Border Guard Forces

Border Guard Forces
Shoulder sleeve insignia of the Border Guard Forces
Founded	April 2009 (2009-04)
Country	Myanmar
Branch	Myanmar Army
Type	Border guard Light infantry
Role	Border control Counterinsurgency Counterintelligence Forward observer Guerrilla warfare HUMINT Indirect fire Internal security Irregular warfare Jungle warfare Mountain Warfare Patrolling Raiding Reconnaissance Screening Tracking
Size	8,000 (Karenic Kayin BGF) 4,000 (Karenic Kayan BGF) 5,000 (Karenic Pa-O BGF) 2,000 (Kachin KDA+NDA-K) 1,000 (Kokang BGF) = 20,000 (total)
Part of	Tatmadaw
Nickname(s)	BGF
Commanders
Minister of Defence	General Mya Tun Oo
Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar Armed Forces	Senior General Min Aung Hlaing
Regional commanders	Several generals, including Saw Chit Thu
Insignia
Flag of Myanmar Border Guard Forces [1] [2] [3]

Border Guard Forces (Burmese: နယ်ခြားစောင့်တပ်; abbreviated BGF) are subdivisions of the Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces) consisting of former insurgent groups in Myanmar under the instruction of Regional Military Commands. The government announced its plan to create Border Guard Forces in April 2009, in the hopes of ending hostilities between the government and insurgent groups leading up to the 2010 general election.