Yugoslav People's Army

Yugoslav People's Army
Yugoslav People's Army
Југословенска народна армија; Jugoslavenska narodna armija; Jugoslovanska ljudska armada
	JNA coat of arms: left (1951–1991); right (1991–1992)
Founded	1 March 1945
Disbanded	20 May 1992
Service branches	Yugoslav Ground Forces (KoV); Yugoslav Navy (JRM); Yugoslav Air Force (JRV); Territorial Defense (TO)
Headquarters	Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Leadership
Commander-in-Chief	Marshal Josip Broz Tito (1945–1980); President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia (1980–1992);
Federal Secretary of People's Defence	See list
Chief of the General Staff	See list
Personnel
Military age	15–65
Conscription	18
Available for; military service	c. 12,000,000 (1978)[citation needed], age 15–65
Active personnel	c. 275,341 (1990)[citation needed]
Reserve personnel	783,037 (1990)[citation needed]
Related articles
History	Yugoslav Partisans
Ranks	Yugoslav People's Army ranks

The Yugoslav People's Army (JNA/ЈНА; Macedonian, Montenegrin and Serbian: Југословенска народна армија, Jugoslovenska narodna armija; Croatian and Bosnian: Jugoslavenska narodna armija; Slovene: Jugoslovanska ljudska armada, JLA), also called the Yugoslav National Army,^[1]^[2] was the military of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and its antecedents from 1945 to 1992.

^ Forsythe, David P. (2003). Central and South-Eastern Europe 2004. London: Europa Publications. p. 180. ISBN 9781857431865.
^ Ramet, Sabrina P.; Fink Hafner, Danica, eds. (2006). Democratic Transition in Slovenia. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-58544-525-7.

[1] Forsythe, David P. (2003). Central and South-Eastern Europe 2004. London: Europa Publications. p. 180. ISBN 9781857431865.

[2] Ramet, Sabrina P.; Fink Hafner, Danica, eds. (2006). Democratic Transition in Slovenia. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-58544-525-7.

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Yugoslav People's Army
Југословенска народна армија Jugoslavenska narodna armija Jugoslovanska ljudska armada
JNA coat of arms: left (1951–1991); right (1991–1992)
Founded	1 March 1945; 79 years ago (1 March 1945)
Disbanded	20 May 1992; 32 years ago (20 May 1992)
Service branches	Yugoslav Ground Forces (KoV) Yugoslav Navy (JRM) Yugoslav Air Force (JRV) Territorial Defense (TO)
Headquarters	Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Leadership
Commander-in-Chief	Marshal Josip Broz Tito (1945–1980) President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia (1980–1992)
Federal Secretary of People's Defence	See list
Chief of the General Staff	See list
Personnel
Military age	15–65
Conscription	18
Available for military service	c. 12,000,000 (1978)^{[citation needed]}, age 15–65
Active personnel	c. 275,341 (1990)^{[citation needed]}
Reserve personnel	783,037 (1990)^{[citation needed]}
Related articles
History	Yugoslav Partisans
Ranks	Yugoslav People's Army ranks