HEADQUATERS OF ARMED FORCES

Mission: Development, direction and coordination of a joint military force, with land sea and air components, capable of fulfilling its constitutional mission, preserving the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country, protecting and supporting the civilian population in peace, war crisis, to contribute to peace and security in the wider region, as well as to support and engage in the Euro-Atlantic cooperation and integration processes and other regional initiatives in the field of security.

LAND FORCE

Mission: Ensuring and maintaining the readiness of the necessary capacities operational for the preservation and protection of independence, sovereignty and the territory of the Albanian Republic in cooperation with other structures of the Armed Forces and NATO, the support of the population in the face of natural disasters in times of peace, crisis and war, as well as participation in operations in the framework of collective defence.

AIR FORCE

Mission: Ensuring the necessary capacities for surveillance and control airspace sovereignty of the Albanian Republic in cooperation with NATO, the support in combat and non-combat operations, those we seek rescue, as well as the realization of command-control of air vehicles in the airline space of the Albanian Republic.

MARINE FORCE

Mission: Ensuring and maintaining the sovereignty of the maritime space of the Albanian Republic in cooperation with other structures of the Armed Forces, the implementation of the exercise of legality at sea in cooperation with the institutions state with interests in maritime space.

SUPPORTING COMMAND

Mission: Ensuring the capacities for logistic and infrastructure support, health service and other services of the Armed Forces in interest of completing their constitutional mission as well as ensuring the necessary operational capacities for combat operations, civil emergencies, search and rescue, humanitarian and aid community operations in cooperation with other structures of the Armed Forces.

The supporting command to fulfill its mission depends on these dependent structures:

- Civil Emergency Support Base (Military Department No. 4030)

- Training Centre (Military Department No. 4003)

- Supply Battalion (Military Department No. 4006)

- Transport Battalion (Military Department No. 4007)

- FA technical repair and maintenance centre

- FA Central Laboratory (Military Department No. 4010)

- Genius Battalion (Military Department No. 4040)

Civil Emergency Support Base (Military Department No. 4030), otherwise known as BMEC located in Ferraj, Tirana, is a subordinate structure of the Support Command, which has the following sub-departments:

1. Korce Regional Support Detachment (DMR Korce)

2. Gjirokaster Regional Support Detachment (DMR Gjirokaster)

3. Kukes Regional Support Detachment (DMR Kukes)

4. Burrel Regional Support Detachment (DMR Burrel)

The mission of all DMRs is to ensure the necessary operational capacities for carrying out combat operations, civil emergencies, search for rescue, humanitarian operations and those in aid of the community in cooperation with other structures of the Armed Forces as well as us cooperation with local units of local government.