Editing Armed Forces of Turkmenistan (section)

== Military organization ==
The territorial Armed Forces of Turkmenistan are divided into 5 military districts in accordance with the administrative division of the country into 5 [[Regions of Turkmenistan|regions]]:<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.caravan.kz/news/voennyjj-balans-v-centralnojj-azii-371405/ | title=Военный баланс в Центральной Азии | access-date=3 May 2020 | archive-date=4 October 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004223645/https://www.caravan.kz/articles/voennyjj-balans-v-centralnojj-azii-371405/amp/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tugulympu.ru/ashhabada-v-voiskah-artillerii-posle-armii-mira-vooruzhennye-sily-turkmenii/|title=Ашхабада в войсках артиллерии после. Армии мира|access-date=3 May 2020|archive-date=3 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203131147/https://tugulympu.ru/ashhabada-v-voiskah-artillerii-posle-armii-mira-vooruzhennye-sily-turkmenii/|url-status=live}}</ref>

*[[Ahal Region|Ahal]] Military District
*[[Balkan Region|Balkan]] Military District
*[[Daşoguz Region|Dashoguz]] Military District
*[[Lebap Region|Lebap]] Military District
*[[Mary Region|Mary]] Military District

Each military district includes district military command and control bodies, military units, individual military units and subunits, military commissariats of etraps and cities with etrap rights. The Territorial Defence Troops of Turkmenistan also serve regional purposes.