Republic of Vietnam Military Forces

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Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces
Quân lực Việt Nam Cộng hòa
War flag of the Republic of Vietnam
Flag of the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces
Motto	"Tổ Quốc – Danh Dự – Trách Nhiệm" ("Homeland – Honour – Duty")
Founded	30 December 1955
Disbanded	30 April 1975
Service branches	Army  Air Force  Navy
Headquarters	Saigon, Central-South region of Vietnam
Leadership
Commander-in-Chief	Ngo Dinh Diem (1955–1963) Nguyen Van Thieu (1967–1975)
Chief of Joint General Staff	See list
Personnel
Active personnel	586,838
Deployed personnel	1,000,000 in 1972
Industry
Foreign suppliers	United States  Australia  New Zealand  Philippines  South Korea  Thailand
Related articles
History	Military history of Vietnam
Ranks	Ranks and insignia of the Republic of Vietnam

The Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces (RVNAF; Vietnamese: Quân lực Việt Nam Cộng hòa – QLVNCH), were the official armed defence forces of the defunct Republic of Vietnam and were responsible for the defence of the state and the republican regime since its independence from France on 26 October 1955 to its collapse from its northern communist counterparts and the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam (Viet Cong) on 30 April 1975.