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Reliability 3
(Fair)
GDP
~ $55-billion 2009
Budget
~$5-billion 2009
Personnel
25,000
Police
7000 Includes Special Security Police Division with a
Special Task Force: VIP, EOD, backup to regular police at
need.
Firqat Force
(tribal militia) 4000+. Communications and transport are
being modernized.
Musandam Security Force
1 or more rifle companies |
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Oman Large scale Map (Source CIA)
Sultan’s Direct Command
Royal Guard of Oman (6500)
Royal Guard Brigade Muscat (~70 APCs; 10 VAB-90; 6 122mm MRL,
Javelin)
1st Guard Regiment
2nd Guard Regiment
Guard Armored Squadron
Parachute Regiment
Sultan’s Parachute Battalion
Seeb
U/I Parachute Battalion[1]
Sultan’s Special Force
1st Battalion
2nd Battalion
The 6500 total personnel includes
Royal Flight
Royal Yachts
Technical College[2]
Higher Education Institute
A more appropriate, if now somewhat archaic, term for the Royal
Guard of Oman might be Household Troops.
[1] This second battalion
may not exist.
[2] Both these training
schools belong to the Royal Guard and not part of the army.