The Indian Army is the largest standing military force in the world and has a large number of personnel. It consists of both active duty and reserve forces and can be deployed on multiple missions at any given time. The Indian Army guards our borders, defends our nation against enemies, supports civil authorities in times of natural disasters, fights insurgency across India’s varied terrain, makes contributions to United Nations peacekeeping operations around the world, and assists with humanitarian relief efforts that often follow such events as tsunamis or earthquakes.