Armed Forces (Saudi Arabia) (original) (raw)

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Introduction

Saudi Arabia's military forces include the Armed Forces of Saudi Arabia under the Ministry of Defence, which consist of the Royal Saudi Land Forces (which include the Royal Guard), the Air Force, the Navy, the Air Defence Force, and the Strategic Missile Force; the Saudi Arabian National Guard under the Ministry of National Guard; paramilitary forces under the Minister of Interior, including the Saudi Arabian Border Guard and the Facilities Security Force; and the Presidency of State Security, including the Special Security Force and the Emergency Force.
_Zoltan Horvath, 21 September 2024

Minister of Defence

[ [Minister of Defence] ](../images/s/sa~moda.gif)image by Joseph McMillan

Source: Album des Pavillons 2000 [pay00]

Royal Saudi Armed Forces

[ [Saudi Arabia] ](../images/s/sa^rsaf.gif) image by _Zoltan Horvath, 21 September 2024

The flag of the Royal Saudi Armed Forces consists of five horizontal stripes, which are sand yellow, light blue, navy blue, dark green and grey. The national flag is placed in the upper hoist, while Armed Forces’ emblem is placed on a white disc in fly part of the flag
_Zoltan Horvath, 21 September 2024

Chairman of the General Staff of the Armed Forces

[ [Chief of General Staff] ](../images/s/sa^chgs.gif) image by _Zoltan Horvath, 21 September 2024

The flag of Chief of Staff is based on Armed Forces’ flag, but two white crossed swords are placed at lower hoist on the grey stripe.
_Zoltan Horvath, 21 September 2024

Royal Saudi Land Forces

![Royal Saudi Army]](../images/s/sa^rsa.gif) image by _Zoltan Horvath, 21 September 2024

Saudi Border Guards

[ [Saudi Border Guards] ](../images/s/sa^bord.gif) image by Zoltan Horvath, 23 September 2024

I found a picture, where chief of Saudi Border Guard is interviewed, its flag can be seen behind him. This is a yellow flag with Saudi flag in the canton, a blue horizontal stripe runs along the lower edge, and Border Guard emblem is placed in the fly.
Image of flag: http://i.ytimg.com/vi/S8G-RyD4J-o/0.jpg
Zoltan Horvath, 01 March 2015

The Saudi Arabian Border Guard is a Saudi agency responsible for guarding land and sea borders of the Kingdom. Saudi Arabian Border Guard operates under the Ministry of Interior. Its tasks are the coastal patrol, marine border protection, marine search and rescue.

Image of flag:https://sahmnews.com.sa
Zoltan Horvath, 23 September 2024

Saudi Royal Guard

![Royal Saudi Army]](../images/s/sa^rgard.gif) image by _Zoltan Horvath, 21 September 2024

There is also the National Guard, which is a sort of Royal Guards-cum-Security Force, seperate from the regular army. I haven't seen a flag for any of these forces – that doesn't necessarily mean such flags don't exist though!
Miles Li, 10 July 2008

The National Guard is yet another Saudi paramilitary unit, and I have recently been told that there is now a Saudi Coast Guard as well, tasked with anti-smuggling, maritime safety, and other roles. However this is a new force which was only established in January of this year - Joe McMillan may know something about it. There was a brief news story several weeks ago on BBC in the Northeast and Cumbria which showed about a dozen Saudi Coast Guard personnel visiting the British Coastguard station and also the Royal National Lifeboat.
Ron Lahav, 10 July 2008

The flag of the Saudi Royal Guard is mint green with national flag in the canton, and with emblem of the Royal Guard in the fly.
Image of flag:https://www.arabnews.com/node/1696036/saudi-arabia
_Zoltan Horvath, 21 September 2024

Other Military Flags?

I understand that there are at least two paramilitary police forces in the KSA, a Frontier Force and Gendarmerie, not to mention the Religious Police. Do these forces also have flags? I have recently been told that there is now a Saudi Coast Guard as well, tasked with anti-smuggling, maritime safety, and other roles. However this is a new force which was only established in January of this year.
Ron Lahav, 10 July 2008

Here's the flag 'in the cloth' at a joint Saudi-Pakistani exercise in 2006; I guess the flag on the right is the Pakistani Army flag.
Ian Sumner, 10 July 2008

The first illustration definitely shows a Saudi military flag, possibly a regimental or unit flag. The Guard.com site seems to be that of a private security company. The uniform looks more like that of a private outfit. We really do nead some Arabic-speaking members of the List!
Ron Lahav, 10 July 2008