National Armed Forces of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-23

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00:00:42 1 History
00:05:28 1.1 National period
00:12:14 2 Doctrine
00:13:01 2.1 Mission statement
00:13:31 3 Organization and structure
00:14:06 3.1 Ministry of Defense
00:14:58 3.2 High Command Authorities and National Armed Forces Council
00:16:24 3.3 Other decentralised directorates
00:16:34 3.4 Operational Strategic Command
00:18:05 3.5 Military regions
00:19:09 4 Service branches
00:19:53 4.1 Main branches
00:24:36 4.2 Other branches
00:31:14 5 Budget
00:32:06 6 Military justice
00:32:53 7 Personnel
00:33:13 7.1 Requirements for military service
00:33:50 7.2 Military education
00:34:44 7.2.1 Bolivarian Military University of Venezuela
00:38:46 7.2.2 National Experimental University of the Armed Forces
00:39:50 7.3 Modernization and capability building projects for the Armed Forces
00:40:02 7.3.1 Mission Miranda
00:42:10 7.3.2 Mission Negro Primero
00:42:48 7.4 Women in the Armed Forces
00:46:46 8 Ranks, uniforms and insignia
00:46:57 8.1 Military ranks
00:48:48 8.1.1 Three-sun ranking
00:49:54 8.1.2 Four-sun ranking
00:50:55 8.1.3 Commander-in-Chief rank and insignia
00:51:45 8.2 Berets
00:52:03 9 Modernization program
00:52:44 9.1 Surveillance radars, AK-103s and helicopters: Mi-17, Mi-26 and Mi-35
00:53:45 9.2 Su-30s and missiles
00:54:33 9.3 Night vision equipment, sniper rifles and submarines
00:56:24 9.4 Russian loans and the Chinese K-8W light jet
00:59:25 9.5 Contract with China for modernization of the Venezuelan Marine Corps
01:00:12 9.6 The Russian Federation gives new credit and interest in the Su-35
01:01:06 10 Controversy with the United States
01:03:16 10.1 U.S. military embargo
01:05:22 10.2 The Russian Federation has broken the U.S. embargo
01:05:53 10.3 Caracas acknowledges problems with Iran by U.S. embargo
01:06:17 10.4 Spanish Defense Minister, defends arms sales to Venezuela
01:07:06 10.5 Pre-military education controversy
01:07:59 11 Role of the military in Venezuelan politics
01:10:16 11.1 Venezuelan military coup d'états
01:11:37 11.2 Criticism
01:11:55 12 Role in Venezuelan society
01:12:05 12.1 Humanitarian relief
01:13:18 13 Military industry
01:19:29 14 Military corporations of the Ministry of Defense



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The  National Bolivarian Armed Forces (Spanish: Fuerza Armada Nacional Bolivariana) are controlled by the Commander-in-Chief (the President) and a civilian Minister of Defense. In addition to the army, navy, and air force there is also a national guard and national militia primarily focused on internal security.
The armed forces primary purpose is to defend Venezuelan territory from attack, combat drug trafficking, provide search and rescue capabilities, aid the civilian population in case of natural disasters protection, as well as numerous internal security assignments. As of  2018, the armed forces have 515,000 personnel. .