Royal Lao Armed Forces

Royal Lao Armed Forces
Forces Armées du Royaume ກອງທັບຣາຊອານາຈັກລາວ
Royal Lao Armed Forces emblem (1961-1975)
Founded	1959
Disbanded	1975
Service branches	Royal Lao Army Royal Lao Air Force Royal Lao Navy
Headquarters	Phone Kheng (Vientiane)
Leadership
Commander-in-Chief	Soulivong Savang
Commander	Phasouk Somly Rasaphak
Personnel
Active personnel	100,000 men (at height)
Reserve personnel	96,000
Industry
Foreign suppliers	France  Australia  Indonesia  Thailand  Japan  Burma  South Korea  South Vietnam  Taiwan  Philippines  United Kingdom  United States
Related articles
History	Military history of Laos
Ranks	Military ranks of the Royal Lao Armed Forces

The Royal Lao Armed Forces (Lao: ກອງທັບຣາຊອານາຈັກລາວ; French: Forces Armées du Royaume), best known by its French acronym FAR, were the official armed defense forces of the Kingdom of Laos, a state that existed from 1949 to 1975 in what is now the Lao People's Democratic Republic. First created under the French protectorate of Laos on July 1, 1949, the FAR was responsible for the defense of the Kingdom since its independence in October 1953 from France, until its dissolution on December 2, 1975. It operated notably during the North Vietnamese invasion of Laos and the Laotian Civil War from 1960 to 1975.