička mornarička jedinica BALTRON koji su osposobljeni za međunarodne operacije. Zračni prostor Latvije nadzire NATO-ova avijacija jer zemlja nije sama u stanju to efikasno činiti. U cilju zaštite latvijskog neba rotiraju se snage od četiri NATO aviona koje šalju različite zemlje, na tromjesečne periode. Ove avio patrole kontroliraju i nebo ostale dvije baltičke zemlje.


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Latvia cooperates with Estonia and Lithuania in the joint infantry battalion BALTBAT and naval squadron BALTRON which are available for peacekeeping operations. NATO is involved in the patrolling of the Latvian air space. For this goal a rotating force of 4 NATO fighters, which comes from different nations , is based in Lithuania to cover all three Baltic states.