Defence Forces (or Defense Forces) is the title of the armed forces of certain countries. It could mean:
- Australian Defence Force
- Barbados Defence Force
- Belize Defence Force
- Botswana Defence Force
- Eritrean Defence Forces
- Estonian Defence Forces
- Ethiopian National Defense Force
- Finnish Defence Forces
- Guyana Defence Force
- Irish Defence Forces
- Israel Defense Forces
- Jamaica Defence Force
- Japan Self-Defense Forces
- Lesotho Defence Force
- Malawian Defence Force
- Namibia Defence Force
- New Zealand Defence Force
- Royal Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force
- Royal Bahamas Defence Force
- Rwanda Defence Force
- Saint Kitts and Nevis Defence Force
- South African National Defence Force
- Tanzania People's Defence Force
- Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force
- Umbutfo Swaziland Defence Force
- Uganda People's Defence Force
- Zambian Defence Force
- State defense forces - defense forces of individual US states.
A number of football clubs related to defence forces are also named such as:
- Defence Force F.C., of Trinidad and Tobago
- Barbados Defence Force SC
- Belize Defence Force FC
- Botswana Defence Force XI
- Guyana Defence Force FC
Famous quotes containing the words defence and/or forces:
“To choose a hardship for ourselves is our only defence against that hardship. This is what is meant by accepting suffering.... Those who, by their very nature, can suffer completely, utterly, have an advantage. That is how we can disarm the power of suffering, make it our own creation, our own choice; submit to it. A justification for suicide.”
—Cesare Pavese (1908–1950)
“The pace of science forces the pace of technique. Theoretical physics forces atomic energy on us; the successful production of the fission bomb forces upon us the manufacture of the hydrogen bomb. We do not choose our problems, we do not choose our products; we are pushed, we are forced—by what? By a system which has no purpose and goal transcending it, and which makes man its appendix.”
—Erich Fromm (1900–1980)