The President of the Republic of Macedonia is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces. He approves the defence plans and strategy, takes decisions about implementing alertness, approves the organisation and structure of the Armed Forces, and orders mobilisation. The manpower of Macedonian Armed Forces is around 10,890.
The land forces of Macedonian army are around 7,700 soldiers with the structure:
- 1 mechanised infantry brigade, 1 reserve infantry brigade, 1 aviation wing, 1 armoured battalion, 1 artillery battalion, 1 MP battalion, 1 signals battalion, 1 air defence battalion, 1 NBC Company. 3 logistic battalions, 1 logistic engineer battalion, 1 honour guard battalion, 1 Special Operations regiment, 1 electronic warfare centre, 1 air surveillance operations centre.