United Republic Armed Forces

The United Republic Armed Forces act as the official constitutional military for the United Republic. The armed forces consists of six service branches: the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard. The president of the United Republic is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces and forms military policy with the Ministry of Defense (MoD), acting as the principal organs by which military policy is carried out. All six armed services are among the eight uniformed services of the United Republic.

The UR Armed Forces are one of the largest military forces in terms of personnel. They draw their personnel from a large pool of paid volunteers. Although conscription has been used in the past, it has not been used since 1953. The Selective Service System retains the power to conscript males, and requires that all male citizens and residents residing in the United Republic between the ages of 18–25 register with the service.

The UR Armed Forces has significant capabilities in both defense and power projection due to its large budget, resulting in advanced and powerful technologies which enables a widespread deployment of the force around the world.

History
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Structure
Under Article II of the UR Constitution, the President is designated as the "Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United Republic, and of the Militia of the several Provinces, when called into the actual Service of the United Republic." The United Republic Armed Forces are under the administrative purview of the Ministry of Defense, serving as the primary cabinet ministry for military affairs.

The military chain of command flows from the President to the Minister of Defense, ensuring civilian control of the military. Within the Ministry of Defense the military departments, the Department of the Army, Department of the Navy, and Department of the Air Corps, are civilian led entities that oversee the coequal military service branches organized within. The military departments and services are responsible for organizing, training, and equipping forces, with the actual chain of command flowing through the unified combatant commands.

The Armed Forces Council, although outside the operational chain of command, is the senior-most military body in the United Republic Armed Forces. It is led by the Chairman of the Armed Forces Council, who is the military head of the armed forces and principal advisor to the President and Minister of Defense on military matters. Their deputy is the Vice Chairman of the Armed Forces Council. Other members include the Chief of Staff of the Army, Commandant of the Marine Corps, Chief of Naval Operations, Chief of Staff of the Air Corps, Chief of Space Operations, the Commandant of the Coast Guard, and the Chief of the Home Guard Bureau. The Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman is the most senior enlisted member in the United Republic Armed Forces.

Leadership of the Armed Forces, to include the President, Minister of Defense, and Chairman of the Armed Forces Council are members of the United Republic National Security Council, which advises the President on national security, military, and foreign policy matters. The National Security Advisor and Deputy National Security Advisor may also be members of the United Republic Armed Forces.

Service Branches
The United Republic Armed Forces is composed of six coequal military service branches, all organized under the Ministry of Defense's military departments.

Army
Main Article: United Republic Army

The United Republic Army (URA) is the land service branch of the United Republic Armed Forces and part of the civilian-led Department of the Army, which is led by the Secretary of the Army. The military head of the U.R. Army is the Chief of Staff of the Army, who is assisted by the Vice Chief of Staff of the United Republic Army and sergeant major of the Army.

The five core competencies of the Army are to conduct:
 * 1) Prompt and sustained land combat
 * 2)     Combined arms operations
 * 3)     Special operations
 * 4)     Set and sustain the theater for the joint force
 * 5)     Integrate national, multinational, and joint power on land

The U.R. Army is composed of the Regular Army, United Republic Army Reserve, and United Republic Army Home Guard. The U.R. Army is organized into four army commands, which conduct the majority of the service's organize, train, and equip functions, ten Army service component commands, which command forces attached to the combatant commands, and twelve direct reporting units. The Army also organizes its personnel into 21 different basic branches.

The four army commands are:
 * United Republic Army Forces Command: Provides Army forces to combatant commanders.
 * United Republic Army Training and Doctrine Command: Recruits, trains, and educates soldiers and develops Army doctrine.
 * United Republic Army Materiel Command: Develops, maintains, and acquires systems and materiel.
 * United Republic Army Futures Command: Modernization and future systems development.

The U.R. Army's field structure is broken into several subdivisions under its commands:
 * : Only used during large scale wars or as part of multinational commands, consist of four to five field armies and 400,000 to 1 million soldiers. Usually responsible for directing campaigns in a certain geographical area and commanded by a general of the army.


 * : Consists of two or more corps or more than four divisions and consists of up to 90,000 soldiers commanded by a general.


 * : Consists of two to five divisions and 20,000 to 45,000 soldiers commanded by a lieutenant general. A corps is the highest level of command that provides operational direction for combat operations, with higher levels concerned with administration rather than operations.


 * : Consists of three to four brigades and 10,000 to 15,000 soldiers commanded by a major general and are subdivided into airborne, armored, infantry, and mountain divisions. Each division conducts major tactical operations and sustained battlefield operations.


 * / / : Consists of two to three battalions and 3,000 to 5,000 soldiers commanded by a colonel. Armored, Airborne and Ranger units are organized into regiments and Special Forces are organized into groups. In 2012, the Army reorganized its brigades into brigade combat teams, which are autonomous modular brigades that most commonly include one combat arms brigade and its assigned support and fire units.


 * / : Consist of four to six companies and consist of up to 1,000 soldiers commanded by a lieutenant colonel. Battalions are organized into combat arms battalions, combat support, and combat service support battalions by unit type. Armored and air cavalry are organized into squadrons. Battalions and squadrons conduct independent operations of limited scope and duration.


 * / / : Consist of three to four platoons and a few dozen to 200 soldiers commanded by a captain. Artillery is organized into batteries and armored and air cavalry units are organized into troops. Companies, batteries, and troops are tactical-sized units that can perform a battlefield function on its own.


 * : Consists of two to three squads and up to 36 soldiers led by a first lieutenant or second lieutenant.


 * : Consists of two teams and four to ten soldiers led by a staff sergeant.


 * : Consists of four soldiers and led by a sergeant or corporal.

Marine Corps
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Air Corps
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Navy
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Coast Guard
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Space Force
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Nuclear Armanents
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