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Founded
  
1977

Military age
  
18 years of age

Commander-in-Chief
  
President Danny Faure

Conscription
  
Voluntary

Military of Seychelles

Service branches
  
Seychelles Air Force Seychelles Coast Guard

Chief of Defence Forces
  
Brigadier Leopold Payet

The Military of Seychelles is the Seychelles People's Defence Force which consists of a number of distinct branches: including an Infantry Unit, Coast Guard, Air Force and a Presidential Protection Unit.

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Coast Guard

The Seychelles Coast Guard is the maritime arm of the Seychelles People's Defence Force.

  • 1 42m patrol boat - 268 tons full load - commissioned 1983
  • 2 Type 062-class gunboat Donated by UAE
  • 2 Type 062-class gunboat Donated by China
  • 2 SDB Mk5 patrol vessels - SCG Constant and SCG Topaz built by GRSE as INS Tarasa and INS Tarmugli and delivered in 2014 and 2015.

    • Air Force

    The Seychelles Air Force was originally formed in 1978 as the Air Wing and has the following aircraft:

    References

    Military of Seychelles Wikipedia
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