 Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces

The Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces ( – FAR) consist of ground forces, naval forces, air and air defence forces, and other paramilitary bodies including the Territorial Troops Militia ("Milicias de Tropas Territoriales" – MTT), Youth Labor Army ("Ejército Juvenil del Trabajo" – EJT), and the Defense and Production Brigades ("Brigadas de Producción y Defensa" – BPD), plus the Civil Defense Organization ("Defensa Civil de Cuba" – DCC) and the National Reserves Institution ("Instituto Nacional de las Reservas Estatales" – INRE).The armed forces has long been the most powerful institution in Cuba.