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Saudi Army Formation
U.S. documents show that between 1945 and 1990, the building of Saudi Arabia’s military institution went beyond weapons purchases. It proceeded gradually through the reorganization of the armed forces; the training of officers and technicians; the development of command, maintenance, and supply systems; and the establishment of bases and military cities, while drawing on American expertise and leaving decisions about needs and policy in the hands of the Kingdom. The U.S. training mission, established in 1951, comprised about 235 personnel, while its programs funded the training of roughly 100 Saudi officers a year. The military design and construction program was worth about $14 billion. The impact of this institution-building was tested during the 1990 Gulf War, when Saudi Arabia provided bases, facilities, and logistical support to coalition forces, and its own forces took part in operations. This account concludes that military modernization was a cumulative institutional project: developing personnel and building national capacity to operate and upgrade equipment became the foundation for the transformation from the forces that had unified the Kingdom into a modern army.
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