The army's current strength is 20,000 personnel and headed by Lieutenant General Khalifa bin Abdullah Al-Khalifa.

[2] Bahraini ground troops took part in the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen in the Yemeni civil war.

In September 2015, five Bahraini soldiers guarding Yemeni–Saudi Arabian border were killed in unspecified circumstances.

[4] The army consists of 3 brigades and 2 battalions: RBA has a mix of equipment purchases in the 1970s and early 1990s.

In the past few years, Bahrain began developing military capabilities, through the purchase of many military equipment from Turkey, Bahrain has bought many Armoured vehicles from Turkey, such as Otokar Arma and Otokar Akrep (Armoured combat vehicle).