 the military of chad consists of the armed forces (includes ground forces, air force, and gendarmerie), republican guard, rapid intervention force, police, and national and nomadic guard (gnnt). currently the main task of the chadian military is to combat the various rebel forces inside the country. ==history==   from independence through the period of the presidency of fÃ©lix malloum (1975â79), the official national army was known as the chadian armed forces (forces armÃ©es tchadiennesâfat). composed mainly of soldiers from southern chad, fat had its roots in the army recruited by france and had military traditions dating back to world war i. fat lost its status as the legal state army when malloum's civil and military administration disintegrated in 1979. although it remained a distinct military body for several years, fat was eventually reduced to the status of a regional army representing the south. after habrÃ© consolidated his authority and assumed the presidency in 1982, his victorious army, the armed forces of the north (forces armÃ©es du nordâfan), became the nucleus of a new national army. the force was officially constituted in january 1983, when the various pro-habrÃ© contingents were merged and renamed fant. the military of chad was dominated by members of toubou, zaghawa, kanembou, hadjerai, and massa ethnic groups during the presidency of hissÃ¨ne habrÃ©. current chadian president idriss dÃ©by, revolted and fled to the sudan, taking with him many zaghawa and hadjerai soldiers in 1989. chad's armed forces numbered about 36,000 at th
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