Manhattan Prime Department of Defense
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| Rank | 1st President of Manhattan Prime |
| Term of office | 17th March 2005 - Present |
| Predecessor: | None |
| Successor: | None Yet |
| Birthdate | 14th February 1977 |
| Place of Birth: | New Cambridge, Manhattan Prime |
| Profession | Politician, historian |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Languages spoken | English |
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The Manhattan Prime Armed Forces consist of 18.2 million people in uniform (including 6,145,875 support staff).
Manhattan Prime's defence budget equals about 9% of the GDP, and the current size of Manhattan Prime's forces equal about 0.5% of its total population of 3.6 billion.
The current Secretary of Defense under the Cuthbert Administration is Fleet Admiral David Ross.
As Head of State, President Cuthbert is both ceremonial and de facto Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces.
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Alliances
Manhattan Prime is a member of:
- TAPRES – Joined April 2005
- Woodstock Pact – Joined September 2005
- AO alliance ASPIRE – Founder Member, July 2006
Imperial Armed Forces (IAF)
The Imperial Armed Forces (the name is a remnent from MP’s time under the Emperor’s rule) are the ground forces of the Manhattanite Armed Forces. It makes up 85% of the Manhattan Prime Armed Forces and currently has 15,478,500 troops (which includes 4,643,550 support personnel).
- Actual fighting strength - 10,834,950
- Current Ranking Officer – General Andrew Marshall
Known bases (All staffed by 15,000 support staff):
- Camp Jaden
- Camp Jukassa
- Camp Secura
- Camp Fisto
- Camp Katarn
- Camp Thrawn
The Manhattan Navy is the naval wing of the Manhattanite Armed Forces. It makes up 5% of the Manhattan Prime Armed Forces and currently has 910,500 troops (which includes 682,875 support personnel).
- Actual fighting strength - 227,625
- Current Ranking Officer – Admiral Chris Ryan
Vessels are named with the prefix MNS for Manhattanite Naval Ship
Manhattan Prime has traditionally fielded a very small navy and its naval technology and port facilities are quite backward. It has relied on more advanced allied nations for its military technology. Until quite recently the Navy consisted of little more than 10 Patrol Boats and 2 Frigates, all built in Leafanistan, and the navy was kept on a tight budget. The navy’s main focus then was anti-smuggling missions.
The navy was significantly scaled up in October 2005, with the purchase of 5 Holland Class Destroyers and 1 Mahan Class Destroyer Leader from Sarzonia.
A small navy was appropriate and inexpensive whilst Manhattan Prime was a smaller nation, but it is now thought that the naval situation might change soon.
Manhattan Air Force (MAF)
The Manhattan Air Force is the air wing naval wing of the Manhattanite Armed Forces. It makes up 10% of the Manhattan Prime Armed Forces and currently has 1,821,000 troops (which includes 819,450 support personnel).
- Actual fighting strength - 1,001,550
- Current Ranking Officer – General Michael Wilson
Known Airbases (All staffed by 7500 support staff):
- MAF Colville
- MAF Alanbrooke
- MAF Fairfax
- MAF Providence
- MAF Thompson
- MAF Morgan
- MAF Sirius
- MAF McGregor
Imperial Marine Corps (IMC)
Little is currently known about the newly founded Marine Corps.
Current Ranking Officer – General Ross Jackson
Combined Manhattan Intelligence (CMI)
CMI is Manhattan Prime military intelligence branch, and functions like the equivalent of the RL CIA. It includes a Secret Service division, for the protection of the President and the Cabinet.
CMI is sometimes informally known as MI-3, standing for Manhattan Intelligence 3 (The ‘3’ being the three branches of the armed forces it provided intelligence for; Army, Navy and Air Force).
One quirk of MI-3 is that its top 9 operatives are always given the codenames 001-009.
It is regarded as efficient, but critics have attacked its accountability, arguing that a lot of power in grouped into one large organisation, which answers directly to the President and Cabinet.
Head of MI-3 - CLASSIFIED
