Armed Forces of Serbia and Montenegro
The Armed Forces of Serbia and Montenegro (Serbo-Croatian: Војска Србије и Црне Горе, Vojska Srbije i Crne Gore, [ВСЦГ / VSCG]) included ground forces with internal and border troops, naval forces, air and air defense forces, and civil defense. From 1992 to 2003, the VSCG was called the Yugoslav Army (Serbo-Croatian: Војска Југославије, BJ / Vojska Jugoslavije, VJ, lit. 'Army [of] Yugoslavia'), created from the remnants of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), the military of SFR Yugoslavia. The rump state, then named Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, participated in the Yugoslav Wars with limited direct intervention of its own armed forces. Following the end of the Wars and the constitutional reforms of 2003 by which the state was renamed "Serbia and Montenegro", the military accordingly changed its name. The military was heavily involved in combating Albanian separatists during the Kosovo War and Preševo Valley conflict, and also engaged NATO warplanes during the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.
Armed Forces of Serbia and Montenegro Yugoslav Army | |
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Војска Србије и Црне Горе / Vojska Srbije i Crne (2003–2006) Војска Југославије / Vojska Jugoslavije (1992–2003) | |
Serbia and Montenegro Armed Forces' seal | |
Founded | May 20, 1992 (as the Yugoslav Army) |
Current form | Serbian Armed Forces Armed Forces of Montenegro |
Disbanded | June 5, 2006 |
Service branches | Ground Forces War Navy Air Force |
Headquarters | Belgrade, Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro |
Leadership | |
President | Svetozar Marović (last) |
Prime Minister | Dragiša Pešić (last) |
Minister of Defence | Zoran Stanković (last) |
Chief of the General Staff | Lt. Col. General Ljubiša Jokić (last) |
Personnel | |
Military age | 19 |
Conscription | Yes |
Active personnel | 114,000 (1999) |
Reserve personnel | 400,000 (1999) |
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History | |
Ranks | Ranks and insignia of Serbia and Montenegro |
Upon the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro with the Montenegrin independence referendum (2006), a fraction of the joint military was given to Montenegro, with the bulk of the force remaining in Serbia. Montenegro inherited the navy as Serbia is landlocked.