Haiti Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Military=== {{Main|Defence Force of Haiti}} Haiti has a strong military history dating to the pre-independence struggle. The [[Armée Indigène|Indigenous Army]] is essential in the construction of the state the management of land and public finances. Up to the 20th century, every Haitian president was an officer in the army. During the US intervention, the army was remodeled as Gendarmerie d'Haiti and later on as Force Armée d'Haiti (FAdH). In the early 1990s, the army was unconstitutionally decommissioned and replaced by the Haitian National Police (PNH). In 2018, Président Jovenel Moise reactivated the FAdH. Haiti's Ministry of Defense is the main body of the armed forces.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.md.gouv.ht/mission.php|title=Missions et Attributions du Ministère de la Défense|publisher=Ministere de la Defense|access-date=21 October 2014|archive-date=17 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117025602/https://www.md.gouv.ht/mission.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> The former [[Armed Forces of Haiti|Haitian Armed Forces]] were demobilized in 1995; however, [[Defence Force of Haiti|efforts to reconstitute it are currently underway]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/09/16/haiti-army-again/2822823/ |title=Haiti a step closer to having army again |newspaper=USA Today |access-date=29 January 2014 |date=16 September 2013}}</ref> The current defense force for Haiti is the [[Haitian National Police]], which has a highly trained SWAT team, and works alongside the [[Haitian Coast Guard]]. In 2010, the [[Haitian National Police]] force numbered 7,000.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sadowski |first= Dennis |title=Hope and struggles remain in Haiti six months after earthquake |newspaper=Florida Catholic |location=Orlando, Florida |pages=A7 |date=6–19 August 2010 }}</ref> As of 2023, the Haitian army includes one infantry battalion that is in the process of being formed, with 700 personnel.<ref>{{Cite book |author=IISS |author-link=International Institute for Strategic Studies |date=2023 |title=The Military Balance 2023 |publisher=International Institute for Strategic Studies |page=402 }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page