Kuwait Land Forces

Kuwait Land Forces
Arabic: القوات البرية الكويتي
Country Kuwait
BranchKuwait Armed Forces
TypeLand force
Size17,500 personnel (2024)
Part of Ministry of Defense
Garrison/HQKuwait City
Nickname(s)His Highness Land Force
Motto(s)الله والوطن والامير
God, Country & The Emir
ColorsGreen & Red
AnniversariesNational and Liberation Day (25 and 26 February)
Engagements
DecorationsMilitary awards and decorations
Commanders
Assistant Chief Combat Commander of Kuwait Land ForceBrigadier Mohammad Al-Dhafiri
Notable
commanders
Mubarak Al-Sabah
Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Rahmah ibn Jabir al-Jalhami

The Kuwait Land Forces (Arabic: القوات البرية الكويتي), established in 1949, are land forces and the oldest armed branch among the Armed Forces of Kuwait. Its cavalry and infantry predecessors operated in desert and metropolitan areas in 1919, 1920 and 1928 to 1938, tracing their roots directly to the cavalrymen and infantrymen that defended Al-Kout Fortress since the 19th century along with various mounted defensive forces. The "Kuwait Army" was later established as the Kuwait Land Force, which became the principal land force of the Kuwait Armed Forces.