Forcas Defesa Timor Lorosae

MINSTRY of DEFENCE

      Ustav Istočnog Timora navodi da je predsjednik vrhovni zapovjednik obrambenih snaga i da ima ovlasti imenovati zapovjednika i načelnika štba F-FDTL-a. Vijeće ministara i nacionalni parlament odgovorni su za financiranje F-FDTL-a i utvrđivanje politike koja se odnosi na sigurnost Istočnog Timora. Malo ministarstvo obrane (koje je 2007. preimenovano u Ministarstvo obrane i sigurnosti) osnovano je 2002. kako bi osiguralo civilni nadzor nad F-FDTL-om.

      F-FDTL je organiziran u štab, kopnenu komponentu, pomorsku komponentu i zračnu komponentu. Godine 2011. F-FDTL imao je odobrenu snagu od 1500 redovnog osoblja i 1500 rezervnih vojnika. Nije dosegla ove ukupne brojke jer je nedostatak sredstava spriječio formiranje rezervne komponente, a dva redovna bataljona vojske nisu bia dovoljna. Iako su sve osoblje F-FDTL-a u početku bili veterani FALINTIL-a, sastav snaga se s vremenom promijenio i malo je vojnika iz pobune ostalo od 2005. godine zbog uskog starosnog zahtjeva snaga. Vojni činovi F-FDTL-a slični su vojnim činovima portugalskih oružanih snaga.

      The constitution of East Timor states that the president is the supreme commander of the defence force and has the power to appoint the F-FDTL's commander and chief of staff. The Council of Ministers and National Parliament are responsible for funding the F-FDTL and setting policy relating to East Timor's security. A small ministry of defence (which was renamed the Ministry of Defence and Security in 2007) was established in 2002 to provide civilian oversight of the F-FDTL.

      The F-FDTL is organised into a headquarters, a land component, a naval component and an air component. In 2011 F-FDTL had an authorised strength of 1,500 regular personnel and 1,500 reservists. It had not reached these totals as funding shortfalls prevented the reserve component from being formed and the Army's two regular battalions were under-strength. While all the F-FDTL's personnel were initially FALINTIL veterans the force's composition has changed over time and few soldiers from the insurgency remained as of 2005 due to the force's narrow age requirement. The military ranks of the F-FDTL are similar to the military ranks of the Portuguese Armed Forces.

FALINTIL  FALINTIL

      Oružane snage za nacionalno oslobođenje Istočnog Timora (portugalski: Forças Armadas da Libertação Nacional de Timor-Leste, Falintil) izvorno su započele kao vojno krilo stranke Fretilin iz Istočnog Timora. Osnovan je 20. 08. 1975. kao odgovor na Fretilinov politički sukob s Timorskom demokratskom unijom (UDT). Dana 01. 02. 2001. Falintil je službeno raspušten, samo da bi gotovo odmah ponovno uskrsnuo kao službena oružana snaga nove nezavisne zemlje. Ruak je postao prvi zapovjednik F-FDTL-a i preuzeo čin brigadnog generala. Veterani Falintila čine značajan dio članstva "političko-kriminalnih" oružanih grupa koje djeluju u Istočnom Timoru, kao što su Sagrada Familia, CPD-RDTL i Colimau 2000.

      The Armed Forces for the National Liberation of East Timor (Portuguese: Forças Armadas da Libertação Nacional de Timor-Leste, Falintil) originally began as the military wing of the Fretilin party of East Timor. It was established on 20 August 1975 in response to Fretilin's political conflict with the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT). On 1 February 2001 Falintil was officially dissolved, only to be almost immediately resurrected as the official armed force of the newly independent country. Ruak became the first Commander of the F-FDTL and assumed the rank of brigadier general. Falintil veterans make up a significant portion of the membership of the "politico-criminal" armed groups operating in East Timor, such as Sagrada Familia, CPD-RDTL, and Colimau 2000.