Types of branches Type Role Example (if atypical) Airborne forces Ground combat units carried by aircraft and airdropped into battle zones Russian Airborne Forces Air defense force Anti-aircraft warfare Egyptian Air Defense Forces Air force Aerial warfare Army Ground or land warfare Border guard Policing land borders Armenian Border Guard Coast guard Defending maritime security United States Coast Guard Cyber force Cyberwarfare and cybersecurity operations. Norwegian Cyber Defence Force and Cyber and Information Domain Service (Germany) Gendarmerie Internal security serving as either police forces or military police National Gendarmerie (France) Logistics service Military logistics Joint Support Service (Germany) Marines Naval land force that provides support for naval warfare United States Marine Corps Medical services Provide military medicine support Belgian Medical Component and Joint Medical Service (Germany) Military police Military law enforcement agency Navy Naval warfare Rocket force Strategic deterrence, second strike People's Liberation Army Rocket Force (China) and Strategic Missile Forces (Russia) Space force Space warfare United States Space Force Special forces Special operations Special Operations Forces (Russia) and Polish Special Forces
Types of branches Type Role Example (if atypical) Airborne forces Ground combat units carried by aircraft and airdropped into battle zones Russian Airborne Forces Air defense force Anti-aircraft warfare Egyptian Air Defense Forces Air force Aerial warfare Army Ground or land warfare Border guard Policing land borders Armenian Border Guard Coast guard Defending maritime security United States Coast Guard Cyber force Cyberwarfare and cybersecurity operations. Norwegian Cyber Defence Force Cyber and Information Domain Service (Germany) Gendarmerie Internal security serving as either police forces or military police National Gendarmerie (France) Logistics service Military logistics Joint Support Service (Germany) Marines Naval land force that provides support for naval warfare United States Marine Corps Medical services Provide military medicine support Belgian Medical ComponentJoint Medical Service (Germany) Military police Military law enforcement agency Navy Naval warfare Rocket force Strategic deterrence, second strike People's Liberation Army Rocket Force (China) Strategic Missile Forces (Russia) Space force Space warfare United States Space Force Special forces Special operations Special Operations Forces (Russia) Polish Special Forces
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