Republic of Cyprus - National Guard Organization
In 2010, the National Guard was organized into an army headquarters, two divisional headquarters and four brigade headquarters that would be filled out with combat units upon mobilization, as well as separate commands for artillery and aviation, and the "Navy".
In 1989, the National Guard was organized into an army headquarters, two divisional headquarters, and two brigade headquarters that would be filled out with combat units upon mobilization. At that time its largest active units consisted of two mechanized battalions, one armored battalion, an artillery battalion, and a commando battalion. Reserves were organized into six infantry brigades, each with three infantry battalions, one light artillery battalion, and one armored reconnaissance squadron. These units were maintained only at cadre strength. Greek Army forces were organized into one infantry battalion, one commando battalion, and a support element.
Combat and Combat Support branches are called Arms. The Service Support and Logistic Support branches are called Corps. More specifically, Combat Arms are the elements of the Armed Forces tasked to conduct war or participate in war. These Arms are the Infantry, Armour and Artillery. Combat Support Arms are the Engineers and Communications (Signals). Support Corps are the elements of the Armed Forces that provide administrative or logistical support. These are the Technical, Supply and Transportationand Ordnance Corps.
Common Corps are of a general nature and comprise the Medical Corps (Doctors and specialists who hold degrees in various specialized medical fields such as dentistry, pharmacology, psychology, biology, nursing, administration etc.), the Defence Diplomacy Corps, the IT Corps, the Recruitment Corps, the Finance Corps, the Legal Corps and the Music Corps.
Military personnel are distinguished into career personnel, personnel hired on a contractual basis and conscripts. Career personnel are officers and NCOs who join the army upon graduation from a military academy or a non-commissioned officers School, respectively, or who were appointed by the Minister of Defence after a competition. Soldiers hired on a contractual basis are persons who have volunteered to serve in the armed forces for a specific period of time. Conscripts are those who enlist in the army in accordance with the respective legal framework. Their service at the time being lasts 14 months period.
Uniforms, symbols of rank, and insignia of the National Guard were similar to those of the Greek Army. The color and cut of the uniforms was the same, although the design of the buttons, the device on caps, and the shield on epaulets incorporated an olive branch device corresponding to that found on the Cypriot flag and coat of arms. Fatigue uniforms were of camouflage cloth.
 First (I) Infantry Division |  Second (II) Infantry Division |
 Fourth (IV) Infantry Brigade |  Twenty (XX) Armoured Brigade |
 Eighth (VIII) Infantry Brigade |  Third (III) Brigade support |
 Artillery Command |  Military Police |
 Navy Command |  Aviation Administration |
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