Editing Tatmadaw (section)

==Service branches==

===Myanmar Army ({{lang|my|Tatmadaw Kyee}})===
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The [[Myanmar Army]] has always been by far the largest service and has always received the lion's share of Burma's defence budget.<ref>Working Papers – Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, ANU</ref><ref>Andrew Selth: ''Power Without Glory''</ref> It has played the most prominent part in Burma's struggle against the 40 or more insurgent groups since 1948 and acquired a reputation as a tough and resourceful [[military force]]. In 1981, it was described as "probably the best [[army]] in [[Southeast Asia]], apart from [[People's Army of Vietnam|Vietnam's]]".<ref>Far Eastern Economic Review, 20 May 1981</ref> This judgment was echoed in 1983, when another observer noted that "Myanmar's infantry is generally rated as one of the toughest, most combat seasoned in Southeast Asia".<ref>Far Eastern Economic Review, 7 July 1983</ref>

===Myanmar Air Force ({{lang|my|Tatmadaw Lay}})===
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[[File:Flag of the Myanmar Air Force.svg|100px|right]]
Personnel: 23,000 <ref>Myoe, Maung Aung: Building Tatmadaw</ref>

The [[Myanmar Air Force]] was formed on 16 January 1947, while Myanmar (also known as Burma) was under British colonial rule. By 1948, the new air force fleet included 40 [[Airspeed Oxford]]s, 16 [[de Havilland Tiger Moth]]s, 4 [[Auster Aircraft|Auster]]s and 3 [[Supermarine Spitfire]]s transferred from [[Royal Air Force]] with a few hundred personnel. The primary mission of [[Myanmar Air Force]] since its inception has been to provide transport, logistical, and close air support to [[Myanmar Army]] in counter-insurgency operations.

===Myanmar Navy ({{lang|my|Tatmadaw Yay}})===
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The [[Myanmar Navy]] is the naval branch of the armed forces of Burma with estimated 19,000 men and women. The [[Myanmar Navy]] was formed in 1940 and, although very small, played an active part in Allied operations against the Japanese during the [[Second World War]]. The Myanmar Navy currently operates more than 122 vessels. Before 1988, the Myanmar Navy was small and its role in the many counterinsurgency operations was much less conspicuous than those of the army and air force. Yet the navy has always been, and remains, an important factor in Burma's security and it was dramatically expanded in recent years to a provide blue water capability and external threat defence role in Burma's territorial waters. Its personnel number 19,000 (including two naval infantry battalions).<ref name="ReferenceB">Myoe, Maung Aung: Building the Tatmadaw</ref>

===Myanmar Police Force ({{lang|my|Myanmar Ye Tat Hpwe}})===
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The [[Myanmar Police Force]], formally known as The [[People's Police Force]] ({{MYname|MY=ပြည်သူ့ရဲတပ်ဖွဲ့|MLCTS=Pyi Thu Yae Tup Pwe}}), was established in 1964 as independent department under the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Myanmar)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]. It was reorganised on 1 October 1995 and informally become part of the Tatmadaw. Current [[director general]] of [[Myanmar Police Force]] is [[Brigadier General]] Kyaw Kyaw Tun with its headquarters at [[Naypyidaw]]. Its command structure is based on established civil jurisdictions. Each of Burma's seven states and seven divisions has their own Police Forces with headquarters in the respective capital cities.<ref>http://www.myanmar.gov.mm/ministry/home/mpf/{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[Israel]] and [[Australia]] often provide specialists to enhance the training of Burma's police.<ref name=":2" /> Personnel: 72,000 (including 4,500 Combat/SWAT Police)