page_title: Armed Forces of Armenia
section_title: Educational institutions
hierarchical_section_title: Armed Forces of Armenia / Personnel / Educational institutions
caption_attribution_description: English: Armenian troops in Victory parade in 2015
context_page_description: The Armed Forces of Armenia comprise two services: the Army, and the Air Force and Air Defense. Though it was partially formed out of the former Soviet Army forces stationed in the Armenian SSR, the military of Armenia can be traced back to the founding of the First Republic of Armenia in 1918. Being a landlocked country, Armenia has no navy.
  The Commander-in-Chief of the military is the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan. The Ministry of Defence is in charge of political leadership, headed by Davit Tonoyan, while military command remains in the hands of the general staff, headed by the Chief of Staff, who is Lieutenant-General Onik Gasparyan. Armenia established a Ministry of Defence on 28 January 1992. Border guards subject to the Ministry patrol Armenia's borders with Georgia and Azerbaijan, while Russian troops continue to monitor its borders with Iran and Turkey. Since 2002, Armenia has been a member of the Collective Security Treaty Organization. Armenia signed a military cooperation plan with Lebanon on 27 November 2015.
context_section_description: National Defense Research University
  Vazgen Sargsyan Military University
  Monte Melkonian Military Academy
  Armenak Khanperyants Military Aviation University
  Marshal Baghramyan Aviation Academy
  Yerevan State Medical University Military Faculty
  Foreign institutions for Armenian soldiers
  Military Academy of Modena
  École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr
  Hellenic Military Academy
  Military University of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation - College of Military Finance
  Higher military education is provided by the National Defense Research University in Yerevan. It was established in 2016, on the basis of the Institute for National Strategic Studies.
caption: Contingent from the Armed Forces of Armenia on Red Square in 2015.
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