Until 1991, the Soviet Belorussian Military District comprised the 5th Guards Tank Army (HQ Bobruisk), the 7th Tank Army (HQ Borisov), the 28th Army (HQ Grodno), the 120th Guards Motor Rifle Division, the 72nd Guards District Training Center and logistical units and formations. The Belarusian People's Republic of March 1918 to 1919 did not have time to create armed forces in its brief existence, although attempts to create a military have been documented. History Soldiers of the Belarusian Battalion within the Lithuanian Armed Forces 1919

īelarus conducted military reforms in the early 2000s which reshaped its armed forces as a relatively effective force for a small state in somewhat difficult economic conditions. The Belarusian military still holds many Soviet military laws and holds high numbers of reserve personnels as a high priority. Most soldiers are conscripts serving for a period of 18 months, although there is an alternative service option. In 2017, IISS estimated that personnel in the armed forces numbered 49,000, and nearly 350,000 reserves. As a landlocked country, Belarus has no navy, however the Belarusian military does have control over some small Soviet inherited naval vessels in its rivers and lakes. It consists of the Ground Forces and the Air Force and Air Defence Forces, all under the command of the Ministry of Defence. The Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus ( Belarusian: Узброеныя сілы Рэспублікі Беларусь, romanized: Uzbrojenyja sily Respubliki Bielaruś Russian: Вооруженные силы Республики Беларусь, romanized: Vooruzhennyye sily Respubliki Belarus) are the military forces of Belarus.

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