Royal Isselmere-Nieland Navy

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Royal Isselmere-Nieland Navy
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Ensign
Domestic equivalents1
Anguistian Chablaíc Ríoghabh na hUislíamór-Nhígúlad
Nielandic Konunglegur Isslamensk-Nylenskur Floti
Isselmerian Royle Navy o 'Isslamere-Nieland
Command
State Isselmere-Nieland
Headquarters
Building 		Daurmont
Admiralty House
Secretary of State
Chief of Naval Staff FAdm Sir Alexander Wycombe, First Sea Lord
Establishment
Navy
Fleet Air Arm
1562
1927
Components

Royal IN Navy
Surface Fleet
Fleet Air Arm
Submarine Service
Royal IN Naval Reserve
Royal Isselmere-Nieland Marines
RINM Reserve
Royal Isselmere-Nieland Fleet Auxiliary

Structure
Coastal Defence Force
Littoral Defence Force
Rapid Reaction Force
Strategic Defence Force (Navy)
Personnel

Rank structure

Budget (USD, 2006)
Total
Per capita 		$9.097 trillion
$529,098.47
Percentages
GDP
National budget
3.55%
6.02%
Abbreviations
Navy: RINN (Eng.) / CRUN (Ang.) / KINF (Nie.)
Vessels
—Navy: HINMS2 or HINMB3
—Auxiliary: RINFA
References

1 See Dynamic and formal equivalence.
2 His Isselmerian and Nielander Majesty's Ship or Submarine.
3 His Isselmerian and Nielander Majesty's Boat.

The Royal Isselmere-Nieland Navy (RINN) is the senior service within the United Kingdom of Isselmere-Nieland Defence Forces (UKINDF). With almost 19.5 million personnel and a budget of almost $8 trillion universal standard dollars (USD), the RINN is the best funded and largest component of the UKINDF. With its own air and ground forces — the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) and Royal Isselmere-Nieland Marines (RINM), respectively — the RINN inevitably serves as Isselmere-Nieland's vanguard.

The Admiralty

Overall command of the Defence Forces emanates from the Sovereign, who as head of state is their commander-in-chief, by and with the advice of the Defence Council of the Council of State. Day-to-day administration of the RINN falls to the Minister of Defence and to the Minister of State for the Navy.

The Minister of State of the Navy is the President of the Admiralty Board, the body responsible for the administration of the RINN. As such, the minister of State is known as the First Lord/Lady of the Admiralty. The Board of Admiralty (Admiralty Board) was first established in 1848 following the example of the British Royal Navy. Since 1998, the Admiralty Board consists of the First Lord as well as the five senior-most active officers of the service, styled the Sea Lords.

The First Sea Lord is the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), the serving commander-in-chief. Next in line, the Second Sea Lord is the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) responsible for planning, deployment, and operational training. The Third Sea Lord is the Chief of Naval Resources (CNR) who supervises such diverse matters as personnel, logistics, supply, basing, and procurement, the last in liaison with the Naval Directorate of the Defence Procurement Agency. Expeditionary forces (i.e., the RINM) fall under the jurisdiction of the Fourth Sea Lord, the Chief of Naval Expeditionary Forces (CNEF). Last is the Chief of Naval Air Forces (CNAF), the Fifth Sea Lord.

Organisation

The RINN is founded upon five main branches or components of service divided into several forces that provide an operational focus for their component units. The branches are:

These branches are subdivided into several forces or fleet groups:

Operationally, the RINN presently consists of two navies — the aforementioned Home Navy or Navy of the White, and the Expeditionary Navy or Navy of the Blue. These navies are further divided into fleet groups of two or more fleets, which themselves are subdivided into command groups and two operational squadrons.

Surface Fleet

The Surface Fleet comprises all surface warships in the RINN, from the mighty Europa-class heavy command battleship to the small and swift Crocodile-class littoral combat ship. Its primary purpose is the defence of Isselmere-Nieland's shipping and offshore resources, although in recent years it has begun training for offensive action. The Surface Fleet, along with its support units, is by far the largest contingent of the RINN.

Fleet Air Arm

The Fleet Air Arm (FAA) consists of the RINN's air units, including those attached to the Coastal Defence Force (CDF) and the RINM's Marine Air Service (RINMAS). The FAA is responsible for maritime patrol (MARPAT), aided by Royal Isselmere-Nieland Air Force (RINAF) interceptors and strike aircraft.

Aircraft of the FAA

Submarine Service

The Submarine Service is the umbrella organisation for all of the RINN's submarines. Composed in the main of nuclear attack submarines, the Submarine Service is often detached to serve with surface task groups, but independent submarine divisions perform extensive patrols of the UKIN's exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

The Submarine Service is also the vanguard for the Royal Navy's contingent of the Strategic Defence Force (SDF). Ballistic missile submarines form the largest component of the Navy's part in the SDF, as well as cruise missile submarines tasked with defending against super Dreadnoughts.

Royal Isselmere-Nieland Marines

The RINM is the RINN's army. Consisting of over one-and-a-half million Marines within 101 brigades, the RINM is a massive and potent force to create a bridgehead for the Isselmere-Nielander Army or allied forces. The RINM possesses its own air arm, the Marine Air Service, as well.

Royal Isselmere-Nieland Fleet Auxiliary

In addition to the Surface Fleet is another vital contingent, the Royal Isselmere-Nieland Fleet Auxiliary (RINFA), consisting of the wide assortment of logistics vessels and supporting craft. Although officially labelled as "Auxiliary", the RINN views the RINFA as one of the cornerstones of the UKIN's defence.

Forces

Coastal Defence Force

Personnel: 2,096,391
Aircraft (all types): 21,132
Uncrewed vehicles (all types): 8100

The Coastal Defence Force (CDF) encompasses fixed and mobile coastal defence batteries, land-based maritime patrol (MARPAT) squadrons, and coastal defence and mine countermeasures (MCM) groups. The CDF enforces the UKIN's local maritime claims, such as the United Kingdom's exclusive economic zone (EEZ), as well as policing against offences within Home waters.

Aircraft of the CDF

Littoral Defence Force

Personnel: 1,190,504
Ships (all types): 2605
Aircraft (all types): 2928
Uncrewed vehicles (all types): 8937

Rapid Reaction Force

Personnel: 2,991,336
Ships (all types): 6010
Aircraft (all types): 7895
Uncrewed vehicles (all types): 18777

Strategic Defence Force

Personnel: 429,638
Ships (all types): 1483
Aircraft (all types): 110
Uncrewed vehicles (all types): 7700

The (Navy) Strategic Defence Force (SDF) is one of the components of the Isselmere-Nieland's nuclear deterrence capability. Based around ballistic missile submarines, this force is the most silent of the Silent Service.

Royal Isselmere-Nieland Coast Guard

Personnel: 2,807,532
Ships (all types): 14589
Aircraft (all types): 3987
Uncrewed vehicles (all types): 41838

Officially, the Coast Guard (RINCG) is not part of RINN but of the Ministry of Finance's Directorate-General of Frontier Security. During wartime, the RINCG does fall under the supervision of the RINN.

The Navies

Home Navy

Personnel: 4,902,363
Ships (all types): 9542
Aircraft (all types): 13829
Uncrewed vehicles (all types): 34824

Expeditionary Navy

Personnel: 4,742,378
Ships (all types): 10279
Aircraft (all types): 12129
Uncrewed vehicles (all types): 31799

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.

Chart
Code Ministerial Ranks Sleeve Insignia Epaulettes
Minister of Defence
Minister of State for the Armed Forces
Secretary of State for the Navy, First Lord of the Admiralty
Chief of Defence Staff[1]
CDS
First Sea Lord, Chief of the Naval Staff[2]
FSL, CNS
Code Flag Ranks
OF-10B Grand Admiral of the Navy[3]
GAdm		 Half-band within two bands surmounted by crown
OF-10A Admiral of the Fleet (a.k.a. Fleet Admiral)[4]
FAdm		 Two bands surmounted by crown
OF-9B Admiral[5]
Adm		 Band surmounted by four bars and crown
OF-9A Lieutenant-Admiral
LAdm		 Band surmounted by three bars and crown
OF-8 Vice Admiral
(VAdm)		 Band surmounted by two bars and crown
OF-7 Rear Admiral
(RAdm)		 Band surmounted by bar and crown
OF-6 Commodore
(Cmdre)		 Band surmounted by crown
Code Senior Officers
OF-5 Captain
(Capt [N])		 Four bars
OF-4 Commander
(Cdr)		 Three bars
OF-3 Lieutenant Commander
(LCdr)		 Thin bar within two bars
Code Junior Officers/Subalterns
OF-2 Lieutenant
(Lt [N])		 Two bars
OF-1B Sub-Lieutenant
(S/Lt)		 Bar surmounted by thin bar
OF-1A Acting Sub-Lieutenant
(A-S/Lt or AS/Lt)		 Bar
Code Officer Cadets
OF-D Midshipman
(MIDM; Senior Officer Cadet on first posting)		 Thin bar surmounted by an anchor
SO Ensign[6]
(Ens.; Officer Cadet)		 Thin bar
Code Warrant Officers
OR-10B His Majesty's Warrant Officer of the Defence Forces[7]
(HMWODF)		 Coat of arms encircled by laurel leaves surmounted by crown
OR-10A Chief Petty Officer of the Navy[8]
(CPON)		 Coat of arms encircled by laurel leaves surmounted by stylised rose
OR-9D Fleet Chief Petty Officer[9]
(FCPO)		 Coat of arms encircled by laurel leaves
OR-9C Squadron Chief Petty Officer[7]
(SCPO)		 Coat of arms surmounting Defence Forces symbol
OR-9B Division Chief Petty Officer[7]
(DCPO)		 Coat of arms surmounting crossed swords
OR-9A Chief Petty Officer
(CPO)		 Coat of arms
OR-8 Master Petty Officer
(MPO)		 Crown encircled by laurel leaves
OR-7 Petty Officer 1st Class
(PO1)		 Crown
Code Senior Rates (and Junior Petty Officers)
OR-6B Petty Officer 2nd Class
(PO2)		 Three chevrons, surmounted by crown
OR-6A Petty Officer 3rd Class
(PO3)		 Three chevrons, surmounted by stylised rose or branch symbol
OR-5B Master Seaman
(MS)		 Three chevrons
OR-5A Senior Leading Seaman[7]
(SLS)		 Three chevrons, topmost dark or red
OR-4 Leading Seaman
(LS)		 Two chevrons
Code Junior Rates
OR-3 Able Seaman
(AS)		 Chevron
OR-2C Ordinary Seaman 1st Class
(OS1)		 Stylised rose
OR-2B Ordinary Seaman 2nd Class
(OS2)
OR-2A Seaman Apprentice
(SA)
OR-1 Seaman Recruit
(SR)


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

References

  1. ^  This ranks are granted to one serving commissioned individual within this service. The Chief of Staff is considered the seniormost officer in the service and is themselves subject to the will of the Crown. Persons with this ranks are granted life peerages with the rank of baron.
  2. ^  These ranks were wartime ranks granted to one individual within each service held only for the duration of that person's service. The rank may be rescinded by the state for dishonourable behaviour.
  3. ^  These ranks were wartime ranks that were rarely gifted to serving officers. With the steady expansion of the armed forces, this practice has fallen into desuetude and these former honorary ranks have become comparatively commonplace.
  4. ^  Formerly, OF-9 consisted of a single stratum, but with the expansion of the RINN the new rank of Lieutenant-Admiral, following Dutch naval custom, was established.
  5. ^  Granted to a single person within the UKINDF. Persons retiring with rank of HMWODF are granted the honorific "Honourable" and a stipend to be retained throughout their life whilst in good behaviour.
  6. ^  This rank is granted to one serving enlisted individual within the service. Like persons retiring as HMWODF, persons retiring with this rank are entitled to the honorific "Honourable" and a stipend to be retained throughout their life whilst in good behaviour.
  7. ^ a b c  Appointments rather than "true" rank divisions, but with different insignia and higher starting pay.
Isselmere-Nielander Defence Forces
Ámdhifinnlú na hUislíamór-Nhígúlad
Varnarlið Isslamærar-Nýlands
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Branches of service
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


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