This does not include the additional 1 million troops of the Paramilitary who too are an active force whose full-time responsibility is to guard the sovereignty of the nation from internal and external threats.
In the Israel Defense Forces, there are two types of active duty: regular service (Hebrew: שרות סדיר, romanized: Sherut Sadir), and active reserve duty (Hebrew: שרות מילואים פעיל, romanized: Sherut Milu'im Pa'il, abbr.
Active reserve service refers to the actual time in which reservists are called up.
During active reserve duty, military law can be applied to reservists, similarly to regular soldiers.
The Pakistan Armed Forces are one of the largest active service forces in the world, with almost 654,000 full-time personnel, due to the complex and volatile nature of Pakistan's relationship with India and the Kashmir region, and its porous border with Afghanistan.