Panama Defense Forces

Panama Defense Forces
Fuerzas de Defensa de Panamá
Emblem
Cap badge
Motto	Todo por la patria (All for the homeland)
Founded	1946
Current form	1983
Disbanded	1990
Service branches	Army Air Force Navy Police
Headquarters	El Chorrillo
Leadership
Commander-in-Chief	Manuel Noriega
Chief of staff	Colonel Marcos Justine
Personnel
Active personnel	16,300
Related articles
History	Wars and Battles 1959 Panama invasion attempt 1968 Panamanian coup d'état Insurgency in Chiriquí Nicaraguan Revolution 1989 Panamanian coup d'état attempt Invasion of Panamá
Ranks	Military ranks of Panama

The Panama Defense Forces (Spanish: Fuerzas de Defensa de Panamá; FFDD), formerly the National Guard (of Panama) (Spanish: Guardia Nacional),^[1][2] were the armed forces of the Republic of Panama.

It was created in 1983, led by Panama's dictator General Manuel Noriega and his general staff. It was dismantled by the United States Armed Forces after the U.S. invasion of Panama in 1989.