The '''Armed Forces of [[Armenia]]''' ({{lang-hy|Հայաստանի Հանրապետության զինված ուժեր}}) comprise two services: the [[Armenian Army|Army]], and the [[Armenian Air Force|Air Force and Air Defense]] (a unified branch).<ref>CIA World Factbook 2010, [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/am.html Armenia]</ref> Though it was partially formed out of the former [[Soviet Army]] forces stationed in the [[Armenian SSR]] (mostly units of the [[7th Guards Army]] of the [[Transcaucasian Military District]]), 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 [[PresidentPrime Minister of Armenia]], [[ArmenNikol SarkissianPashinyan]]. The Ministry of Defence is in charge of political leadership, headed by Vigen Sargsyan, while military command remains in the hands of the [[general staff]], headed by the Chief of Staff, who is [[Colonel-General]] [[Movses Hakobyan]].<ref name="armenpress.am">{{cite web|url=https://armenpress.am/eng/news/862304/movses-hakobyan-appointed-chief-of-general-staff-of-armed-forces.html|title=Movses Hakobyan appointed Chief of General Staff of Armed Forces|publisher=}}</ref> [[Armenia]] established a Ministry of Defence on 28 January 1992. Border guards subject to the Ministry patrol Armenia's borders with [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] and [[Azerbaijan]], while [[Russia]]n troops continue to monitor its borders with [[Iran]] and [[Turkey]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/102-military-base.htm|title=102nd Military Base|author=John Pike|publisher=|accessdate=24 December 2014}}</ref> Since 2002, Armenia has been a member of the [[Collective Security Treaty Organization]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/int/csto.htm|title=Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)|author=John Pike|publisher=|accessdate=24 December 2014}}</ref> Armenia signed a military cooperation plan with [[Lebanon]] on 27 November 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://massispost.com/2015/11/armenia-and-lebanon-sign-2016-military-cooperation-plan/ |title=Armenia and Lebanon Sign 2016 Military Cooperation Plan - Armenian News By MassisPost |publisher=Massispost.com |date= |accessdate=12 November 2017}}</ref>
