The Republic of Croatia Armed Forces (Croatian: Oružane snage Republike Hrvatske - OSRH) is the military service of the Republic of Croatia
The President of the Republic of Croatia is the Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief and it administrates it in times of war by giving orders to the Chief of staff, while their administration and the defense policy execution in times of peace is done by the Government through the Ministry of Defence. This unified institution consists of land, sea, and air branches referred to as:
Croatian Armed Forces are charged with protecting the Republic as well as supporting international peacekeeping efforts when mandated by the NATO, United Nations and/or European Union.
The total number of active military personnel in the Croatian Armed Forces stands at 17,500 and 6,000 reserves working in various service branches of the armed forces.