Space Union's Military
The Space Union Military is the military branch of the government that defends the nation from foreign and domestic violence and invasions. Founded after the unification of Space Union, the Space Union military is considered quite powerful for its size and its training of its soldiers and officers. It is always on alert and is ready to defend the nation at a moments notice, with active guarding of the shorelines and patrols of the coastline with air, naval, and ground assets. It also has a secondary mission of serving as policemen domestically if a crisis occurs or as helpmen if a natural disaster or attack occurs where people need to be evacuated or saved.
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Breakdown/Introduction/Mission:
The Space Union military is the defense force that protects the Space Union homeland while also engaging enemy threats abroad where nessessary. It is a large, professional organization that ensures that Space Unionist can go to sleep safetly at night. It is an all-volunteer force that continues to allow the Space Union military to keep its size and not force any conscription in the near future. The Space Union military is broken down into five components: the Space Union Army, the Space Union Navy, the Space Union Air Force, the Space Union Marines, and the Space Union Coastal Guard. Each section is considered to be an independent branch and therefore elects its own Chief-of-Staff, though Marines and the Coastal Guard still are under naval jurisdiction so this does not apply to them. This gives it the flexibility to ensure it can follow Space Union's doctrine and policies, correctly.
Space Union Army:
The Space Union Army is the ground force segment of the Space Union military. It is responsible for protecting the nation from ground invasions while also carrying out ground campaigns against enemy states and threats. It is a professional, all-volunteer force that is comprised of three Theaters. It currently is around 20 million personal altogether. This makes it the largest branch in the Union military. In terms of budget, it receives around 20% of the budget from the overall military budget, making it the smallest in terms of spending. But still, this does not prevent it to be one of the most advanced equipped armies in the world. It gets most of its military gear from the Isselmere corporation of Isselmere Motor Works (IMW). This has allowed the Space Union military to be a match for any army, though, it designs its own main battle tanks for itself along with other units.
The Space Union Navy is the branch of the military responsible for protecting Space Union's homeland from naval invasions along with protecting its assets. These assets can range from commercial shipping to resource tankers. It is an all-volunteer force that is compromised of over 10,000 ships alone and allows Space Union to be a naval power for its population. The navy focuses around the doctrine of flexibility and air power, being the first at a scene in the world and launching the opening campaign. It is able to do any mission in the world, ranging from enforcing air superiority to controlling the sea to using its Marines to control the ground till the Army arrives. This has made it dubbed the "Complete Branch" because of its ability to fight on any element and not only on the water. The Space Union Navy receives around 35% of the military budget and therefore gives it access to almost any equipment in the world. The main provider of its naval needs is Portland Iron Works, a corporation based in Space Union's close ally, Sarzonia. Known for its quality ships, Portland Iron Works wins almost every naval contract the Space Union Navy hands out.
Space Union Air Force:
The Space Union Air Force is the branch of the military responsible for controlling the sky and enforcing Space Union's air power. It's doctrine is to ensure air superiority in Space Union airspace along with in campaigns while also protecting commercial and military assets from enemy harm. While many nation's consider the navy or the army their militaries pride, Space Union consideres the Air Force its pride and joy. It is Space Union's most powerful branch and for that reason extremely large, being larger than many nation's air force. It is known that Space Union's Air Force has above 110,000 aircraft in its service alone, while it receives 45% of the budget. Capable of doing its mission with the upmost flexibility and efficiency, it is the branch that wins the war for Space Union with its large fleet of strategic bombers. Space Union Air Force gets almost all of its fleet from Space Union-based SUNACS aerospace giant. This has made it extremely popular in Space Union and therefore why Space Union usually prefers it over the other branches, which buy from oversees and foreign nations.
Budget and Manpower:
The Space Union military is the most funded branch of the government, having 7.5% of the GDP going to it alone. This insures that Space Union servicemen have the most advanced equipment to insure that they return back home alive and to reduce casualties all over. The budget is allocated in the following terms:
- Space Union Air Force - 45%
- Space Union Navy - 35%
- Space Union Army - 20%
This works by mostly most prestigious branch to the least, in the eyes of the population. The Air Force is considered the most important branch of the military and therefore is the main componenet of the Space Union Military Doctrine, which calls upon strategic bombing and complete air dominance in home and foreign skies.
In terms of manpower, the Space Union military has around 50 million personal in it, making it the largest branch of government, indirectly. The military has no conscription and is all-volunteer, though, its soldiers are some of the best in the world, having to endure extreme training, especially the Special Forces.
