Armed Forces of Transnistria

• 1st Motorised Infantry Brigade (Tiraspol)
• 2nd Motorised Infantry Brigade (Bender)
• 3rd Motorised Infantry Brigade (Rîbniţa)
• 4th Motorised Infantry Brigade (Dubăsari)
• 1st Independent Aviation Detachment
• Tank Battalion
• Artillery Regiment
• Anti-aircraft Regiment
• Special Forces Battalion
• Security Battalion
• Intelligence Company

Additional support is provided by the Operational Group of Russian Forces of the Russian Army, based in the Transnistrian city of Cobasna.

Director of Music of the General Staff Band, Colonel Vitaly Voinov

• General Staff of the Armed Forces – It is the commanding and managing body of the armed forces. It is tasked with enforcing military strategy which comes from the ministry of defense.
• PMR Honour Guard – Since its establishment on 6 November 1997, the PMR Honour Guard has taken part in the welcoming of honoured guests and festive and ceremonies. Notable commanders of the unit include Yaroslav Isak, Valentin Rasputin and Artem Chernichenko.[6][7]
• General Staff Band – The band's musicians have at least a year of experience in the musical services of the Russian, Moldovan, and Ukrainian armed forces. Their repertoire includes over 500 works by foreign composers. The band is led by Colonel Vitaly Voinov.[8]
• Peacekeeping Force[9][10]

Cadets of the Military Institute of the Ministry of Defense dressed in historical parade uniforms

• Military Institute of the Ministry of Defense (Военный институт Министерства обороны) – Founded in May 1993, it is the seniormost military institution in the armed forces. It was reorganized as an independent institution from the Shevchenko Transnistria State University on 30 April 2008. In August 2009, the institute was awarded a battle flag and was given the honor of being renamed to honor Alexander Lebed in July 2012.[11]
• Basic training courses for military specialists

• Tiraspol Suvorov Military School – It was founded on 1 September 2017 and is based on the Suvorov Military Schools in Russia and Belarus
• Grigory Potemkin Republican Cadet Corps

The PMR Honour Guard at the parade.

On Republic Day and Victory Day, two-hour military parades of the Armed Forces of Transnistria is annually held on Suvorov Square, usually featuring over 15 military contingents overseen by the president, the Prime Minister and members of the Supreme Council. A historical mechanized convoy is usually assembled at the parade.[18] In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the two jubilee celebrations were merged on 2 September.[19]

The official armed forces holiday is Defender of the Fatherland Day on 23 February, which celebrated similarly to Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. Other military holidays include:

• Internal Troops Day (March 24)

• Liberation Day (April 12)[20]
• State Security Day (May 16)
• Peacekeeper Day (July 28)[21][22]
• Armed Forces Day (September 6)
• Border Guards Day (September 14)

The Military History Museum of the Armed Forces was opened on 13 November 1999 by President Smirnov together with Defense Minister Stanislav Hazheev. It has been visited by more than 20,000 servicemen, students, and tourists. The main attraction is the diorama "Storming the bridge over the Dniester", which depicts an episode of the battle on 20 June 1992. The museum is conventionally divided into two parts: exhibits and archival photographs. The central area is occupied by a ring in memory of fallen guardsmen.[23]