Myanmar Navy

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Myanmar Navy
တပ်မတော် (ရေ) (Burmese) lit. 'Tatmadaw (Yay)' 'Armed Forces (Navy)'
Emblem of the Myanmar Navy
Founded	24 December 1947; 76 years ago (1947-12-24)
Country	Myanmar (formerly Burma)
Type	Navy
Size	30,000 active personnel (as of 2022)
Part of	Myanmar Armed Forces
Headquarters	Naypyidaw
Nickname(s)	Tatmadaw (Yay)
Motto(s)	မြန်မာ့ပင်လယ် ဒို့ကာကွယ်။ ("We defend Myanmar's sea.") မြန်မာ့ပင်လယ်ပြင်ကို ကာကွယ်ဖို့။ ("Protecting the Myanmar's sea.") မြန်မာ့ရေပိုင်နက်ကို ကာကွယ်စောင့်ရှောက်မယ်။ ("We protect Myanmar territorial waters.") မြန်မာ့ပင်လယ်ကို ကာကွယ်ရန် ("To protect Myanmar sea.")
Colours	Navy blue, White, Black (for Myanmar Navy Seals)
Anniversaries	24 December 1948
Equipment	List of equipment in the Myanmar Navy
Engagements	Internal conflict in Myanmar Myanmar civil war (2021–present) 2021 Myanmar coup d'etat
Commanders
Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar Armed Forces	Senior General Min Aung Hlaing
Minister of Defence	Admiral Tin Aung San
Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Navy	Admiral Moe Aung[1]
Chief of Naval Staff	Major General Htein Win[2]
Commander of the Engineering Section	Commodore Aung Thu Soe
Insignia
Ensign
Pennant
former Ensign (1948 - 1974)
former Ensign (1974 - 1994)

The Myanmar Navy (Burmese: တပ်မတော် (ရေ); [taʔmədɔ̀ jè]) is the naval warfare branch of the Tatmadaw, the armed forces of Myanmar. With 19,000 active personnel on duty, the navy operates more than 227 vessels.^[3] Prior to 1988, the navy was small, and its role in counter-insurgency operations was smaller than those of the army and the air force. The navy has since been expanded to take on a more active role in defense of Myanmar's territorial waters.