CDF twentieth wave

Until further notice, the Community Defence Forces have been largely frozen at the level they were when there were only two billion citizens in Sober Thought, at their twentieth wave of one hundred million population. Only the Naval Service (and troops from the other services assigned directly to it) continues to grow a small amount.

Senior appointments on the Combined Staff

There are nine Grand Marshals on the Combined Staff, of which:

• five are from the CDF Land Service, as Chief of the Defence Staff or Deputy CDS, Chief of the Land Service, and three C staff appointments.
• three are from the CDF Air Service, as CDS or Deputy CDS, Chief of the Air Staff and one C staff appointment.
• one is from the CDF Naval Service, as Chief of the Naval Staff and Flag Officer Shore.

Functionally, the Combined Staff looks like:

Chief of the Defence Staff GOC Grand Marshal Deputy Chief AOC Grand Marshal Chief of the Land Staff GOC Grand Marshal Chief of the Naval Staff FO Grand Marshal Chief of the Air Staff AOC Grand Marshal C-1 Operations AOC Grand Marshal C-2 Security and Intelligence GOC Grand Marshal C-3 Personnel GOC Grand Marshal C-4 Logistics GOC Grand Marshal C-5 Civil Affairs GOC Chief Marshal.

Land Service formation totals

There are ten Land Service Grand Marshals: the Chief or Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff, Chief of the Land Staff, C-2 Security and Intelligence, C-3 Personnel, C-4 Logistics, GOC Expeditionary Army Group, GOC Reinforcement Army Group, GOC Northern Army Group, GOC Central Army Group and GOC Southern Army.

It has the following formations under its command:

Brigade groups

• 5 airborne
• 20 corps armoured (9 ExpedAG, 9 ReinfAG, 2 home defence Army Groups), every 8th Armoured Brigade (Group) is earmarked for a notional or real corps
• 40 corps armoured infantry (3 ReinfAG, 30 HD AGs), every 6th and 7th Armoured Infantry Brigade (Group) is for a corps

Divisions

• 60 Land Service armoured (50 to ExpedAG and ReinfAG, 10 to HD AGs)
• 6 Civil Guard armoured (all in Central Province’s CentAG)
• 20 LS armoured infantry (including 3 to home defence but all of those 0 series divisions)
• 12 CG motor infantry (all in CentAG or Hochelaga and SouthAG)
• 5 airborne (all ExpedAG and 0 series divisions)
• 6 mostly LS mountain, 7 series divisions
• 14 CG mountain (mostly in Thuvia and NorthAG, also 7 series divisions)
• 6 mostly LS light infantry, 6 series divisions
• 6 CG light infantry (all in Hochelaga and SouthAG, also 6 series divisions)
• 14 CG light infantry (mostly in Central Province’s CentAG), also 6 series divisions).

Air corps

Overseas service

Home defence service

Mainly CDF Civil Guard militia formations beefed up with selected CDF Land Service regulars.

All home defence AGs have the following LS formations added to them: 9 armoured division, 4 armoured infantry divisions, 2 armoured brigade groups and 18 armoured infantry brigade groups.

Naval Service

The Naval Service has less strength, fewer personnel and a smaller number of senior officers. It accumulates marshals at the following rate: one Grand Marshal every 7th wave, one Chief Marshal every third wave, one Marshal every wave (starting as Chief of the Naval Staff) and four Vice Marshals every wave (starting as Deputy CNS, FO Coastal Defence Command, FO Sealift Flotilla and FO Combattant Flotilla). Thus, by the 20th wave, it has two Grand Marshals, six Chief Marshals, twenty Marshals and eighty Vice Marshals.

At the higher HQs in Capital Province are one Grand Marshal (Chief of the Naval Staff), 1 Chief Marshal (Deputy CNS), 3 Marshals, 12 Vice Marshals. A Chief Marshal seconded from the Air Service serves at these HQs as the Chief of Naval Aviation/AOC Naval Air Force, and is assisted by other deputised aviators. Naval Service HQ has at its disposal:

• 20 strategic aircraft carriers
• 6 tactical aircraft carriers (added in the 25th through the 30th waves)
• 120 cruisers
• 240 [[destroyers
• 480+ frigates (incrementally added as flagships for corvette task detachments as required)
• 40+ corvettes (incrementally added two per population wave for the Naval Reserve
• 480 submarines
• 180 landing ships
• 60 transport ships (plus one per wave in the first 20 waves and two in subsequent waves serving STaqua and the Naval Reserve)
• 180 supply ships

Post-twentieth wave forces are calculated for the thirtieth wave.

Western Seas Fleet

A Chief Marshal is the Flag Officer Western Seas and has headquarters at Chapeauxdix. There are 1 Chief Marshal, 5 Marshals and 18 Vice Marshals available for assignments ashore and afloat. The fleet has 6 A, 2 E, 40 C, 70 D, 140 or more F, 20 T, 60 L and 60 XOR, along with a variable number of submarines (usually about a hundred).
Operational Fleets Up to six odd numbered fleets from 1st through 19th are available for activation, comprised of mission-appropriate ships and marshals.
Western Seas Air Force AOC Marshal, XO Marshal, two Air Corps afloat

Southern Seas Fleet

A Grand Marshal is the Flag Officer Southern Seas and has headquarters at Johnstown. There are 2 Chief Marshals, 8 Marshals and 34 Vice Marshals available for assignments ashore and afloat. The fleet has 14 A, 4 E, 80 C, 150 D, 260 or more F, 40 T, 120 L and 120 XOR, and typically a few hundred submarines.
Operational Fleets Up to ten odd even numbered fleets from 2nd through 20th are available for activation, comprised of mission-appropriate ships and marshals.
Southern Seas Air Force AOC Marshal, XO Marshal, four Naval Air Corps afloat.

Coastal Fleet

Reports to Coastal Defence Command FO Coastal Fleet (HQ Drewburgh) Chief Marshal, XO Marshal, 4 Vice Marshals

Bristle Island Fleet FO Marshal, XO Vice Marshal, 4 Vice Marshals
6 D, 24 F, 20 K, 36 M, 48 P, 8 XT 6 Frigate TGs Corvette TG with five Corvette TDs Submarine TG with three Submarine TDs Mine Warfare TG with four Mine Warfare TDs Coastal Patrol TG with four Coastal Patrol TDs
Western Coastal Fleet FO Marshal, XO Vice Marshal, 4 Vice Marshals
7 D, 28 F, 20 K, 27 M, 36 P, 6 XT 7 Frigate TGs Submarine TG with three Submarine TDs Corvette TG with five Corvette TDs Mine Warfare TG with three Mine Warfare TDs Coastal Patrol TG with three Coastal Patrol TDs
Southern Coastal Fleet FO Marshal, XO Vice Marshal, 4 Vice Marshals
7 D, 28 F, 22 K, 27 M, 36 P, 6 XT 7 Frigate TGs Corvette TG with five Corvette TDs Submarine TG with three Submarine TDs Mine Warfare TG with three Mine Warfare TDs Coastal Patrol TG with three Coastal Patrol TDs
Coastal Defence Air Force AOC Marshal, XO Vice Marshal
Bristle Island Coastal Defence Air Corps AOC Marshal, 3 Vice Marshals, 2 Air Divisions Western Coastal Defence Air Corps AOC Marshal, 3 Vice Marshals, 2 Air Divisions Southern Coastal Defence Air Corps AOC Marshal, 3 Vice Marshals, 2 Air Divisions

Air Service

The Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff, Chief of the Air Staff, C-1 Operations, Air Officer Commanding Air Defence Command, AOC Strategic Air Command and AOC Army Aviation Command are all Grand Marshals. Major subordinate commands are:

• Strategic Air Force, consisting of twenty Strategic Air Corps in several numbered operational air forces
• Army Air Force, consisting of an Army Air Corps for each of the seventeen field armies
• Naval Air Force, a.k.a. fleet air arm, consisting of one air force each assigned to the Western Seas, Southern Seas and Coastal Fleets