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Honduras Other Military Units
A number of additional units and dependencies
complement the
major services. One consists of the centers of military
instruction, which train both officers and enlisted
personnel
(see Recruitment and Training
, this ch.). The Logistical
Support Center
is responsible for meeting the military needs for
transport,
maintenance, production, warehousing, supply, and
distribution of
materials and equipment. Dependencies include the
Auditor's Office,
the Office of the Paymaster General, and the Military
Pension
Institute (Instituto de Pensión Militar--IPM). The IPM, a
semiautonomous government agency charged with providing
for the
economic well-being and security of members of the armed
forces
upon retirement, manages many of the growing number of
militaryowned businesses
(see Involvement in the Nation's Economy
, this
ch.).
Finally, there are the reserves, which complement the
activeduty armed forces and consist of standby and general
reserve
groups. The standby reserve consists of citizens who have
completed
active military service. The general reserve, which is
poorly
administered and offers very little military capability,
is made up
of all physically and mentally fit Honduran men who have
not served
in the military. The size of the standby reserve stood at
60,000 in
1990.
Data as of December 1993
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