Editing Nicaraguan Armed Forces (section)

===National Army of Nicaragua, 1995–2006===
In 1995, the National Army of Nicaragua (Ejército de Nicaragua), having never previously been fully apolitical evolved, through constitutional reforms, into a more traditional Central American military.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Latin American Politics and Development|last=Millett|first=Richard L.|publisher=Westview Press|year=2018|editor-last=Kline|editor-first=Harvey F.|edition=Ninth |location=New York|pages=387|chapter=Nicaragua: An Uncertain Future|editor-last2=Wade|editor-first2=Christine J.|editor-last3=Wiarda|editor-first3=Howard J.}}</ref> As ties to the FSLN weakened, military leaders turned over power regularly without “fuss,” refrained from becoming involved in the political realm, and the overall size of the military significantly decreased.<ref name=":1" />