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United Arab Emirates Armed Forces
The United Arab Emirates Armed Forces (Arabic: القوات المسلحة لدولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة, romanized: Al-Quwwāt al-Musallaḥa li-Dawlat al-ʾImārāt al-ʿArabīyyah al-Muttaḥidah) are the armed forces of the United Arab Emirates. They consist of the UAE Army, UAE Navy, UAE Air Force, UAE Presidential Guard, UAE Joint Aviation Command, and the UAE National Guard.
They were nicknamed "Little Sparta", a nickname by former United States Marine CorpsGeneral and Secretary of DefenseJames Mattis, due to their active and effective military role and power projection in the surrounding region compared to their relative size.