According to the National Security Department of Spain ( DSN ) , these are the current missions of the armed forces and civil guard : The Spanish Armed Forces also participated in the last few years in other missions , above all humanitarian and observation : in Albania in 1999 , Mozambique in 2000 , Republic of Macedonia in 2001 , Haiti in 2004 and Indonesia in 2005 . In 2006 , Spain participated in Darfur ( Sudan ) by sending observers , and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo . Spain also participated in the Iraq War between 2003 and 2004 , in Gabon and in Senegal to ensurence the maritim traffic in the Horn of Africa ( in this one , with 33 civil guards and national police officers , two patrol vessels and a helicopter ) . Furthermore , in 2015 , 46 UME soldiers and 12 civil guards of the High Mountain Group went to help and rescue in the Nepal earthquake , along with six dogs , three scientific police and a Boeing 707 of supplies transport of the Air Force
Nepal earthquake
April 2015 Nepal earthquake
Spanish Armed Forces