Military branch

Military branch (also service branch or armed service) is according to common standard the subdivision of the national armed forces of a sovereign nation or state.

A United States Armed Forces Joint-Service Color Guard. This color guard consists of personnel from 5 of the 6 military branches of the United States Armed Forces.

Types of branches

Type	Role	Notes
Air force	Conducts aerial warfare.
Army	Conducts land warfare.
Border guard	Polices a nation's land borders	Military branch in nations such as Armenia
Coast guard	Defending a nation's maritime security.
Cyber force	Conducts cyberwarfare and cybersecurity operations.	A distinct branch in countries such as Norway and Germany.
Gendarme	Provides internal security for a nation serving as police forces, or as military police.	Exist primarily in France and other Francophone countries.
Marines	Naval land force that provides support for naval warfare.
Military police	Law enforcement agencies connected to or part of a state's military.
Navy	Conducts naval warfare.
Space force	Conducts space warfare.

Unified forces

The Canadian Armed Forces is the unified armed forces of Canada. While it has three environmental commands - namely the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Navy, and Royal Canadian Air Force - it remains a single military service.

NATO definition

Branch of service (also branch of military service or branch of armed service) refers, according to NATO standards, to a branch, employment of combined forces or parts of a service, below the level of service, military serviced or armed service.[1]

References

MILITÄRISCHES STUDIENGLOSSAR ENGLISCH Teil I, A – K, Bundessprachenamt (Stand Januar 2001), page 226, definition: branch of service.

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[1] MILITÄRISCHES STUDIENGLOSSAR ENGLISCH Teil I, A – K, Bundessprachenamt (Stand Januar 2001), page 226, definition: branch of service.