Introduction
How is the Military in Botswana and how does it work to maintain Sucity and fight terrorism? In terms of Military and security forces, we have the Botswana Defense Force (BDF): Ground Forces Command, Air Arm Command, Defense Logistics Command (2024).
In Botswana, the BDF’s key functions include defending the country's territorial integrity on land and in the air, ensuring national security and stability, and aiding civil authorities in support of domestic missions such as disaster relief and anti-poaching; it participates in regional and international security operations

Bechuanaland/Botswana did not have a permanent military during colonial times, with the British colonial administrators relying instead on small, lightly armed constabularies such as the Bechuanaland Mounted Police, the Bechuanaland Border Police, and by the early 1960s, the Police Mobile Unit (PMU); after independence in 1966, Botswana militarized the PMU and gave it responsibility for the country’s defense rather than create a conventional military force; however, turmoil in neighboring countries and numerous cross-border incursions by Rhodesian and South African security forces in the 1960s and 1970s demonstrated that the PMU was inadequate for defending the country and led to the establishment of the Botswana Defense Force (BDF) in 1977 (2024)
Security and military information of Botswana
Military and security service personnel strengths approximately 10,000 active BDF personnel (2024)
Military equipment inventories and acquisitions the BDF has a mix of mostly older weapons and equipment, largely of Western/European origin; in recent years, it has received limited amounts of material from several European countries and the US (2024)
Military service age and obligation 18 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service for men and women; no conscription (2024).
Military deployments .
Military expenditures
Military Expenditures 2023 2.6% of GDP (2023 est.)
Military Expenditures 2022 2.8% of GDP (2022 est.)
Military Expenditures 2021 3% of GDP (2021 est.)
Military Expenditures 2020 3% of GDP (2020 est.)
Military Expenditures 2019 2.8% of GDP (2019 est.)
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Botswana is found in Southern Africa