Editing Swiss Armed Forces (section)

== Structure since 2018 ==
{{Main|Structure of the Swiss Armed Forces}}
[[File:Thomas Süssli in 2019.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Thomas Süssli]], chief of the Swiss Armed Forces since 2020]]
[[File:Swiss Armed Forces organization 2025.png|thumb|right|Swiss Armed Forces organization 2025 (click to enlarge)]]

In peacetime, the Swiss Armed Forces are led by the [[Chief of the Armed Forces (Switzerland)|Chief of the Armed Forces]] (''Chef der Armee''), who reports to the head of the [[Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport]] and to the [[Swiss Federal Council]] as a whole. The current Chief of the Armed Forces is [[Lieutenant-General]] (''[[Korpskommandant]]'') [[Thomas Süssli]]. Lt-Gen Süssli replaced Lieutenant-General (''Korpskommandant'') [[Philippe Rebord]] on 1 January 2020.

* '''[[Chief of the Armed Forces (Switzerland)|Chief of the Armed Forces]]''', in [[Bern]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Swiss Armed Forces – Organisation and Structure |url=https://www.vtg.admin.ch/en/die-schweizer-armee/gliederung.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925101920/https://www.vtg.admin.ch/en/die-schweizer-armee/gliederung.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 September 2020 |publisher=Swiss Armed Forces |access-date=6 May 2020}}</ref>
**[[File:Joint Operations Command badge.svg|25px]] Joint Operations Command, in Bern<ref>{{cite web |title=Lieutenant General Aldo C. Schellenberg |url=https://www.vtg.admin.ch/en/die-schweizer-armee/hoehere-stabsoffiziere/hso/schellenberg-aldo.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920215710/https://www.vtg.admin.ch/en/die-schweizer-armee/hoehere-stabsoffiziere/hso/schellenberg-aldo.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 September 2020 |publisher=Swiss Armed Forces |access-date=6 May 2020}}</ref>
** [[File:Command Training badge.svg|25px]] Training and Education Command, in Bern
** Armed Forces Command Support Organisation, in Bern
** Armed Forces Logistics Organisation, in Bern
** Armed Forces Staff, in Bern
*** Medical Service, in [[Ittigen]]

In times of crisis or war, the [[Federal Assembly of Switzerland|Federal Assembly]] elects a full [[General (Switzerland)|General]] ([[Comparative military ranks|OF-9]]) as [[Commander-in-Chief]] of the Armed Forces (''Oberbefehlshaber der Armee''). The rank is distinct and particular, as it is associated exclusively with wartime fighting or a national crisis due to war among Switzerland's neighbouring countries.{{r|mcphee19831031}}

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| caption = Swiss Army brigades<ref>{{cite web |title=Verordnung über die Strukturen der Armee (VSA) |url=https://www.newsd.admin.ch/newsd/message/attachments/47740.pdf |website=admin.ch |publisher=Der Bundesrat |language=de |date=29 March 2017}}</ref>
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[[File:Schweizer Armee Füs Gr.jpg|thumb|Infantry squad and Mowag Piranha during presentation]]
[[File:Pz 87 Leopard - Front 2 - Schweizer Armee - Steel Parade 2006.jpg|thumb|[[Leopard 2A4|Leopard 87]] main battle tanks]]
[[File:Mowag Eagle Aufkl Fz 93.jpg|thumb|[[Mowag Eagle]] Swiss army reconnaissance vehicle]]