Editing Egyptian Armed Forces (section)

===Army===
[[File:Cyclone Exercise between Indian Army and Egyptian Army Special Forces.webm|thumb|Egyptian and [[Indian Army|Indian]] special forces training together]]
A separate command for the [[Egyptian Army|Egyptian Land Forces]] was created on March 25, 1964.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 May 2022 |title=القوات المسلحة-الهيئة العامة للإستعلامات |url=https://www.sis.gov.eg/Story/234164/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%A9?lang=ar |website=Egypt State Information Service}}</ref> It was officially abolished after the [[Six-Day War|Six-Day War of 1967]], and the command of land forces was returned directly to the [[Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces (Egypt)|Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces]].<ref name="Gwady">[[Muhammed Gwady]], ''The Road to Setback - Memoirs of Egyptian Military Leaders 1967'' (ar: "الطريق إلى النكسة - مذكرات قادة العسكرية المصرية "1967), 2000 edition, 455 pages, ''Dar al-Khayal''.</ref>{{Rp|pages=304:307}}<ref name="Gwady" />{{Rp|pages=142:144}} The ground formations are divided into the [[East Military Canal Zone (Egypt)|forces east of the canal]], under whose command the two armies (the [[Second Army (Egypt)|Second]] and the [[Third Army (Egypt)|Third]]) and the military regions ([[Central Military Region (Egypt)|central]], [[Northern Military Region (Egypt)|northern]], [[Western Military Region (Egypt)|western]], and [[Southern Military Region (Egypt)|southern]]), in contrast to the rest of the forces, bodies, departments, and auxiliary agencies.

Conscripts for the [[Egyptian Army]] and other service branches without a university degree serve three years as enlisted soldiers. Conscripts with a General Secondary School Degree serve two years as enlisted personnel. Conscripts with a university degree serve one year as enlisted personnel or three years as a reserve officer. Officers for the army are trained at the [[Egyptian Military Academy]]. The IISS estimated in 2020 that the Army numbered 90–120,000, with 190–220,000 conscripts, a total of 310,000.<ref name=IISS2020E>IISS The Military Balance 2020, p. 372</ref>