The Ministry of National Defence is a Portuguese government ministry, which is responsible for preparing and executing the national defence policy, within the scope of its powers, as well as ensuring
Headquarters of the ministry, Lisbon
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Jaime Gama, Portugese Minister of Foreign Affairs, 2001
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The Portuguese Armed Forces are the military of Portugal. They include the General Staff of the Armed Forces, the other unified bodies and the three service branches: Portuguese Navy, Portuguese Army
Ministry of National Defence (Portugal)
…for preparing and executing the national defence policy, within the scope of its powers, as well as ensuring and supervising the administration of the Portuguese Armed Forces. Participate in the definition of the national defence policy and elaborate and execute the policy related to its military component…
A Portuguese paratrooper gathers his chute and gear after landing into Adazi Base, Latvia, after conducting a high-altitude low-opening (HALO) jump
Portuguese naval and land forces in the Conquest of Asilah, 15th century
Training of pilots of the Portuguese Armed Forces in the early 1960s, in T-6 aircraft
Portuguese paratroopers jump from an Alouette III helicopter in an air-mobile assault in Angola, in the early stages of the Overseas Wars