Editing Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces (section)

== Paramilitary forces ==

=== [[Territorial Troops Militia]] ===
The Territorial Troops Militia is composed exclusively of civilian volunteers, under the command of MINFAR. It reinforced the notion of the popular will to defend the Revolution.<ref name="loc.gov">{{cite web|title=About this Collection - Country Studies - Digital Collections - Library of Congress|url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/pdf/CS_Cuba.pdf|access-date=6 November 2018|website=Lcweb2.loc.gov}}</ref> In general, the militia is a part-time force with only light arms that are issued only on occasion.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pike|first=John|title=Territorial Militia Troops|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/cuba/militia.htm|access-date=6 November 2018|website=Globalsecurity.org}}</ref>

=== Youth Labor Army ===
The Youth Labor Army ({{lang|es|Ejercito Juvenil del Trabajo}} – EJT) is, by law, a paramilitary organization under the direct control of MINFAR. It was formally established on 3 August 1973 by combining the Centennial Youth Column (CJC) and the Permanent Infantry Divisions (DIP). Cuba's compulsory service laws require all male citizens to serve for three years in the EJT. The formation of the EJT allowed the army to devote itself full time to military matters. The EJT served as a reserve force in its first 20 years. In 1993, it was assigned the responsibility of managing the state farms.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Youth Labor Army [Ejercito Juvenil del Trabajo]|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/cuba/ejt.htm|access-date=2021-03-14|website=www.globalsecurity.org}}</ref>

=== Border Troops ===
The Border Troops of the Republic of Cuba ({{Langx|es|Tropas Guardafronteras, TGF}}) is a branch that ensures the protection of the state borders and territorial waters.  They are subordinate to the Interior Ministry (MININT). The official date of the establishment of this service was on September 23, 1970.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.juventudrebelde.cu/cuba/2016-02-11/guardianes-de-nuestras-costas|title=Guardianes de nuestras costas}}</ref> In the second half of the 1970s, several agreements were signed, according to which some changes were made to border protection, including a 1976 agreement was signed between Cuba and Mexico on the delimitation of the exclusive economic zone in the sector of the Cuban-Mexican maritime border and a 1977 agreement was signed on the maritime border between Cuba and Haiti. The Border Troops are de facto both a [[border guard]] and a [[coast guard]] force, and all new officers are commissioned from the Granma Naval Academy.