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    The Botswana Defence Force (BDF, Tswana: Sesole Sa Botswana) is the military of Botswana. The main component of the BDF is the Botswana Ground Force; there...
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    The Botswana Ground Forces is the army of the country of Botswana, and the land component of the Botswana Defence Force. The Botswana Defence Force was...
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    The Commander of the Botswana Defence Force is the highest-ranking military officer in the Botswana Defence Force and is responsible for maintaining control...
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    The Botswana Defence Force Air Arm is the air force of the Botswana Defence Force. The Air Arm was formed in 1977 and squadrons are designated with a Z...
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  • Commander of the Defence Force (Botswana) Commander of the Ceylon Defence Force Commander of the Defence Forces (Estonia) Commander of the Defence Forces (Hungary)...
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    Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF; Dhivehi: ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޤައުމީ ދިފާއީ ބާރު, romanized: Dhivehi Raajjeyge Qaumee Dhifaaee Baaru) is the national military...
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    commander-in-chief of the Botswana Defence Force, according to the Constitution. The president is elected by the National Assembly, the sole house of the Parliament...
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    SADC Mission in Mozambique (category Military history of Botswana)
    Air Force C-130 Aircraft, the main body and equipment were deployed by road. Botswana Defence Force Commandos also deployed via Botswana Defence Force C-130...
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    Ministry of Defence (Belarus) Ministry of Defence (Belgium) Ministry of Defence (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Ministry of Defence and Security (Botswana) Ministry...
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    Ian Khama (category Members of the National Assembly (Botswana))
    was the fourth President of the Republic of Botswana from 1 April 2008 to 1 April 2018. After serving as Commander of the Botswana Defence Force, he entered...
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    Force of Botswana Local government in Botswana History of Botswana History of Gaborone Culture of Botswana Cuisine of Botswana Languages of Botswana National...
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    The South African Defence Force (SADF) (Afrikaans: Suid-Afrikaanse Weermag) comprised the armed forces of South Africa from 1957 until 1994. Shortly before...
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    The Namibian Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of the Namibian Defence Force. It was commissioned on 13 March 2005 at Grootfontein Air Force Base...
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    integrity of Kenya, recruitment to the KDF is done on yearly basis. The President of Kenya is the commander-in-chief of the KDF, and the Chief of Defence Forces...
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    Sir Seretse Khama International Airport (category 1984 establishments in Botswana)
    technical problems. Botswana Defence Force Air Wing VIP Flight Wing is based at the airport. Civil Aviation Authority of Botswana–Sir Seretse Khama International...
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    executive power of Botswana resides solely in the President. The President is also the commander of the armed forces. The president also has the power to pardon...
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  • appointed commander and deputy commander of the Botswana Defence Force, respectively. October – Four people are arrested as they travel through Botswana to serve...
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    A chief of defence (or head of defence) is the highest ranked commissioned officer of a nation's armed forces. The acronym CHOD is in common use within...
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  • Dimo Hamaambo (category S-aft: 'after' parameter includes the word 'abolished')
    and chief of staff of the Namibian Defence Force from 1990 to 2000. He previously served as the commander of the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN)...
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  • Tebogo Masire (category Botswana generals)
    Tebogo Masire is the former deputy commander and former commander of the Botswana Defence Force (BDF). He assumed the post on November 1, 2006, succeeding...
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    Botswana Defence Force (BDF) was formed in 1977. The president is commander-in-chief of the armed forces and appoints a defence council. In 2019, Botswana signed...
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    deputy commander of the Botswana Defence Force. Phatswe threatened to crash it into an Air Botswana building, saying he had a grudge against the airline's...
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  • Eeben Barlow (category Year of birth missing (living people))
    Lt-Col. Eeben Barlow is a veteran of the South African Defence Force and was the second-in-command of its elite special forces 32 Battalion Reconnaissance...
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  • Major general (category Military ranks of Canada)
    (Belize Defence Force) Major general (Dzongkha: གུང་ བློན་ འོག མ །) (Royal Bhutan Army) General major (Bosnian Ground Forces) Major general (Botswana Ground...
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    branch of the government and is the commander-in-chief of the South African National Defence Force. Between 1961 and 1994, the office of head of state...
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    much of the government's policies. Regional instability prompted the creation of a military, the Botswana Defence Force, in 1977. Prior to this, the Botswana...
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    The Chief of the Defence Staff (French: Chef d'État-Major des Armées, CEMA; lit. 'Chief of Staff of the Armies') is the military head of the Armed Forces...
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    Namibian Army (category Military of Namibia)
    The Namibian Army is the ground warfare branch of the Namibian Defence Force. Development of Namibia's army was the fastest of the three arms of service...
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  • the Botswana Defence Force Air Arm (BDFAA) co-hosted the seventh annual African Air Chiefs Symposium. Air Force Chiefs of Staff and Deputy Chiefs of Staff...
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  • allegations of corruption. General Tebogo Carter Masire, former Botswana Defence Force (BDF) Commander, was appointed in February 2016 to lead Air Botswana as...
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