Editing Azerbaijani Armed Forces (section)

== Traditions and military institutions ==

=== Military oath ===
The military oath ({{Langx|az|Hərbi and}}) is taken by [[conscripts]] as a legal basis of the beginning of their military service.<ref>{{Cite web|title=AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASI MÜDAFİƏ NAZİRLİYİ|url=https://mod.gov.az/az/herbi-and-012/|access-date=2020-12-19|website=AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASI MÜDAFİƏ NAZİRLİYİ|language=az}}</ref> The oath is administered by the commanding officer of the unit. The following is the text for the current version of the oath:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lex.uz/docs/-86952?otherlang=1 |title=648-XII-сон 03.07.1992. Harbiy qasamyod to'g'risida |access-date=19 December 2020 |archive-date=4 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204055838/https://www.lex.uz/docs/-86952?otherlang=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
{{Blockquote|I am a citizen of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and I swear that I will be loyal to my homeland, Azerbaijan and its people, when I join the Azerbaijani Armed Forces.

I solemnly swear:

I will honorably protect the interests of the Republic of Azerbaijan, its sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence, for which I will spare no blood and soul. I will be sincere, brave, disciplined, will not give military secrets, will fulfill the requirements of military regulations, and will unconditionally obey the orders of commanders and chiefs.

I will study the military work in good faith, continue and develop the military traditions of my ancestors with honor, and I will be ready to stand up for the Motherland at any moment with a weapon in hand.

If I break my oath, I am ready to take responsibility with the full seriousness of the laws of the Republic of Azerbaijan.}}

=== Battle flags and pennants ===
A battle flag for a military unit is a symbol of honor which remains forever in the unit unless it is dissolved. By military law, if the battle flag is lost in battle, the commander of the military unit and the servicemen under its command are brought to court, and the unit is abolished. Battle flags have the color of the [[Flag of Azerbaijan|State Flag]], with the slogan "For Azerbaijan" being embroidered with golden silk on a blue stripe along the upper edge of the fabric.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://mod.gov.az//images/pdf/e92b7e725323696cec9868cdf009c675.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=20 December 2020 |archive-date=13 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013192521/http://mod.gov.az/images/pdf/e92b7e725323696cec9868cdf009c675.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Outside the battle flag, the Azerbaijani military also utilizes the Turkish military tradition of [[Pennon|pennants]] as symbols.

=== Military holidays ===
These are the military holidays observed by all service personnel of the Armed Forces:

* 14 February – [[Air Force Day]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.azernews.az/nation/161762.html|title=Azerbaijan marks Air Force Day|date=14 February 2020|website=AzerNews.az}}</ref>
* 9 May – [[Victory Day (9 May)#Other countries currently celebrating 9 May|Victory Day (Great Patriotic War)]]
* 26 June – [[Day of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan|Day of the Armed Forces]]
* 5 August – Day of the Azerbaijani Navy<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.trend.az/life/socium/2174877.html |title=В Азербайджане отметили День Военно-морского флота (фото) |date=29 July 2013 |access-date=19 December 2020 |archive-date=9 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109023427/http://www.trend.az/life/socium/2174877.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 27 September – [[Memorial Day (Azerbaijan)|Memorial Day]]
* 18 October – Day of the First Military Unit
* 8 November – [[Victory Day (Azerbaijan)|Victory Day]]

=== Azerbaijan Military History Museum ===
Azerbaijan Military History Museum is a structure under the Ministry of Defense. It was established on 10 December 1992 by the order of the Minister of Defense and in accordance with a decree signed on 29 October 1992 "On the transfer of the Museum of Combat Glory of the VI Army Garrison of the Commonwealth of Independent States". Today, the museum displays 5 tanks, 9 armored personnel carriers, 16 artillery pieces, 6 aircraft, 4 helicopters, 6 different military equipment of the Air Force. Currently, the number of exhibits totals 11,000.<ref>{{Cite web|title=An excursion was organized to the Military History Museum of Azerbaijan on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of establishment of Armed Forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Binagadi district - News - BINAGADI REGION Executive Power|url=http://www.binegedi-ih.gov.az/en/news/24.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204055846/http://www.binegedi-ih.gov.az/en/news/24.html|archive-date=4 February 2021|access-date=2020-12-19|website=www.binegedi-ih.gov.az}}</ref>[[File:Ilham Aliyev inaugurated a new office building of the Organization of Veterans of War, Labor and Armed Forces.jpg|thumb|President [[Ilham Aliyev]] at the new building of the Organization of Veterans of War, Labor and Armed Forces]]

=== Republican Veterans Organization ===
After the [[Second World War]], veterans movements were launched in Azerbaijan, with the Baku Veterans Committee being established on 10 June 1960. The activity of the committee was limited to Baku until the early 1970s. During the leadership of First Secretary Heydar Aliyev, there was a revival in the veteran movement, during which the committee gradually expanded to the republic. The establishment of the Republican Veterans Organization took place on 21 March 1987. Despite the official registration of the RVO with the Ministry of Justice, the activity of the organization was largely formal due to the tensions in the country with the Karabakh War, as well as the attitude of the government towards Red Army veterans in general. One of the first laws signed by the President Aliyev was the Law "On Veterans" (28 June 1994), which restored the mandate for the RVO.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of organization |url=http://veteran.gov.az/en/pages/T%C9%99%C5%9Fkilatin%20tarixi/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712083925/http://veteran.gov.az/en/pages/T%C9%99%C5%9Fkilatin%20tarixi/ |archive-date=12 July 2020 |access-date=2020-12-13 |website=veteran.gov.az }}</ref>