Belize Defence Force

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:air_component gptkb:Belize_Defence_Force_Air_Wing
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Guatemala
gptkb:Mexico
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Belize_Defence_Force_Air_Wing
gptkb:Belize_Defence_Force_Volunteer_Battalion
Belize Defence Force Maritime Wing (until 2005)
gptkbp:budget approximately $17 million BZD
gptkbp:commanderInChief gptkb:Governor-General_of_Belize
gptkbp:country gptkb:Belize
gptkbp:emblem Belize Defence Force badge
gptkbp:engagedIn disaster relief
border security
counter-narcotics operations
peacekeeping missions
jungle warfare training
gptkbp:flag Belize Defence Force flag
gptkbp:founded 1978
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Price_Barracks
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Belize_City
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Belize Defence Force
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Brigadier_General_Azariel_Loria
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Shoulder_to_Shoulder
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:BDF
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Brigadier_General_Azariel_Loria
gptkb:Brigadier_General_Cedric_Borland
gptkb:Brigadier_General_Christopher_A._Noble
gptkb:Brigadier_General_Dario_Tapia
gptkb:Brigadier_General_David_Jones
gptkb:Brigadier_General_Lloyd_Gillett
gptkb:Brigadier_General_Steven_Ortega
gptkbp:notableOperation gptkb:UN_peacekeeping_in_Haiti
Guatemalan border patrol
Hurricane relief
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Ministry_of_National_Defence_and_Border_Security_(Belize)
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Belizean_Armed_Forces
gptkbp:patronage gptkb:Governor-General_of_Belize
gptkbp:primaryMission defend sovereignty and territorial integrity of Belize
gptkbp:recruitment_age 18 years
gptkbp:regimentalMarch gptkb:Shoulder_to_Shoulder
gptkbp:reservePersonnel gptkb:Belize_Defence_Force_Volunteer_Battalion
gptkbp:role land warfare
gptkbp:size about 1,400 personnel
gptkbp:successor gptkb:British_Forces_Belize
gptkbp:uniform jungle camouflage
gptkbp:website https://bdf.mil.bz/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Royal_Belizean_Navy
gptkb:Commonwealth_armies
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6