National Defence Force (Burundi)
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National Defence Force The Burundi National Defence Force （French: Force de defense nationale du Burundi, or FDNB） is the state military organisation responsible for the defence of Burundi.
A general staff （État-Major Général） commands the armed forces, consisting of a joint staff （État-Major inter-armes）; a training staff （État-Major de la Formation）, and a logistics staff （État-Major de la Logistique）.
Naval and aviation commands exist, as well as specialised units.
Under Belgian colonial rule, the mandatory status of Ruanda-Urundi established limits on the recruitment of Barundi for military service.
Instead, Ruanda-Urundi was garrisoned by a small unit of the Force Publique recruited in the Belgian Congo which combined its military role with the role of gendarmerie.
Its members were popularly known as Bamina in Burundi, after the large military base at Kamina in the Congo.
Amid the Congo's independence, the Belgian colonial administration formed the Burundian National Guard （Garde Nationale Burundaise） in 1960.
It consisted of 650 men, recruited equally from the Hutu and Tutsi ethnic groups （though the Tutsi mostly consisted of those from the Hima subgroup）.
When Burundi became independent in 1962 the force was renamed the Burundian National Army （Armée Nationale Burundaise） and assumed a purely military function.
The gendarmarie function was allocated to a civilian authority called the National Gendarmerie （Gendarmerie nationale） after independence in 1962, though this became part of the army under the military dictatorships after 1967.
Burundi became independent on 1 July 1962 with the army organised into eight platoons.
A coup attempt in October 1965 led by the Hutu-dominated police was carried out but failed.
The Tutsi dominated army, then led by Tutsi officer Captain Michel Micombero purged Hutu from their ranks and carried out repris...