Recognised service backgrounds

Branch / force types (46)

• National Army / Land Forces
• Navy / Maritime Forces
• Air Force
• Air Defence Forces
• Special Forces / Commando
• Military Police
• National Guard / Republican Guard
• Border Guard / Frontier Force
• Coast Guard
• Gendarmerie (National)
• Police Service / National Police
• Criminal Investigation / CID
• Intelligence Service (civilian / military – former personnel)
• Presidential / State Security Guard (former)
• Customs & Immigration Enforcement
• Correctional / Prison Service
• Fire & Rescue / Civil Defence
• Peacekeeping Contingent (AU / UN deployments)
• Military Medical Corps
• Military Engineering Corps
• Signal / Communications Corps
• Logistics & Transport Corps
• Military Intelligence (veteran)
• Reserve / Territorial Forces
• Homeland / Internal Security Force
• Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) – any branch
• Nigerian Armed Forces – any branch
• South African National Defence Force (SANDF) – any branch
• Egyptian Armed Forces – any branch
• Ethiopian National Defence Force – any branch
• Ghana Armed Forces – any branch
• Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) – any branch
• Tanzania People’s Defence Force – any branch
• Moroccan Royal Armed Forces – any branch
• Algerian People’s National Army – any branch
• Rwanda Defence Force – any branch
• Senegalese Armed Forces – any branch
• Botswana Defence Force – any branch
• Namibian Defence Force – any branch
• Zambia Army / Defence Force – any branch
• Zimbabwe Defence Forces – any branch
• Angolan Armed Forces – any branch
• Mozambique Defence Armed Forces – any branch
• DRC Armed Forces (FARDC) – any branch
• Sudanese Armed Forces (historical service) – any branch
• Other official national defence or security service (specify in notes)

Countries (54)