Editing Kuwait Armed Forces (section)

== Organization ==
The three main military arms of Kuwait are the Kuwait Land Force, the Kuwait Air Force, and the Kuwait Naval Force, which includes the Kuwait Commando Marine Units. In addition, there are other independent and ancillary military formations. The independent formations include the Kuwait Emiri Guard, which is an independent combat force dating back to the eighteenth century (as the Rulers own Guards); and the 25th Commando Brigade, an independent [[commando]] combat brigade. Ancillary formations include the Kuwait Military Police and the Kuwait Military Fire Service Directorate.

The Kuwait National Guard, considered a combat formation, is independent of the Kuwait Armed Forces (and the Kuwait Ministry of Interior, which maintains several formations of its own, including the Kuwait Land Border Force and the Kuwait Coast Guard) and is the main internal and border protection security force.<ref name="ReferenceA" />

According to the London-based [[International Institute for Strategic Studies]], in 2007, the Kuwait Land Force had around 11,000 personnel, the Kuwait Air Force 2,500, and the Kuwait Navy 10 patrol and coastal craft, and there were 23,000 reservists for all services not including uniformed men and women of the Ministry of Interior and military of the Fire Service Directorate. There were 6,600 paramilitary Kuwait National Guard forces. It was considered that, although the Military of the State of Kuwait remained small per speculated policies and analysis, training and military readiness were taken seriously and were effective at the brigade and squadron level.{{rp|40}} The combat operational doctrine is different amongst the various combat forces forming and is highly dependent on operational capabilities and general manning formations within sizes and types of equipment packing.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://csis.org/files/media/csis/pubs/060728_gulf_kuwait.pdf | title=The Gulf Military Forces in an Era of Asymmetric War – Kuwait | publisher=CSIS – Center for Strategic and International Studies | author1=Cordesman, Anthony H | author2=Al-Rodhan.Khalid R | name-list-style=amp | year=2006 | location=Washington DC, USA | access-date=2014-04-06 | archive-date=2016-03-03 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220922/http://csis.org/files/media/csis/pubs/060728_gulf_kuwait.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref>