Freethinker Royal Armed Forces
Contents
Introduction
The military of the Freethinker Commonwealth is the Freethinker Royal Armed Forces, established in 1885 at the outset of Freethinker independence. Because the country is considered multitech, it's armed forces have to undertake a wider variety of roles than most other nations, and as such tend to rely on smaller numbers of elite units rather than larger, more general-purpose formations.
The FRAF has five principal branches, though the byzantine layers of organisation and force loyalties tend to prevent any real alignment fully being bought into place, the Army Command, which generally controls all land forces, the Air Force Command, which controls all assets which defend and project airpower including most static missile and AA defences, the Naval Command, which controls all maritime activity, Space Command with a mandate for exoatmospheric operations and the Intelligence Group which has overview of all internal and external intelligence assets.
The Freethinker Royal Armed Forces are generally considered to be a volunteer force, although many minor non-combat roles in some of the services are taken up by citizens completing their National Service. High fitness requirements mean almost all of the frontline infantry and marine units are ghouls rather than humans.
Basic Statistics
Military Budget: US$18,150,240,000,000 (Mt9,166,790,000,000)
Military Branches:
- Army (Freethinker Royal Army, Freethinker Ground Defence Force, Royal Militia Corp, Crown Free Legions)
- Navy (Freethinker Royal Navy, Freethinker Royal Marines, Freethinker Coastguard)
- Air Force (Freethinker Royal Air Force, Freethinker Air Defence Militia)
- Space Command (Freethinker Royal Spaceborne Navy, Freethinker Royal Space Marines, Freethinker Orbital Defence System)
- Intelligence Agencies (Commonwealth National Intelligence Organisation)
Military Manpower:
- Age for Service: Humans: 16 years+, Ghouls: 16 Years+
- Active Military Personnel: ~30,000,000 (male and female, human/ghoul)
- Available Military Personnel: ~4,200,000,000 (male and female, human/ghoul; able-bodied and of military age)
- Military Trained Manpower: ~3,800,000,000(male and female, human/ghoul; compulsory National Service in military setting)
History
See Also: History of The Freethinkers
Rank Structure
Officer Ranks
Enisted Ranks
Commands
Army
Air Force
Space
- Freethinker Royal Spaceborne Navy
- Freethinker Royal Space Marines
- Freethinker Orbital Defence System
Intelligence
Other (Non-Government) Military Forces
There are a number of other military-level forces within the Commonwealth which aren't technically under the auspices of the Ministry of Defence. These are listed below for completion of the general Freethinker military capability.
