Editing Mongolian Armed Forces (section)

===After the Democratic Revolution===
[[File:Military medical professionals from Mongolia, India, Canada, South Korea and the United States stand in formation at the cooperative health engagement and subject matter expert exchange closing ceremony for 130813-M-MG222-003.jpg|thumb|Military medical professionals at a closing ceremony for [[Khaan Quest]] 2013 in Ulaanbaatar.]]

Mongolia [[1990 Democratic Revolution in Mongolia|underwent a democratic revolution in 1990]], ending the communist one-party state that had existed since the early 1920s. In 2002, a law was passed that enabled Mongolian Army and police forces to conduct [[UN peacekeeping|UN-backed]] and other international peacekeeping missions abroad.<ref name="GeneralStaff"/> In August 2003, Mongolia contributed troops to the [[Iraq War]] as part of the [[Multi-National Force – Iraq]]. Mongolian troops, numbering 180 at its peak, were under [[Multinational Division Central-South]] and were tasked with guarding the main Polish base, [[Camp Echo (Iraq)|Camp Echo]]. Prior to that posting, they had been protecting a logistics base dubbed Camp Charlie in [[Hillah]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.centcom.mil/images/multimedia/cbdec07jan08.pdf|title=Mongolian Contingent in Iraq. An Afghan Education from the Ground Up|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904002125/http://www.centcom.mil/images/multimedia/cbdec07jan08.pdf |archive-date=4 September 2015|work=Coalition Bulletin|date=January 2007}}</ref>

Then-[[Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]], [[General]] [[Richard Myers]], visited Ulaanbaatar on 13 January 2004 and expressed his appreciation for the deployment of a 173-strong contingent to Iraq. He then inspected the [[150th Peacekeeping Battalion]], which was planned to send a fresh force to replace the first contingent later in January 2004.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=US defence chief visits Mongolia|magazine=[[Jane's Defence Weekly]]|date=21 January 2004|pages=16}}</ref> All troops were withdrawn on 25 September 2008.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070204055748/http://www.talkingproud.us/International022705.html|url=http://www.talkingproud.us/International022705.html|title=A Salute to Our Gallant Allies in Iraq|date=27 February 2005|archive-date=4 February 2007}}</ref>

In June 2005, Batzorigiyn Erdenebat, the Vice Minister of National Defense, told Jane's Defence Weekly that the deployment of forces in Mongolia was changing away from its Cold War, southern-orientated against China posture. "Under Mongolia's regional development concept the country has been divided into four regions, each incorporating several provinces. The largest capital city in each region will become the regional center and we will establish regional military headquarters in each of those cities," he said. However, at the time, implementation had been delayed.<ref>Interview, Batzorigiyn Erdenebat, Vice Minister of National Defence, ''Jane's Defence Weekly'', 29 June 2005, p.&nbsp;34</ref>

In 2009, Mongolia sent 114 troops as part of the [[International Security Assistance Force]] to [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|Afghanistan]]. The troops were sent, backing the U.S. surge in troop numbers. Mongolian forces in Afghanistan mostly assist NATO/[[International Security Assistance Force]] personnel in training on the former [[Warsaw Pact]] weapons that comprise the bulk of the military equipment available to the [[Afghan National Army]].

In 2021, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the armed forces, it was awarded the [[Order of Genghis Khan]] by President [[Khaltmaagiin Battulga]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mongolian Armed Forces awarded the Order of Chinggis Khaan|url=https://montsame.mn/en/read/265572|access-date=10 June 2021|website=MONTSAME News Agency|language=en}}</ref>