Dominican Republic

Personnel & posture

Active personnel

44k

Reserve / mobilization pool

0

Mobilization window

~14 days to full field army

Alliance

US security partner

GDP (est.)

$121B

Order of battle

• Dominican Air Force

  • A-29 Super Tucano8 – 12

    COIN strike

  • Falcon 20 MPA2 – 4

    Maritime patrol

  • UH-60 / Bell 43010 – 15

    Transport

  • A-29 Super Tucano8 – 12

    COIN strike

• Dominican Army

  • Active personnel44,000

    Largest in Caribbean

  • Special operations1,000 – 2,000

    CECOMSPO

  • Border guard battalions4 – 6

    Haiti frontier

  • Border guard4 – 6

    Haiti frontier

• Dominican Navy

  • Patrol boats15 – 25

    Coastal interdiction

  • Naval infantry500 – 1,000

    Amphibious

  • Patrol boats15 – 25

    Drug interdiction

• Drug trafficking

  • Caribbean transit nodes200 – 800

    Cocaine corridor

• US

  • Security assistance100 – 300

    Training and equipment

• Hispaniola

  • Haiti deportation corridor500 – 2,000

    Migration enforcement

Bases & infrastructure (16)

• Ministry of Defence Santo Domingo

  hub

  Armed Forces of Dominican Republic HQ.

  command

• San Isidro Air Base

  airport

  Primary fighter base.

  air

• Puerto Plata port

  port

  Northern Caribbean trade.

  trade

• Haina port complex

  port

  Capital-area commercial harbor.

  trade

• Dajabón Haiti border

  military base

  Massacre River crossing.

  army

• Bavaro coastal patrol

  military base

  Eastern tourist coast security.

  naval

• Barahona southern garrison

  military base

  Haiti frontier sector.

  army

• CECOMSPO special ops

  military base

  Special operations command.

  army

• US embassy security cooperation

  hub

  Bilateral training.

  command

• Santiago Cibao garrison

  military base

  Interior command.

  army

• Las Américas International Airport

  airport

  Civil-military air hub.

  air

• Pedernales Haiti border

  military base

  Southern frontier patrol.

  army

• Punta Cana coastal security

  military base

  Eastern tourist zone.

  naval

• Bonao interior garrison

  military base

  Central cordillera.

  army

• Manzanillo port

  port

  Northern commercial pier.

  trade

• Constanza mountain sector

  military base

  Highland logistics.

  army

Deployable units (9)

• A-29 Super Tucano squadronair · COIN light attack
• Falcon 20 maritime patrolair · Coastal surveillance
• Special operations battalionarmy · CECOMSPO elite
• Coast Guard patrolnavy · Drug interdiction
• Haiti border security brigadearmy · Massacre River sector
• Naval infantry companynavy · Amphibious patrol
• US security assistance liaisonfacility · Caribbean Basin Initiative
• Haiti crisis response battalionarmy · Border stabilization
• Caribbean drug interdiction task forcenavy · Cocaine corridor

Theater glossary

FARD

Fuerzas Armadas de la República Dominicana — army, navy, air force.

CECOMSPO

Special operations command — CT and hostage rescue.

Dajabón

Primary Haiti border crossing — Massacre River market.

Caribbean Basin

US security framework — Dominican key partner.

A-29 Super Tucano

Embraer COIN aircraft — Dominican strike platform.

Haiti border

Shared island of Hispaniola — migration and smuggling.

Hispaniola

Shared island with Haiti — migration and instability spillover.

Punta Cana

Eastern tourist coast — maritime patrol priority.

Caribbean transit

Cocaine maritime corridor — US interdiction partner.

San Isidro

Primary air base — Super Tucano operations.

Haiti crisis

2024+ instability — border militarization and deportations.

Chokepoint

Narrow sea or land passage where trade or military traffic can be blocked.

Rare earth

Elements used in magnets, motors, and precision weapons — China dominates refining.

SPR

Strategic Petroleum Reserve — emergency crude stockpile.

TSMC

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing — advanced logic fab cluster.

Hormuz

Strait of Hormuz — ~20% of global oil transits.

Malacca

Strait of Malacca — busiest shipping lane between Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Suwałki corridor

Poland–Lithuania land bridge — NATO logistics vulnerability.

Cobalt belt

DRC–Zambia mining corridor — battery supply chain.

Lithium triangle

Chile–Argentina–Bolivia brine deposits — EV battery input.

Grain corridor

Black Sea / Danube export routes — global food security.

Red Sea corridor

Bab el-Mandeb through Suez — Houthi interdiction risk.

Taiwan Strait lane

Kaohsiung–Busan chip & container sea lane under blockade exercise.

Black Sea grain lane

Odesa/Danube export routes under missile and mine threat.

Horn access lane

Djibouti–Massawa–Assab Red Sea port competition axis.