Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force

The Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force (TTDF) is the military organisation responsible for the defence of the twin-island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It consists of the Trinidad and Tobago Regiment, the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard, the Trinidad and Tobago Air Guard and the Defence Force Reserves.

Each of the three component services of the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force is responsible for a different role and domain. The Trinidad and Tobago Regiment is responsible for land operations, the Air Guard is responsible for air operations, and the Coast Guard is responsible for maritime operations and simultaneously acts as a law enforcement agency in the maritime area of Trinidad and Tobago.

The Commander in Chief of the Defence Force is the country's President, Christine Kangaloo, it is mostly a ceremonial position. The Ministry of Defence is the current government department that has responsibility for the defence force, since 2025, previously it was the Ministry of National Security. The current Minister of Defence is Wayne Sturge. The operational commander of the TTDF is the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), with the current CDS being Commodore Don Polo, the former commanding officer of the Coast Guard. He replaced Air Vice Marshal Darryl Daniel, on 7 October 2025, whose appointment as CDS was revoked the same day. Polo was promoted to the rank of Commodore, effective October 14, 2025, a week after first being appointed Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) as a Captain "owing to the exigencies." Rear Admiral Hayden Pritchard was the previous CDS before Darryl Daniel, he retired on 25 March 2019.