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'''Note on insignia:''' For enlisted personnel, chevrons are point down, with rank on upper arm, forearm on dress uniforms if warrant officer (upper arm on duty uniforms). Officer ranks in Navy and Air Force on lower sleeves in dress or garrison uniforms, on epaulettes on duty uniforms. If body armour is worn, rank is on chest. Naval officer bands and bars are surmounted by loop inscribed with an initial or symbol denoting branch of service. Air force officer bands and bars are surmounted by a stylised tern with the symbol of branch of service within its claws. | '''Note on insignia:''' For enlisted personnel, chevrons are point down, with rank on upper arm, forearm on dress uniforms if warrant officer (upper arm on duty uniforms). Officer ranks in Navy and Air Force on lower sleeves in dress or garrison uniforms, on epaulettes on duty uniforms. If body armour is worn, rank is on chest. Naval officer bands and bars are surmounted by loop inscribed with an initial or symbol denoting branch of service. Air force officer bands and bars are surmounted by a stylised tern with the symbol of branch of service within its claws. |
Revision as of 04:16, 10 January 2007
The United Kingdom of Isselmere-Nieland Defence Forces (UKINDF) are the armed forces of that United Kingdom. Since the Deactivation Act of 2006, the UKINDF are an all-volunteer organisation with over 58 million personnel in active service, consisting of approximately 2.21 per cent of the labour force or 0.845% of the total population. The UKINDF comprise the following branches of service:
- the Royal Isselmere-Nieland Navy (RINN), which includes the Royal Isselmere-Nieland Marines (RINM), the Fleet Air Arm (FAA), the (Navy) Strategic Defence Force (SDF), and the Coastal Defence Force (CDF);
- the Isselmere-Nielander Army (INA); and,
- the Royal Isselmere-Nieland Aerospace Force (RINAF).
The Minister of Defence and the Minister of State for the Defence Forces administer the UKINDF, with secretaries of State supervising the respective services. Overarching control of the UKIN-DF flows from the Defence Council of the External Affairs Section of the Council of State, chaired by the Sovereign and the Prime Minister.
Contents
UKINDF Rank Structure
Ranks according to modified RL NATO rank structure, with warrant officers officially considered part of "Other Ranks" rather than as a separate stratum.
Note on insignia: For enlisted personnel, chevrons are point down, with rank on upper arm, forearm on dress uniforms if warrant officer (upper arm on duty uniforms). Officer ranks in Navy and Air Force on lower sleeves in dress or garrison uniforms, on epaulettes on duty uniforms. If body armour is worn, rank is on chest. Naval officer bands and bars are surmounted by loop inscribed with an initial or symbol denoting branch of service. Air force officer bands and bars are surmounted by a stylised tern with the symbol of branch of service within its claws.
Ministerial Ranks | |||||
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Minister of Defence | Minister of the Interior | ||||
Minister of State for the Armed Forces | Minister of State for Public Safety | ||||
Code | RINN | RINM | INA | RINAF | RING |
First Lord of the Admiralty | Secretary of State for the Army | Secretary of State for the Aerospace Force | Inspector-General | ||
Chiefs of Staff | |||||
(n/a) | Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) | Chief Constable | |||
(n/a) | First Sea Lord | Chief of General Staff | Chief of Air Staff | ||
(n/a) | (n/a) | Fourth Sea Lord | |||
Flag Ranks | |||||
OF-10B | Grand Admiral of the Navy | Grand Marshal of the Army | Marshal of the RINAF | Deputy Chief Constable | |
OF-10A | Admiral of the Fleet | Captain-General | Field Marshal | Air Grand Marshal | Commissioner |
OF-9B | Admiral | Colonel-General | Air Chief Marshal | Deputy Commissioner | |
OF-9A | Lieutenant-Admiral | General | Air Marshal | Assistant Commissioner | |
OF-8 | Vice Admiral | Lieutenant-General | Air Lieutenant Marshal | Deputy Assistant Commissioner | |
OF-7 | Rear Admiral | Major-General | Air Vice Marshal | Commander | |
OF-6 | Commodore | Brigadier | Air Commodore | Deputy Commander | |
Senior Officers | |||||
OF-5 | Captain | Colonel | Group Captain | Chief Superintendent | |
OF-4 | Commander | Lieutenant-Colonel | Wing Commander | Deputy Chief Superintendent | |
OF-3 | Lieutenant-Commander | Major | Squadron Leader | Superintendent | |
Junior Officers | |||||
OF-2 | Lieutenant | Captain | Flight Lieutenant | Chief Inspector | |
OF-1B | Sub-Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Flying Officer | Inspector | |
OF-1A | Acting Sub-Lieutenant | Second Lieutenant | Pilot Officer | Sub-Inspector | |
Officer Candidates | |||||
OF-D | Midshipman | (n/a) | Officer Cadet | ||
SO | Officer Cadet | ||||
Warrant Officers | |||||
OR-10B | Chief Warrant Officer of His Majesty's Defence Forces | His Majesty's Sergeant Major of Police | |||
OR-10A | Chief Petty Officer of the Navy | (n/a) | Sergeant-Major of the Army | Chief Warrant Officer of the Aerospace Force | |
OR-9D | Fleet Chief Petty Officer | Sergeant-Major of Marines | Command Sergeant-Major | Command Chief Warrant Officer | Sergeant-Major of the Realm |
OR-9C | Squadron Chief Petty Officer | Sergeant-Major of Higher Formation | Chief Warrant Officer of Higher Formation | Provincial Sergeant-Major | |
OR-9B | Division Chief Petty Officer | Base Sergeant Major | Base Chief Warrant Officer | Regional Sergeant-Major | |
OR-9A | Chief Petty Officer | Chief Warrant Officer | |||
OR-8 | Master Petty Officer | Master Warrant Officer | District Sergeant-Major | ||
OR-7 | Petty Officer 1st class | Warrant Officer | Sergeant-Major of Police | ||
OR-6B | Petty Officer 2nd class | Master Sergeant | Flight Sergeant | Staff Sergeant | |
OR-6A | Petty Officer 3rd class | Staff Sergeant | Technical Sergeant | ||
OR-5B | Master Seaman | Sergeant | Sergeant | ||
OR-5A | Senior Leading Seaman | Master Corporal | Senior Technician | ||
OR-4 | Leading Seaman | Corporal | Technician | Corporal | |
OR-3 | Able Seaman | Lance Corporal | Junior Technician | Lance Corporal | |
OR-2C | Ordinary Seaman 1st class | Private 1st class | Airman 1st class | Senior Constable | |
OR-2B | Ordinary Seaman 2nd class | Private 2nd class | Airman 2nd class | Constable 1st class | |
OR-2A | Apprentice Seaman | Private 3rd class | Airman Apprentice | Constable 2nd class | |
OR-1 | Seaman Recruit | Private Recruit | Airman Recruit | Recruit |
Rank equivalencies and explanations
Several ranks within the UKINDF have different names dependent upon the branch of service or duties performed. There are a plethora of titles based on the generic rank structure for the junior ratings (e.g. Leading Artificer) in the Royal Isselmere-Nieland Navy. Indeed, there are so many titles that they, in sum, exceed the scope of the present document.
Within the Royal Isselmere-Nieland Marines and the Isselmere-Nielander Army, there are likewise differences in rank-titles within each branch of service. These latter are presented above. Please note that in the Marines, a first and second class Private is referred to as "Marine".
Qualification insignia
Pilot’s Wings
Navigator/Weapon Systems Officer Wings
Paratrooper’s Wings
Submariner’s Badge
Uniform Systems Designation Scheme
E refers to electronics, G to guns (20mm and up), M to guided weapon systems and remotely piloted vehicles, O to ordnance (bombs, charges, fuses, shells, etc.), and R to rockets (i.e., ground-to-space vehicles).
System prefix
Precedes the First Letter, followed by a slash.
Environment (O)
- A = Air (O)
- C = Captive training (M)
- D = Inert training round (M/O/R)
- L = Artillery (O)
- M = Missile or rocket (O)
First letter
Installation (E/G), Launch environment (M), System designator (O/R)
- A = Crewed aircraft or UAV (E); Air (G/M)
- B = Aerospace combined (E/G/M)
- C = Cryptographic (E)[1]
- D = Pilotless aerial vehicle (Drone, missile, rocket; E)
- E = Fixed ground (E/G/M)
- F = Mobile ground (E/G/M)
- G = General purpose (E/G/M)
- H = Runway launched (M) or silo stored (G/M)
- I = Instrumentation (E)
- J = General utility (E/G); Multiple (M)
- K = Amphibious (E)[2]
- M = Surface watercraft (E/G/M)
- N = Combined watercraft (Surface and sub-surface; E/G/M)
- O = Ordnance (O)
- P = Pack or individual portable (E/M)
- R = Rocket (R)
- S = Space or aerospace (E/G/M)
- T = Ground transportable (E/G/M)
- U = Mobile underwater (Submarine; E/G/M)
- V = Ground vehicle (E/G)
- Z = Vehicle-to-missile/drone datalink (E)
Second letter
Type (E/G/O), Primary mission (M/R)
- A = Invisible light (IR, UV, etc.; E)
- B = Radiological detection, identification, and computation (E); Bomb (O)
- C = Electronic wave and/or signal carrier (E); Cannon (20mm-76mm; G); Transport (M/R)
- D = Display (E); Dual purpose (76mm-155mm; G); Decoy (M); Submunitions dispenser (O)
- E = Computers and processors (E); Electronic countermeasures/electronic support measures (ECM/ESM; M)
- F = Wire or fibre optics (E); Fuse (O)
- G = Heavy artillery (155mm-up; G); Ground attack (M); Guidance unit (O)
- H = Interphone or public address (E)
- I = Aerospace intercept (M)
- J = Electromechanical (E)
- K = Telemetering (E)
- L = Countermeasures (E/O); Launch detection and surveillance (M)
- M = Armament (E); Munition (O)
- N = Sound in air (E); Navigation (M)
- P = Laser (E); Flare (O)
- Q = Underwater acoustics (E)
- R = Radar and/or radio (E)
- S = Special (Magnetic, etc.) or multiple type (E); Space support (R)
- T = (Wire) telephone, telegraph, or teletype (E)
- U = Underwater attack (G/M)
- V = Visual, visible light (E)
- W = Weather (E/M); Warhead (O); Weapon support (R)
- X = Scientific and/or calibration (E/M)
- Y = Telecommunications (Television, facsimile, etc.; E)
- Z = Secure communications (E)[5]
Third letter
Main purpose (E), Firing mechanism (G), Vehicle type (M/R), Fuse Type or Guidance (O)[3]
- A = Auxiliary assembly (E); Automatic (G)
- B = Bombing (E); Bomb (M)[4]; Bathythermographic or bathymetric (O); Booster (R)
- C = Communications (E); Chemical (O)
- D = Direction finding, reconnaissance, and/or surveillance (E); Inert (O)
- E = Ejection and/or release (E)[5]; Electro-optical (O)
- F = Launcher (E)[6]; Countermeasure flare (O)
- G = Fire control or searchlight direction (E)
- H = Recording and/or reproducing (E)
- I = Informatics (E)
- J = Directed energy (Laser, etc.) (G/O)
- K = Component (E)
- L = Management, maintenance or test (E); Launcher (O)
- M = Guided ordnance or remotely piloted vehicle (M)
- N = Navigation aid (E); Inertial monitoring unit or global positioning satellite system (O)
- O = Manual (G)
- P = Piloting aid or automatic flight (E); Propellant charge (O)
- Q = Special or combination (E); Multispectral countermeasure (O)
- R = Receiving or passive detection (E); Rocket (M); Radar proximity (O)
- S = Search (Detection, range and bearing; E); Satellite (M/R); Stabilisation units (Conical fin assemblies, etc.; O)
- T = Transmission (E); Torpedo (M)
- U = Surveillance (detecting and tracking) and fire and/or air control (E); Unit (I/O)
- V = Electrothermal chemical or electromagnetic (G)
- W = Weapon or remote control (M/O)
- X = Identification and recognition (E); Chaff (O)
- Z = Secure system (E)[5]
Model number
For electronics, model number is sequential following from the first two category listings, such as AR- or MR-. For decoys, missiles, bomb guidance systems, remotely piloted vehicles (not semi-autonomous uncrewed vehicles), and torpedoes, all are listed sequentially in accordance with the Defence Procurement Agency (DPA)-assigned Guided Weapon System (GWS) number. Ordnance is listed either in accordance with the weight of the device (bombs) or its diameter (shells).
Version indicator
Modification number
Suffix
- T = Training (E/O)
Further suffixes
For bombs
Listed as follows:
- B = ballute retarded
- G = general purpose (unless L is more appropriate)
- L = low drag
- P = penetrator
- R = retarded
Vehicle Designation System
Army and Royal Marine ground vehicles are typically refered to by their Logistics Number (i.e., Lxxx, such as the L21BT Kodiak main battle tank). The Vehicle Designation System is reserved for uncrewed vehicles and aircraft.
Type Prefix
D precedes all other vehicle types.
- B = Aerospace
- D = Uncrewed vehicle (UAV, UGV, UOV, USV, UUV)
- H = Rotorcraft
- L = Ground vehicle[7]
- M = Surface watercraft[8]
- N = Mixed marine (Surface-submarine, etc.)[8]
- S = Space
- U = Underwater[8]
Master Designator
May occur in strings of three letters, with the most significant role appearing first.
- A = Attack*
- ADS = Air defence suppression (Superseded by EF for electronic fighter)
- AEW = Airborne early warning and control
- B = Bomber
- C = Transport
- D = Director of uncrewed vehicles
- E = Electronic (Communications, countermeasures, detection, surveillance)
- F = Fighter
- G = Ground attack
- HEW = Heliborne early warning
- M = Maritime patrol
- MC = Mine clearance**
- NC = Nuclear reactor support**
- R = Reconnaissance
- S = Strike (Nuclear-capable attack aircraft or heavy attack aircraft)
- T = Trainer
- U = Utility
- W = Weather reconnaissance
(*Typically reserved for naval aircraft.)
(** Typically reserved for uncrewed vehicles.)
References
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UKINDF logo | |
Branches of service | |
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Naval Service Royal Navy Royal Marines | |
Army | |
Aerospace Service Royal Air Force Orbital Defence Force | |
Strategic Defence Force | |
Royal Gendarmerie | |
Leadership | |
Headquarters | Daurmont, UKIN |
Commander-in-Chief | King Henry V |
Minister of Defence | |
Chief of Defence Staff | |
Personnel | |
Available for military service | 1,412,964,593 (males & females 15-49 y.o., est. 2007) |
Fit for military service | 989,075,215 (males & females 15-49 y.o., est. 2007) |
Reaching military age annually | 29,146,181 (males & females 15-49 y.o., est. 2007) |
Military age | 18 y.o. |
Total personnel | 72,644,046 |
Labour Force | 2.225% |
Expenditures | |
Budget | $28.228 billion USD (est. 2007) |
Percent of GDP | 6.11% |
Industry | |
Domestic suppliers | Isselmere-Nieland Defence Industries |
History | |
History of Isselmere-Nieland | |
Ranks and insignia |
Topics on Isselmere-Nieland | ||
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