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On December 1 Year 54, Linus and Lucy Military Department Team Captain Marvin Harrison #88 submitted the Long-term Organic Force Augmentation Plan (LOFAP) to Linus and Lucy Starting Quarterback Peyton Manning #18 and Backup Quarterback Jim Sorgi #12, as well as Linus and Lucy Treasury Department Team Captain Adam Vinatieri #4. This document outlines the future expansion plans of the military of The Anti-Dentite Watchmen of Linus and Lucy to a modern, highly-capable, operation-ready fighting force over the next 30-50 years.

Background

At the time the document was released, the authorized strength of the Linus and Lucy military was one army division (of which only approximately 40% had been raised at the time) and five air squadrons. This force was barely sufficient to defend a single beachhead against even a minimally-determined enemy, let alone the entire country against an opponent bent on conquest. Much of this was due to the growing pains associated with a new nation; the government was largely preoccupied with establishing a domestic police force and court system, and the necessary bureaucracy to handle matters of state, to give more than cursory attention to the military. But it was known all along that Linus and Lucy would eventually need more than a token military if it were to successfully pursue its goal of global individualism and capitalist liberty, as well as defend itself against the many collectivist tyrants who were sure to strike out against this threat to their iron-fisted rule. To that end, Starting Quarterback Peyton Manning #18 ordered Military Department Team Captain Marvin Harrison #88 to produce a plan for the future growth of the military.

Overview

The LOFAP gives most of the priority to the Army; all other forces are, ultimately, subordinated to the single aim of taking and holding positions on the ground. Overall, the total strength of Linus and Lucy's direct combat forces are expected to grow from their present size of approximately 70,000 men to a final size of at least 7.2 million (not counting non-combat support units), a 9200% increase.

Army

The Army of Linus and Lucy will gradually be raised to an authorized strength of 55 combat-ready divisions, comprising 5,500,000 combat troops plus the necessary support personnel. In the best-case scenario, if budget and manpower availability constraints allow, this will take place over 20 years beginning no later than Year 60; worst-case plans allow for this to be expanded over a maximum of 45 years. Upon completion of the LOFAP, the Army of Linus and Lucy will consist of the following:

• 10 Light Infantry divisions
• 9 Heavy Infantry divisions
• 8 Armor divisions
• 7 Air Cavalry divisions
• 6 Paratrooper divisions
• 5 Air Assault divisions
• 4 Amphibious divisions
• 3 Artillery divisions
• 2 Mountain divisions
• 1 Special Operations divisions

In the best-case scenario, these units will be created as follows (note that one light infantry division already existed at the time the plan was written; thus, the plan only calls for the creation of nine light infantry divisions even though a total of ten will exist):

• First year of implementation: 1 light infantry division
• Second YOI: 2 light infantry divisions
• Third YOI: 1 light infantry division; 1 heavy infantry division
• Fourth YOI: 2 armor divisions
• Fifth YOI: 1 armor division; 1 special operations division
• Sixth YOI: 2 mountain divisions; 1 armor division
• Seventh YOI: 3 heavy infantry divisions
• Eighth YOI: 3 light infantry divisions
• Ninth YOI: 1 light infantry division; 2 armor divisions
• Tenth YOI: 2 air cavalry divisions; 1 artillery division
• Eleventh YOI: 3 paratrooper divisions
• Twelfth YOI: 1 armor division; 2 amphibious divisions
• Thirteenth YOI: 3 air assault divisions
• Fourteenth YOI: 2 artillery divisions; 1 paratrooper division
• Fifteenth YOI: 3 heavy infantry divisions
• Sixteenth YOI: 2 air cavalry divisions; 1 paratrooper division
• Seventeenth YOI: 1 heavy infantry division; 2 air assault divisions
• Eighteenth YOI: 2 amphibious divisions; 1 air cavalry division
• Nineteenth YOI: 2 air cavalry divisions; 1 paratrooper division
• Twentieth YOI: 1 light infantry division; 1 heavy infantry division; 1 armor division

Should budget or manpower constraints not permit complete adherence to this plan, alterations may be made after the fifth year of implementation. New divisions will be authorized and raised in the same order as in the best-case scenario plan, but may be slowed down to no lower than the rate of one division a year from the sixth through the thirty-fifth year of implementation, and two divisions a year from the thirty-sixth through the forty-fifth year of implementation.

Air Force

The LOFAP calls for the Air Force of Linus and Lucy to expand to a total of 17 Air Groups, totaling 1,700,000 personnel directly involved in combat flight operations (including aircraft flight and ground crews, but not counting non-combat flight crews such as tankers and control aircraft, or other support personnel). These 17 Air Groups will be comprised of nine fighter groups, as well as five bomber groups and three attack groups. In the best-case scenario, the first ten air groups will be authorized and raised at the rate of one new air group every second year for twenty years, and the remaining seven will be authorized and raised at the rate of one per year. Contingency plans allow for the first five air groups to be raised at two-year intervals, and the remaining twelve to be raised at no more than three-year intervals, for a worst-case time span of 46 years. The air groups are to be raised in the following order, so as to give priority to defensive capability:

• Four fighter groups
• One attack group
• Three fighter groups
• Two bomber groups
• Two attack groups
• Three bomber groups
• Two fighter groups

Navy

The LOFAP committee determined that the Navy of Linus and Lucy will need to consist of seven separate fleets to best protect Linus and Lucy's territorial waters while also being able to project force worldwide when needed. As Linus and Lucy does not currently possess a navy, the LOFAP defers authorization and raising of the Navy of Linus and Lucy to not later than fifteen years after the initial implementation of the other parts of the LOFAP. The precise composition of these fleets, as well as the basis for a naval tradition, is expected to be determined in the interim and will be released in the future as a supplement to the LOFAP.

Force Organization

The LOFAP sets the complete organizational scheme for the Army and Air Force of Linus and Lucy, and creates the fleet as the most general organizational level of the Navy of Linus and Lucy. The LOFAP does not create a joint-force organizational hierarchy.

Army Organization

The organizational hierarchy of the Army of Linus and Lucy is as follows:

• Squad: Four Privates, led by a single Corporal
• Platoon: Two squads, led by a Second Lieutenant and assisted by a Sergeant
• Company: Ten platoons, led by a Captain and assisted by a First Lieutenant
• Regiment: Ten companies, led by a Lieutenant Colonel and assisted by a Major
• Brigade: Ten regiments, led by a Brigadier General and assisted by a Colonel
• Division: Ten brigades, led by a Captain General and assisted by a Lieutenant General
• Corps: Two or more divisions, based on operational and strategic requirements, led by a Colonel General and assisted by a Major General
• Army: Two or more corps, based on operational and strategic requirements, led by a General and assisted by a Vice General
• Army group: Two or more armies, based on operational and strategic requirements, led by a Field Marshal and assisted by a Vice Field Marshal
• Army of Linus and Lucy: Entire organizational hierarchy, led by a General-in-Chief and assisted by an Over Marshal

Support units, such as medical or engineer battalions (among others) are attached at the Division level. Headquarters staffs are created and attached at the Regiment level and above.

Corps in the field are responsible for a given local theater of operations within a front, Armies in the field are responsible for a given front, and Army Groups in the field are responsible for a given general theater of operations. In garrison, Corps and Armies are assigned based on training or national-defense requirements, and the Army Group level is not used.

Air Force Organization

The organizational hierarchy of the Air Force of Linus and Lucy is as follows:

• Ground Crew Team: Four Privates, led by a single Corporal
• Ground Crew: Two Ground Crew teams, led by a single Sergeant
• Airframe: Ground Crew, led by a single Second Lieutenant (aircraft pilot). If the particular aircraft type requires a flight crew of more than one man, the remainder of the flight crew consists of additional Sergeants, and possibly Corporals if a hierarchy within the flight crew is needed
• Flight: Ten airframes, eight of which are piloted by Second Lieutenants, one of which is piloted by a Captain (who leads the flight), and one of which is piloted by a First Lieutenant (who serves as the Flight Leader's assistant)
• Squadron: Ten flights, led by a Lieutenant Colonel and assisted by a Major
• Wing: Ten squadrons, led by a Brigadier General and assisted by a Colonel
• Air Group: Ten Wings, led by a Captain General and assisted by a Lieutenant General
• Air Corps: Two or more Air Groups, based on operational and strategic requirements, led by a Colonel General and assisted by a Major General
• Numbered Air Force: Two or more Air Corps, based on operational and strategic requirements, led by a General and assisted by a Vice General
• Regional Air Command: Two or more Numbered Air Forces, based on operational and strategic requirements, led by a Field Marshal and assisted by a Vice Field Marshal
• Air Force of Linus and Lucy: Entire organizational hierarchy, led by a General-in-Chief and assisted by an Over Marshal

Support units, such as medical or engineer battalions (among others) are attached at the Air Group level. Headquarters staffs are created and attached at the Squadron level and above.

Air Corps in the field are responsible for a given local theater of operations within a front, Numbered Air Forces in the field are responsible for a given front, and Regional Air Commands in the field are responsible for a given general theater of operations. In garrison, Air Corps and Numbered Air Forces are assigned based on training or national-defense requirements, and the Regional Air Command level is not used.