Force Structures

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Latvia has roughly 8,000+ active-duty personnel with the inclusion of the Joint Staff (which includes Special Forces and Military Police). There is also a reserve National Guard and over 9,000 part-time volunteers.

Conscription is no longer practiced (a return to the practice was debated and rejected in 2017), but Latvian government officials continue to examine the security environment and consider a return to the practice.

The Army consists of the Land Forces Infantry Brigade...

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