Strength
The GNR deploys over 26,000 personnel over 90 percent of Portuguese territory. The GNR are deployed inBosnia as part of IFOR/SFOR/EUFOR Althea. and 140 GNR were also deployed between 2006 and 2012 in Timor-Leste as part of UNMIT.
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“Blind and unwavering indiscipline at all times constitutes the real strength of all free men.”
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