Military of Latvia - Mission

Mission

The mission of the National Armed Forces (NAF) is to defend the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the nation and to defend its population against aggression. In order to implement these tasks, the NAF provide for the defense of the nation, its air space and national territorial waters, participate in large scale crisis response operations, perform emergency rescue operations, and participate in international peacekeeping operations.

The main mission of the National Armed Forces is to:

• Provide for the inviolability of all national territory, its waters and air space;
• Participate in international operations;
• Participate in national threat elimination;
• Provide for the training of personnel and military reserves.
• Ensure modernization and enhancement of professional combat training;