Spanish Armed Forces

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Spanish Armed Forces

The armed forces

Armed forces

The armed forces of a country are its government-sponsored defense, fighting forces, and organizations. They exist to further the foreign and domestic policies of their governing body, and to defend that body and the nation it represents from external and internal aggressors....
of Spain

Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
are known as the Spanish Armed Forces . Their Commander-in-Chief

Commander-in-Chief

A commander-in-chief is the commander of a nation's military forces or significant element of those forces. In the latter case, the force element may be defined as those forces within a particular region or those forces which are associated by function....
is the King of Spain, Juan Carlos I

Juan Carlos I of Spain

Juan Carlos I is the reigning List of Spanish monarchs of Spain. His name, while rarely Anglicisation, is rendered as John Charles Alphonse Victor Mary of Bourbon and Bourbon-Two Sicilies....
, and consists of the Army

Spanish Army

The Spanish Army is one of oldest active armies in the world and a branch of the Spanish Armed Forces, in charge of land operations....
, Navy

Spanish Navy

The Spanish Armada is the maritime arm of the Military of Spain, one of the oldest active naval forces in the world. The Armada is responsible for notable achievements in world history such as the discovery of America, the first world circumnavigation, and the discovery of a maritime path from the Far East to America ....
and Air Force

Spanish Air Force

The Spanish Air Force is the air force of Spain. It is one of the 3 branches of the Spanish Armed Forces and has the mission of defending the sovereignty and independence of Spain, its territorial integrity and constitutional freedoms, within airspace of Spain and its territories as well as to maintain the international security in operation...
. It also includes, Navy Marines, the Royal Guard

Spanish Royal Guard

The Royal Guard is an independent unit of the Spanish Army dedicated to the military protection of Majesty the King of Spain and the members of the Spanish Royal Family....
, the Spanish Legion

Spanish Legion

The Spanish Legi?n , formerly Spanish Foreign Legion, is an elite unit of the Spanish Army. Founded as the Tercio de Extranjeros , it was originally intended as a Spanish equivalent of the French Foreign Legion, but in practice it recruited almost exclusively Spaniards....
, an Army Airmobile Force and a Civil Guard.

The Spanish Armed Forces are a modern military force charged with defending the Kingdom's integrity and sovereignty. The Armed Forces are also active members of NATO

NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization , also called the Atlantic Alliance, is a military alliance established by the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949....
, the Eurocorps

Eurocorps

Eurocorps is a multinational army corps within the framework of European Union and NATO common defence initiatives. Headquartered in Strasbourg, France, the force was established in 1992 and declared operational in 1995, though it draws from European defence initiatives as far back as the 1960s....
, and the European Union Battlegroups

European Union Battlegroups

A European Union battlegroup is a military force consisting of at least 1500 combat soldiers. Fifteen battlegroups have been established, most of which consist of multi-national countributions....
.

Current Chief of Defense of the Spanish Armed Forces is General José Julio Rodríguez Fernández.

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