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Kuwait Naval Force
القوة البحرية الكويتية
Founded1961; 63 years ago (1961)
CountryKuwait Naval Force Kuwait
BranchMilitary of Kuwait
TypeNavy
Size4,000 personnel
Part ofKuwait Armed Forces
Garrison/HQMohammed Al-Ahmad Kuwait Naval Base
Nickname(s)His Highness Sea Vanguard
Motto(s)لله والوطن والامير God, Country & The Emir
ColorsGreen & Red
AnniversariesNational and Liberation Day (25 and 26 February)
Engagements
  • Iran–Iraq War
  • Invasion of Kuwait
  • Operation Desert Storm
  • War on Terror
    • Iraq War
Commanders
CommanderBrig.general Hazza Mutlaq Alalati

The Kuwait Naval Force (Arabic: القوة البحرية الكويتية romanized: Al-Quwwat Al-Bahriyah Al-Kuwaitiyah), is the sea-based component of the Kuwait Armed Forces. The headquarters and sole naval base is Mohammed Al-Ahmad Kuwait Naval Base. The Kuwait Naval Force consists of over 2,200 officers and enlisted personnel, excluding about 500 coast guard personnel. The Coast Guard, a Border Security Directorate of the Kuwait Ministry of Interior.[1][2]

Um Al Maradim La Combattante-class missile-attack-craft Al Fahaheel (P3721) in May 2013
Kuwait Naval Force Chief Combat Commander Major General Al-Mulla conducts a troop inspection during a full honor welcome ceremony on board the Washington Navy Yard on February 15, 2005
  1. ^ http://www.moi.gov.kw/kcg/ Official Website Sector of the General Department of the Coast Guard, Kuwait Ministry of Interior, (in Arabic)
  2. ^ Naval forces: over 2,200 people (excluding 500 in coastguard)

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