[2][3] From its first days sub-units of the Azerbaijani Army fought against illegally formed armed forces of Armenia in hard battles throughout the all territory of the country.
The Azerbaijani Army became a secure guarantee of independence of the Republic and its people, who made a choice to establish a democratic government.
[4] After 1991, with the country's independence now regained, the newly restored national government began to form the Azerbaijani armed forces on the basis of Soviet formations of the Transcaucasian Military District within Azerbaijan.
The guest of honor is the President of Azerbaijan in his constitutional role as Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, and at around 10am as the massed bands of the Military Band Service of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan sounds a fanfare, he arrives at a special tribune at Government House, Baku, to receive the salute of the parade assembled led by the Minister of Defense, as well as of his report informing him of the readiness of the contingents assembled.
The parade having presented arms at this point, following the greeting of the President to the assembled formations, the band then plays Azərbaycan marşı.
As the band ends playing the anthem the President then delivers his holiday address to the people and the men and women of the armed services.
On October 9, 1992, first military parade in the history of independent Azerbaijan took place in honor of Armed Forces Day on Baku's Azadliq Square.
[23] The jubilee parade saw for the first time, a color guard being opened with the banners of 5 units that reclaimed territory in the 2016 April War and the Gyunnut Operation.
[29] In 2014, joint operational and tactical exercises of the formations and units of the Ministry of Defense, Internal Troops and the State Border Service were held on the occasion of the 96th anniversary of the establishment of the Armed Forces.
[30] In 2021, President Ilham Aliyev met with a group of leaders and personnel of the Azerbaijani Army at the Gulustan Palace on the occasion of Armed Forces Day.