Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces

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military organization national armed forces

The Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces is the national military of Uganda, responsible for the country’s defense, security operations, and participation in regional peacekeeping missions.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Uganda People’s Defence Force 5
Uganda Army 2
Uganda Peoples Defence Force 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military organization ⓘ
national armed forces ⓘ
abbreviation UPDF ⓘ
alliance African Union peace and security frameworks ⓘ
commanderInChief President of Uganda ⓘ
Yoweri Museveni ⓘ
surface form: Yoweri Kaguta Museveni
cooperatesWith East African Community ⓘ
surface form: East African Community partner states

United Nations peace operations ⓘ
surface form: United Nations peacekeeping operations
country Uganda ⓘ
engagedIn African Union Mission in Somalia ⓘ
counterinsurgency operations in northern Uganda ⓘ
operations against Allied Democratic Forces ⓘ
operations against the Lord's Resistance Army ⓘ
operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
regional peacekeeping missions in East Africa ⓘ
equipmentType armored vehicles ⓘ
combat aircraft ⓘ
helicopters ⓘ
small arms ⓘ
formerlyKnownAs National Resistance Army ⓘ
hasRankStructure enlisted personnel ⓘ
non-commissioned officers ⓘ
officers ⓘ
headquartersLocation Kampala ⓘ
languageOfCommand English ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of Uganda ⓘ
Acts of Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
surface form: Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces Act
motto For God and My Country ⓘ
nativeName Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces self-link ⓘ
notableUnit Artillery Division ⓘ
Mountain Brigade ⓘ
Special Forces Command of Uganda ⓘ
operatesIn East Africa ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
oversightBy Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs (Uganda) ⓘ
surface form: Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs of Uganda
partOf Government of Uganda ⓘ
primaryMission defend the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Uganda ⓘ
protect the people and property of Uganda ⓘ
recruitment voluntary enlistment ⓘ
role internal security operations ⓘ
national defense ⓘ
regional peacekeeping operations ⓘ
serviceBranch Reserve Force ⓘ
Special Forces Command ⓘ
Uganda Peoples Defence Force Air Wing ⓘ
surface form: Uganda Air Force

Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Uganda Land Forces
symbol UPDF emblem ⓘ
training Senior Command and Staff College Kimaka ⓘ
Uganda Military Academy Kabamba ⓘ
type professional army ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Government of Uganda → hasAgency → Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces ⓘ
Parliament of Uganda → specialInterestGroupRepresented → Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uganda Peoples Defence Forces
Uganda Peoples Defence Force Air Wing → partOf → Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uganda Peoples Defence Force
Uganda Peoples Defence Force Air Wing → serviceBranchOf → Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uganda Armed Forces
Uganda Peoples Defence Force Air Wing → commandStructure → Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uganda Peoples Defence Force
Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs (Uganda) → oversees → Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces
Uganda Police Force → cooperatesWith → Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uganda People’s Defence Force
Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces → nativeName → Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces self-link ⓘ
Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces → serviceBranch → Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uganda Land Forces
South Sudanese Civil War → belligerent → Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uganda People’s Defence Force
Operation Thunderbolt → opposingForce → Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ugandan Armed Forces
National Resistance Movement → successorArmedWing → Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uganda People’s Defence Force
King's African Rifles → successor → Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uganda Army
Rally for Congolese Democracy → alliedWith → Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ugandan People’s Defence Force
Yoweri Museveni → militaryBranch → Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uganda People’s Defence Force
Ituri conflict → mainBelligerent → Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uganda People’s Defence Force
Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire → formedBy → Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ugandan People’s Defence Force
Westland Scout → usedBy → Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uganda Army