Cameroon Armed Forces
| Cameroon Armed Forces | |
|---|---|
| Forces armées camerounaises (FAC) | |
| Founded | 1960 |
| Service branches |
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| Headquarters | Yaoundé |
| Leadership | |
| Commander-in-Chief | Paul Biya |
| Deputy Commander-in-Chief | Joseph Ngute |
| Minister of Defense | Joseph Beti Assomo |
| Chief of Staff | René Claude Meka |
| Personnel | |
| Active personnel | 38000 (plus 9000 gendarmerie and paramilitary) |
| Expenditure | |
| Budget | FCFA 324 billion |
| Percent of GDP | 1 |
| Industry | |
| Foreign suppliers | Brazil China European Union France India Indonesia Israel Russia Singapore Switzerland Serbia South Africa Japan Vietnam United Arab Emirates United States United Kingdom |
| Related articles | |
| History | Bamileke War Bakassi conflict CAR Civil War Boko Haram insurgency Anglophone Crisis |
| Ranks | Military ranks of Cameroon |
The Cameroon Armed Forces (French: Forces armées camerounaises (FAC)) are the military of the Republic of Cameroon. It has three branches – the army, air force, and navy – and the gendarmerie.
It has generally remained loyal to the government and acted to ensure the stability of the regime, and not acted as an independent political force. Traditional dependence on the French defense capability, although reduced, continues to be the case as French military advisers remain closely involved in preparing the Cameroonian forces for deployment to the contested Bakassi Peninsula.
The African Union maintains its continental logistics base in Douala.