Editing Azerbaijani Armed Forces (section)

=== Command ===
{{Main|Minister of Defense (Azerbaijan)|General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces}}
Since the fall of the Soviet Union, there have been attempts in the defence ministry to reform the military to be more in line with the Turkish/NATO model, resulting in Soviet-legacy officers such as [[Rovshan Akbarov]] and [[Najmeddin Sadikov]] being removed from power.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Azerbaijan national hero, lieutenant general arrested on 20-year-old murder charges {{!}} Eurasianet|url=https://eurasianet.org/azerbaijan-national-hero-lieutenant-general-arrested-on-20-year-old-murder-charges|access-date=2021-03-28|website=eurasianet.org|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-19|title=Azerbaijani 'hero general' arrested over 2001 murder|url=https://oc-media.org/azerbaijani-hero-general-arrested-over-2001-murder/|access-date=2021-03-28|website=[[OC Media]]|language=en-US}}</ref>

Azerbaijan periodically holds drills to improve interaction and combat coordination between the servicemen during operations, its military personnel's combat readiness, as well as to develop commanders' military decision-making and unit management skills.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-13 |title=Azerbaijani army's mechanized units hold practical training drills to boost combat readiness [VIDEO] |url=https://www.azernews.az/nation/196681.html |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=Azernews.Az |language=en}}</ref>