Thousands of personnel are consolidated into the following branches:[9]
Separate Combined Arms Army/5th Army Corps (Azerbaijani: Naxçıvan Əlahiddə Ümumqoşun Ordusu), the main basis for the garrison.[10]
Separate Border Division
Separate Combined Arms Brigade of the Internal Troops
Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
State Security Service of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
Separate Combined Arms Army/5th Army Corps
Over the course of the 1992, the military units of the former Soviet Armed Forces located in the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic of the Azerbaijan SSR were transferred to the SCC.[11] On 19 September, the 705th Motorized Rifle Brigade was established. On 21 June 1995 the 705th Motorized Rifle Brigade was transformed into 705th Motorized Rifle Division, with a corps being created at its base. On 8 December 1998, the 5th Nakhchivan Army Corps was established. The Combined Special General Army was established on the basis of the Army Corps by Ilham Aliyev on 18 December 2013.[12] It maintains a special forces unit[13] and a military aerodrome.[14]
Separate Border Division
On 22 August 1992, the first border detachment of Azerbaijan was established on the basis of the former 41st Border Detachment of the Transcaucasian Border District of the KGB Border Troops.[15] The detachment previously guarded the Soviet-Iranian and Soviet-Turkish borders. President Ilham Aliyev ordered in early 2004 that the Nakhchivan Border Detachment was to be transformed into the “Nakhchivan” Border Division.[11]
Combined Arms Brigade of the Internal Troops
Two months prior to the formation of the 705th division, on 10 April 1995, the Nakhchivan "N" Battalion of the Internal Troops was established, being upgraded to a regiment in 2002. In 2014, the Nakhchivan Special Operations Brigade of the Internal Troops was established.[16]
Ministry of Emergency Situations
The Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic is an executive authority that ensures the prevention of natural disasters, man-made accidents and fires in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. It is an affiliate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Azerbaijan.[17]
State Security Service
The special services of Nakhchivan operated under the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic until 1941. In accordance with the reforms carried out in this area in the USSR, this commissariat was divided by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet in April 1941, and separate People's State Commissariats were established on its basis. In 1946, the People's State Security Commissariat was renamed the State Security Committee of the Nakhchivan ASSR and functioned for 8 years with this status. Later, this committee would become the independent KGB of the Nakhchivan ASSR, under the auspices of the Nakhchivan Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan. The geographical position of the Nakhchivan ASSR, with its borders with Iran and Turkey, made its KGB one of the most important during the Soviet era. The Ministry of National Security was established on the basis of Resolution No. 199-XII on 20 September 1992, adopted by the Supreme Assembly of Nakhchivan under the chairmanship of Heydar Aliyev. On 14 December 2015, the modern State Security Service was established on the basis of the Ministry of National Security.[18]
Training
The garrison regularly undergoes extensive training, often in the presence of the military leadership.[19] In accordance with a combat for 2020, the garrison launched command-staff exercises in May of 2020.[20][21] Personnel took part in the Azerbaijan-Turkey joint tactical shooting exercise "Unshakable Brotherhood-2019" held in Nakhchivan from 7-11 June 2019.[22]
Training Center
The Combined Army Training and Educational Center was opened in May 2018. It is designed to specifically train members of the garrison. It features dormitories, a housing complex, a hospital, parade ground, and a sports campus. The central three-storey building occupies a total area of 7,500 square metres.[23][24]
Institutions
Military court
The Military Court of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic was established on 27 May 1992 on the basis of the Military Tribunal of the Nakhchivan Garrison. This court, functioning in its current name since 1 June 2000, was until June 2007 the institution with the power to consider cases as a court of first instance. Since June 16, 2007, the Military Court of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic began to perform the functions of the Military Court of the Azerbaijan Republic in grave crime cases.[25] In August 2010, the following territorial districts came under the jurisdiction of the Military Court:
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani Armed Forces
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