Defence Forces

Defence Forces (or Defense Forces) is the title of the armed forces of certain countries. It could mean:

  • Australian Defence Force
  • Barbados Defence Force
  • Belize Defence Force
  • Botswana Defence Force
  • Eritrean Defence Forces
  • Estonian Defence Forces
  • Ethiopian National Defense Force
  • Finnish Defence Forces
  • Guyana Defence Force
  • Irish Defence Forces
  • Israel Defense Forces
  • Jamaica Defence Force
  • Japan Self-Defense Forces
  • Lesotho Defence Force
  • Malawian Defence Force
  • Namibia Defence Force
  • New Zealand Defence Force
  • Royal Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force
  • Royal Bahamas Defence Force
  • Rwanda Defence Force
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis Defence Force
  • South African National Defence Force
  • Tanzania People's Defence Force
  • Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force
  • Umbutfo Swaziland Defence Force
  • Uganda People's Defence Force
  • Zambian Defence Force


  • State defense forces - defense forces of individual US states.

A number of football clubs related to defence forces are also named such as:

  • Defence Force F.C., of Trinidad and Tobago
  • Barbados Defence Force SC
  • Belize Defence Force FC
  • Botswana Defence Force XI
  • Guyana Defence Force FC

Famous quotes containing the words defence and/or forces:

    “Mankind have such a deep stake in inward illumination, that there is much to be said by the hermit or monk in defence of his life of thought and prayer.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “Example moves the world more than doctrine. The great exemplars are the poets of action, and it makes little difference whether they be forces for good or forces for evil.”
    —Henry Miller (1891–1980)