x Area Company ? x Homeguard Military Police Company 7th Territorial Region (Bornholm), responsible for Bornholm 1x Homeguard District Homeguard Staff Company 5x Homeguard Area Companies Homeguard Military Police Company The Air Force Home Guard would have provided additional ground and air defence personnel to the Air Force, and would have manned the co-located operating base at which U.S. Air Force reinforcement would have been based. The Naval Home Guard (Marinehjemmeværnet (MHV)) had a small number of ships for coastal surveillance. These included the MH-90-class cutters: MHV 90 Bopa, MHV 91 Brigaden, MHV 92 Holger Danske, MHV 93 Hvidsten, MHV 94 Ringen, and MHV 95 Speditøren. Structure in 2017 As of 2017, the Danish Home Guard consists of approximately 45,600 members, of whom approximately 15,600 are active. It is divided into three branches: Army Home Guard The Army Home Guard (Hærhjemmeværnet) is numerically the largest part of the Home Guard, and works closely with the regular army, police and the civil disaster management authorities. Denmark is divided into two Regional commands, east and west, commanded by full-service colonels, and subdivided into 12 Army Home Guard Districts commanded by full-service officers. Every municipality has at least one "army home guard company" commanded by a volunteer captain. Structure Regional District West Army Home Guard District North Jutland (Aalborg) Army Home Guard District Middle and West Jutland (Skive) Army Home Guard District East Jutland (Aarhus) Army Home Guard District Southeast Jutland (Vejle) Army Home Guard District South Jutland and Schleswig () Army Home Guard District Funen (Odense) Regional District East Army Home Guard District Copenhagen Army Home Guard District South Zeeland and Lolland-Falster Army Home Guard District Middle and West Zeeland Army Home Guard District North Zeeland Army Home Guard District Copenhagen's Western Area Bornholm's Home Guard Special Support and Reconnaissance Company Police Home Guard The Police Home Guard (Politihjemmeværnet) is a branch within the Army Home Guard and consists of 47 Police Home Guard companies, commanded by volunteer captains, often with a professional police career. The volunteers are, during operational service; given the authority to act on behalf of the police with a limited legal authority. Their tasks are, among others, traffic control at festivals, searching for victims, and guarding community installations. In peacetime they are never used where there are risks of direct confrontation with civilians (riot control or planned arrests). Infrastructure Home Guard The Infrastructure Home Guard (Virksomhedshjemmeværnet) is a