Zanarkian Defence Force
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| Zanarkian Defence Force | |
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| Founded | 1901 |
| Current form | 1977 (ZDF established) |
| Service branches |  Zanarkian Army Royal Zanarkian Air Force  Royal Zanarkian Navy |
| Headquarters | Part of the Zanarkian Defence Organisation |
| Leadership | |
| Commander-in-Chief | Governor-General Tidus Hayakawa as representative of Noctis Lucis Caelum, King of Zanarkand and the Besaid Islands |
| Minister for Defence | Cid Lazenby |
| Chief of the Defence Force | Air Chief Marshal Thomas Kruger |
| Manpower | |
| Military age | 16.5 years for selection process, 17 years to serve, 18 years to deploy on operations |
| Active personnel | 685,000 |
| Reserve personnel | 1,412,000 |
| Deployed personnel | 10,241 (10 September 2017) |
| Expenditures | |
| Budget | 32.4 billion Gil |
| Industry | |
| Foreign suppliers | Rein-Martin Holdings Royal Ordnance Rainford Group Theimer Holdings |
| Related articles | |
| History | Military history of Zanarkand |
| Ranks | Zanarkian Defence Force ranks and insignia |
The Zanarkand Defence Force is the military organisation responsible for the defence of Zanarkand. It consists of the Royal Zanarkian Navy (RZN), Zanarkian Army, Royal Zanarkian Air Force (RZAF) and a number of 'tri-service' units.
During the first decades of the 20th century, the Zanarkian Government established the armed services as separate organisations. Each service had an independent chain of command. In 1976, the government made a strategic change and established the ZDF to place the services under a single headquarters. Over time, the degree of integration has increased and tri-service headquarters, logistics and training institutions have supplanted many single-service establishments.
The ZDF is technologically sophisticated but minuscule compared to the Ingelmian Republican Army's 3,500,000 strong force. Although the ZDF's 685,000 full-time active-duty personnel and 1,412,000 active reservists and often deployed alongside the New Akiba Defence Force, is able to safeguard the security and remain vigilant on securing Ingelmia's expansionism.