The Armed Forces consists of an army , navy and air force. The military currently maintains a force of 2, active duty members. Each kapetanija municipality formed its reserve battalion. There were 42 battalions in total. Since , regular military exercises were conducted.
In first 14 Montenegrins were sent to officer schools abroad, particularly in Italy and Russia. In , 10 of them completed their education and they become first trained officers in Montenegrin warrior history.
At the end of , artillery officer school in Cetinje was established β the first Montenegrin officer school. In Montenegrin army received the first systematized regulations, and the Law on Organization of the Army was adopted in Infantry and artillery, were established, followed by two specialized branches reconnaissance and pioneering , and additional branches medics, military workshop, the military court staff, gendarmerie and logistics.
Since the establishment of the internal Montenegrin telecommunications system in , vital for the flow of military-defence information, it was under the jurisdiction of Ministry of the military. Until , the territory of the Kingdom of Montenegro was divided into four divisional areas:. By , the Montenegrin Army had 11 brigade areas, 52 districts and battalion troop areas. Divisions were composed of 2β3 Infantry Brigade. Each divisional command had three artillery batteries.
After the establishment of the Kingdom of Montenegro in , Montenegro was involved in three wars with the first one being the First Balkan War , in alliance with Serbia , Greece , Romania , and Bulgaria against the Ottoman Empire. The Military of Montenegro before , was much larger than today's military. During World War I, Montenegro mobilised 50, troops.
