Editing Armed Forces of Liberia (section)

=== Coast Guard ===

The Coast Guard was reactivated on the 53rd Armed Forces Day on February 11, 2010, with an initial strength of 40 personnel who had been trained in the United States.<ref>Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, [http://www.theperspective.org/2010/0126201001.html President's Annual Message] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130192956/http://www.theperspective.org/2010/0126201001.html |date=January 30, 2010 }}, January 25, 2010</ref> A [[United States Coast Guard]] officer is now serving at the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia supporting efforts to reestablish the Liberian Coast Guard.<ref>Chief Petty Officer Jason Morris, [http://www.africom.mil/getArticle.asp?art=3600&lang=0 APS, Seabees Bolster Liberia's Coast Guard] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720130445/http://www.africom.mil/getArticle.asp?art=3600&lang=0 |date=July 20, 2011 }}, Africa Partnership Station Public Affairs, October 20, 2009</ref>

A detachment from [[SeaBee]] [[Naval Mobile Construction Battalion]] 7, based at [[Naval Station Rota]], Spain, constructed a [[United States Africa Command]]-funded boat ramp and concrete perimeter wall for the Coast Guard, which was handed over in December 2010.<ref>[http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=53732 NMCB 7 Liberia Detachment Receives Commendation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629212600/http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=53732 |date=June 29, 2011 }}, May 30, 2010. Retrieved June 2010, and [http://africom.wordpress.com/2010/12/29/liberian-coast-guard-ready-for-247-ops/ Liberian Coast Guard Ready for 24/7 Ops] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701165625/http://africom.wordpress.com/2010/12/29/liberian-coast-guard-ready-for-247-ops/ |date=July 1, 2011 }}, December 29, 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2011</ref> In February 2011, the United States turned over two donated [[USCG Defender class boat]]s to the Coast Guard.<ref>[http://www.liberianobserver.com/node/10592 liberianobserver.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110219062733/http://liberianobserver.com/node/10592 |date=February 19, 2011 }} US Equip AFL with 2 Boats</ref>

The ranks and insignia of the Armed Forces of Liberia are based on those of the [[United States Department of Defense]], and are laid out in the Liberian Defense Act of 2008.<ref name="DA08" />