Malaysian Armed Forces Day in Malaysia

The Malaysian Armed Forces, are the armed forces of Malaysia, consists of three branches, namely the Malaysian Army, Royal Malaysian Navy and the Royal Malaysian Air Force. MAF active personnel is 113,000 and the reservist is 51,600. The Supreme Commander of the Malaysian Armed Forces is the Yang di-Pertuan Agong who is the King of Malaysia.

The MAF were created from the unification of military forces which arose during the first half of the 20th century when Malaya and Singapore were the subjects of the British Empire. After Malaya achieved independence in 1957, the primary objective of the armed forces shifted to defending the country's sovereignty and protecting it from all threats.

Hari Angkatan Tentera Malaysia (English: Malaysian Armed Forces Day) is celebrated on 16 September, Malaysia Day. This double holiday, which marks the formation of Malaysia in 1963, is also marked in the Malaysian Armed Forces as the anniversary of the formal raising of the first companies of the Royal Malay Regiment in 1933, from which would grow the basis of the modern day Armed Forces.