Manitoban Army

  

Manitoban Army
Armée manitobaine
Emblem
Founded	1855 (1855) (As the Active Militia of Canada)
Country	Manitoba
Type	Army
Role	Ground warfare
Size	78,000 active (including 6,000 Manitoban Rangers) 54,000 Army Reserve
Part of	Ministry of Defense
Garrison/HQ	National Defence Headquarters, Toscouné, Manitoba
Motto(s)	Vigilamus pro te ('We stand on guard for thee' in Latin)
March	"The Great Little Army"
Engagements	Great War Vietnam War Syrian Civil War
Commanders
Commander-in-chief	King George V, represented by Governor-General Marcel Désormeaux
Minister of Defence	TBD
Commander of the Army	General Oliver Graham
Insignia
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The Manitoban Army (French: Armée manitobaine) is the land warfare component of the Manitoban Armed Forces. It consists of the Regular Army, the active duty personnel, and the Army Reserve, the largest part of the Primary Reserve, which, together with the Supplementary Reserve the Cadet Organizations Administration, forms the reserve force of the Manitoban Army. The branch is led by the Commander of the Army, who is responsible for the organization and doctrine, and is subordinated to the Chief of the Defence Staff. Because Manitoba is a part of the Commonwealth of Nations, the sovereign of the United Kingdom, King George V, is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, though this is exercised by royal prerogative by the Prime Minister of Manitoba. As of 2022 there were 78,000 active Army personnel and 54,000 reservists. Together with the Royal Manitoban Navy and the Royal Manitoban Air Force, it is under the administration of the Ministry of Defence.

The Canadian Army was the immediate predecessor of the modern Manitoban Army, which inherited the majority of the former force's equipment and personnel after the dissolution of the Canadian Confederation during the Great War. It was formally established by the new House of Commons of Manitoba in 1939 as the Royal Manitoban Army. During the Cold War the border between Manitoba and Quebec was militarized, and the Manitoban Army provided one of the first lines of defense against a potential United Commonwealth invasion, being a significant force in the NTO. Manitoban troops fought with Sierra and other allies in the Vietnam War (where they were part of the Commonwealth Corps) and in the Colombia War. The number of personnel in the Manitoban Army fluctuated from 700,000 during the Great War to 210,000 in 1997. Since the Revolutions of 2000 the army has undergone post-Cold War reductions. In the 21st century, the Manitoban Army was part of the ISAF in Syria until 2022.

See also

• Manitoban Armed Forces

Attribution notices

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