Back القوات المسلحة المكسيكية Arabic Fuercies Armaes de Méxicu AST Forces Armades de Mèxic Catalan ھێزە چەکدارەکانی مەکسیک CKB Mexikanische Streitkräfte German Fuerzas Armadas de México Spanish نیروهای مسلح مکزیک FA Meksikon asevoimat Finnish Forces armées mexicaines French הכוחות המזוינים של מקסיקו HE
| Mexican Armed Forces | |
|---|---|
| Fuerzas Armadas de Mexico | |
 Monument to the Boy Heroes also known as Los Niños Héroes at the Heroic Military Academy/Mexican Military Academy for sacrificing themselves in battle during the Mexican-American war. | |
| Founded | 1821 |
| Service branches | |
| Headquarters | Mexico City |
| Leadership | |
| Commander-in-chief |  President Claudia Sheinbaum |
| Secretary of National Defense |  General Ricardo Trevilla Trejo |
| Secretary of the Navy | Admiral José Rafael Ojeda Durán |
| Personnel | |
| Military age | 18[1] |
| Conscription | Yes |
| Active personnel | 411,947[2] (ranked 18th) |
| Reserve personnel | 98,653[3] |
| Expenditure | |
| Budget | US$15.652 billion(2024)[4] |
| Percent of GDP | 0.97% (2024 est.) |
| Related articles | |
| Ranks | Military ranks of Mexico |
The Mexican Armed Forces (Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas de México) are the military forces of the United Mexican States. The Spanish crown established a standing military in colonial Mexico in the eighteenth century.[5] After Mexican independence in 1821, the military played an important political role, with army generals serving as heads of state.[6] Following the collapse of the Federal Army during the 1910–1920 Mexican Revolution, former revolutionary generals systematically downsized the size and power of the military.[7]
The Mexican military forces are composed of two independent entities: the Mexican Army and the Mexican Navy. The Mexican Army includes the Mexican Air Force, while the Mexican Navy includes the Naval Infantry Force (Marine Corps) and the Naval Aviation (FAN). The Army and Navy are controlled by two separate government departments, the National Defense Secretariat and the Naval Secretariat, and maintain two independent chains of command, with no joint command except the President of Mexico.
- ^ "CIA – The World Factbook – Mexico". Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
- ^ IISS 2023, pp. 411-412
- ^ IISS 2018, pp. 411-412
- ^ "Presupuesto de Egresos de la Federación para el Ejercicio Fiscal" (PDF). Congressional Budget of the Republic. 2024. p. 40.
- ^ Archer, Christon I. The Army in Bourbon Mexico, 1760–1810. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press 1977.
- ^ Archer, Christon I. “Military: 1821–1914” in Encyclopedia of Mexico. 904–910
- ^ Lieuwen, Edwin. Mexican Militarism, 1910–1940: The Political Rise and Fall of the Revolutionary Army. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press 1968; reprinted By Greenwood Press 1981.