| 词条 | Belize Defence Force | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| country = Belize | name = Belize Defence Force | image = File:Belize Defence Force emblem.svg | caption = Belize Defence Force emblem | founded = January 1978 | current_form = | branches = Ground Forces Air Wing Belize Coast Guard Service | headquarters = Price Barracks, Ladyville | commander-in-chief = Elizabeth II | commander-in-chief_title = Commander-in-Chief | minister = the Hon. John Saldivar | minister_title = Minister of National Security | commander = Brigadier General Steven Ortega | commander_title = Commander | age = | conscription = No | manpower_data = | manpower_age = | available = | available_f = | fit = | fit_f = | reaching = | reaching_f = | active = Approx 1330 (2016)[1] | ranked = | reserve = 750 (2016)[1] | deployed = | amount = $US 32 million (2012)[1] | domestic_suppliers = | imports = | foreign_suppliers = | history = | ranks = Military ranks of Belize }} The Belize Defence Force (BDF) is the military of Belize, and is responsible for protecting the sovereignty of the country. The BDF is under the Ministry of Defence, which is currently headed by Hon. John Saldivar; the BDF itself is commanded by Brigadier General Steven Ortega. In 2012, the Belizean government spent about $17 million on the military, constituting 1.08% of the country's gross domestic product (GDP).[1] HistoryThe military of Belize dates back to 1817, when the Prince Regent Royal Honduras Militia, a volunteer organization, was founded. Between 1817 and 1978, the military force in Belize has had ten different names:[2]
The BDF was founded in 1978 following the disbanding of the Belize Volunteer Guard and the Police Special Force the year before.[3] After Belize achieved independence in 1981 the United Kingdom maintained the deterrent British Forces Belize in the country to protect it from invasion by Guatemala. During the 1980s this included a battalion and No. 1417 Flight RAF of Harriers. The main British force left in 1994, three years after Guatemala recognised Belizean independence, but the United Kingdom maintained a training presence via the British Army Training and Support Unit Belize (BATSUB) and 25 Flight AAC until 2011 when the last British Forces left Ladyville Barracks, with the exception of seconded advisers.[3] The BDF Maritime Wing became part of the Belize Coast Guard Service in November 2005.[4] In October 2015, due to rising tensions between Belize and Guatemala and the British cutback on military bases worldwide to focus on the War On Terror in 2011, Belize asked the UK to bring BATSUB back; the British Government brought BATSUB to Belize once again.[5] OrganizationThe BDF consists of:
The Belize Police Department is staffed by 1200 sworn officers and 700 civilian staff (2008).[6] The Belize Police Department and National Forensic Science Service report to the Minister of National Security. As of 2012, there are also 40 British Army personnel stationed in Belize.[1] Crew-served weapons
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References
1. ^{{cite web|title=Belize|publisher=CIA World Factbook|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bh.html}} 2. ^D.N.A. Fairweather, A Short History of the Volunteer Forces of British Honduras (now Belize) 3. ^1 {{cite web|first=Dion E.|last=Phillips|title=The Military of Belize|url=http://www.cavehill.uwi.edu/bnccde/belize/conference/papers/phillips.html|year=2002|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20121211184053/http://www.cavehill.uwi.edu/bnccde/belize/conference/papers/phillips.html|archivedate=2012-12-11|df=}} 4. ^{{cite web|publisher=Channel 5 |title=Belize |url=http://www.channel5belize.com/archive_detail_story.php?story_id=15230 |date=13 December 2007 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504030931/http://www.channel5belize.com/archive_detail_story.php?story_id=15230 |archivedate=2011-05-04 |df= }} 5. ^{{cite web|title=No Joke Jimmy,The Brits Are Back|url=http://www.7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=34133&frmsrch=1|website=7 News Belize|accessdate=October 28, 2015}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.police.gov.bz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=155&Itemid=147 |title=Belize Police Department - About the Department |publisher=Police.gov.bz |date= |accessdate=2012-06-08}} 7. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IISS (2012), p. 374 8. ^IISS (2012), p. 374 9. ^1 2 {{cite web |last = |first = |url= https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/insight-from-flightglobal-world-air-forces-on-the-r-432247/|title = World Air Forces 2017 |work= |publisher= Flightglobal Insight |year= 2017 |doi = |accessdate= 10 September 2017}}
External links
3 : Government of Belize|Military of Belize|1978 establishments in Belize |
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