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Oman Page 3
Paramilitary
Firqat Force
3,500 tribals[1]
Police & Border Police
7,000 (includes all police include civil)
Musandam Security Force
150 tribals, company strength
Western Border Security
Force
Coastal Security Force
Police Special Task Force
Special Security Police
Division
Not placed: Rural Security
Force. ?Same as Firqat Force?
Infantry Regiments
Until about 2000, the
“traditional” accepted names of infantry regiments and their
brigades was as follows.
11th Infantry Brigade
Salalah
South Oman Regiment
Salalah
Western Frontier Regiment
Thumrait
Artillery Regiment South
Salalah
Medium Artillery Regiment
Thumrait
23rd Infantry Brigade
Muaskar Al Murtafa
Muscat Regiment
Masqat
Northern Frontier Regiment
Muaskar Al Murtafa
Desert Regiment
Shafa
Jebel Regiment
Muaskar Al Murtafa
Oman Coast Regiment
Muaskar Al Murtafa
Artillery Regiment North
Shafa
Notes
Sightings of a “Mountain
Regiment” refer to the Jebel Regiment, as jebel is the Arabic word
for mountain.
The formal name of the
south Oman Regiment is
“Katibat al Junoob Oman”
The Northern Frontier
Regiment is also referred to as the Frontier Regiment. It was raised
in 1971.
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