The Armenian Ground Forces is the collective term for personnel branches of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia that are responsible for the country's land-based operations. It was established in conjunction with the other components of Armenia's military on January 28, 1992, several months after the republic declared its independence from the Soviet Union. The army's first head was the former deputy commander-in-chief of the main staff of the Soviet Ground Forces, Norat Ter-Grigoryants.
Armenian soldiers training at the Vazgen Sargsyan Military Institute.
Airborne regiment soldiers during a parade in 2011
The Armed Forces of Armenia, sometimes referred to as the Armenian Army, is the national military of Armenia. It consists of personnel branches under the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces, which can be divided into two general branches: the Ground Forces, and the Air Force. Although it was partially formed out of the former Soviet Army forces stationed in the Armenian SSR, the military of Armenia can be traced back to the founding of the First Republic of Armenia in 1918. Being landlocked, Armenia does not have a navy.
An Armenian fedayi group fighting under the Armenian Revolutionary Federation banner, ca. 1890s
Armenian soldiers in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Snipers during a field exercise (2004)
Armenian Air Force Su-25's during a military parade in Yerevan