Talk:Office of the National Army (Faneria)

The Office of the National Army is one of the eight major Offices of Faneria's government, and oversees the armed forces of the Republic. The Office itself is an administrative and mixed military and civilian organization, while actual operations are planned and performed by its component Bureaus. In Fhainnin nomenclature, the Army covers the entirety of the armed forces, leading to some confusion between the Army and the Land Bureau, the latter of which is the land army of Faneria. The Office of the Army responds primarily to the Director of the Republic outside of disaster situations where units are delegated to local authorities or subordinated to the Office of State Security.

Office of the National Army of the Republic
Íoclann na Fyddin Naiseanta
Motto	Unified, we are Unbreakable
Founded	12 March, 1906
Service branches	Land Army Bureau (Fhainnin Army - redirects) Naval Bureau (Fhainnin Navy) Aerospace Bureau (Fhainnin Air Force) Strategic Bureau (Fhainnin Strategic and Special Forces)
Headquarters	National Army Central Complex, Oirthidun
Website	www.arm.gov.fh
Leadership
Director	Cían Walaerin
Secretary of the Army	Delyth Guair
Manpower
Military age	19-42, 25-60 for off-field officers
Conscription	Conscription of all able-bodied adults begins at 18, with a two-week fundamentals course and a five year term in the Reserves. Reservists are called up for six months of paid active duty once during their term. Fitness and mental requirements for the reserves are strict in order to save money and reduce the total number of trainees to a manageable level.
Available for military service	82,475,947, age 15–49
Fit for military service	27,534,938, age 15–49
Active personnel	959,124 (ranked 8th)
Reserve personnel	5,817,866
Expenditures
Budget	512.6 Billion Thalers
Percent of GDP	13.7% (2025)
Industry
Domestic suppliers	List Sethsport Shipyards United Madrat Motor Design Connsdun Institute of Aviation 103 Bragadt Military-Industrial Lyuqusoa Werthwr Stàilinobaer Faena Chemical-Electric Luthair National Munitions General Computer Design Fhainnin National Heavy Arms Foundry Fhainnin National Armor Plant General Lensing General Airworks MacAersk Defense Cranwyrth Tactical
Foreign suppliers	List Oscha Aerospace (the Cape) BDS Solutions (Caphiria) Valorica Marine (Cartadania) Aullen Field Works (Urcea)
Related articles
Ranks	Ranks and Insignia of the Fhainnin Army

Culture

Traditions and Holidays

The two major military holidays, aside from each branch's personal Day, are Revolution Day (date) and Founding Day. Revolution day marks the death of Rih ________ on (date), while Founding Day is April 23rd, the day of the formal ceremony in 1910 that instated the RPA as the official military of the Fhainnin Popular Republic. Revolution Day is also a general holiday for the country, and is marked with parades and celebrations that extend to military installations outside of combat operations areas.

Training and Sourcing

Training for skills and jobs in the Army is highly organized, with a wide variety of dedicated schools for officers, engineering, basic training, and dozens of mission profiles and specializations being operated by the Army, often in conjunction with state-owned colleges or coordinated with private enterprises. Staff in the state-run schools are typically employed by the ONA, but are considered civilians rather than military personnel unless they also hold a military rank.

Procurement for the military is often done through the use of state-owned production and RnD teams supported by materials, skilled labor, and cooperatives from the private sector rather than direct purchasing from public or private military corporations directly, although the military is not above using purchased equipment outside of the electronics sector. This has created a situation where the private sector does much of the work in parts production and design, which is then filtered through state-controlled enterprises for assembly and testing to reduce the final cost of equipment. State-owned companies also frequently have what are referred to as 'cooperative parallel relationships' with private companies, trading personnel for cross-training, doing collaborative RnD work, and creating a list of companies that the state does not directly own but operate intimately with the state defense industry.

Structure

Army Land Bureau

Main Article: Army Land Bureau (Faneria)

The Land Bureau is the primary combat branch of the Army, and fields its own transport aircraft and transport/support helicopter and combat drone wings.

Army Aerospace Bureau

Main Article: Army Aerospace Bureau (Faneria)

The Aerospace Bureau manages land-based fixed-wing and other plane-centric aviation duties with a considerable degree of overlap with the Naval Bureau. It also theoretically manages out-of-atmosphere operations, though this has never been required.

Army Naval Bureau

Main Article: Army Naval Bureau (Faneria)

The Naval Bureau manages the maritime forces of the Army, including coast guard duties, amphibious assault, and naval aviation.

Army Strategic Bureau

Main Article: Army Strategic Bureau (Faneria)

The Strategic Bureau directly interacts with the civilian government, plans joint operations,

Army Logistics and Procurement Bureau

Main Article: Army Logistics and Procurement Bureau (Faneria)

The Logistics and Procurement Bureau is responsible for order and purchase of equipment on request by the other Bureaus of the Army, as well as overseeing state RnD efforts and parts of base maintenance. It also is responsible for fielding Rdedicated supply units for deployments of large formations.

Personnel and Resources

Rank Structure

Land Force	International Equivalent	Rank	CO and Attendant CO Ranks	Insignia					Average Full Staff	Composition	Abbreviation and Standardized Designation
		Man at Arms
Cith (Eng. Friends/fireteam)		Corporal	Sgiobair-Leift. or Corporal, Man-At-Arms or Corporal						4-6
Sgibo (I)	Squad (*)	Sgiobair-Leift.	Sgiobair, Sgiobair Leift.						10-15		1st Sgibo
NM Tastel (II)	Platoon (***)	Sgiobair	Captaen, Serdeant						75	The fundamental purpose-based unit; these comprise the entire structure of a Catalion or Ceitern and Bragadt.
NM Catalion (O)	Company (I)	Captaen-Leift.	Ardcaptaen,Leiftenant						225-300	An intermediate unit; Catalionn are primarily used in support roles or as command units in Bragadts and Rhon.	1st BGT TG1 TS1
		Captaen
NM Ceitern (OO)	Battalion or Regiment (II or III)	Ardcaptaen	Leift. General (also referred to as General-Ceiterna), Quartermaster-Ceiterna, Leift. Ceiterna, Hospitaller-Ceiterna						900	Composed entirely of Tastel, one of which is a command unit. A 'full' standard mixed-role unit contains nine hundred men in 12 tastels (Command, 3 infantry, scouts, armor, artillery,anti-air, engineering, maintenance, supply, medical evacuation/field hospital). Artillery, anti-air, engineering, and battlefield medical functions are typically performed at this level.	1.1 BGT TG1
Bragadt (X)	Brigade (X)	General-Leift.	General-Bragorra, Quartermaster-Bragorra, Leift. Bragorra, Hospitaller-Bragorra						3525	Typically composed of a total of 47 Tastel - one command and one helicopter unit, support staff, and 36 Tastels organized into constituent Ceitern. Artillery assets may be reallocated across the Bragadt when needed by the General-Bragorra, while the Bragadt itself has additional rear-line anti-air functions. Military Police, signals units, and air support operate at this level or higher. Support Tastels outside of Ceiternn are: Bridging Engineering, military police, helicopter support, anti-air, quartermaster supply, ordinance supply, maintenance, signals, field hospital, and rear line engineering.	1.1 BGT
Rhon (XX)	Division (XX)	General-Ceiterna	General-Rhonorra, Quartermaster Rhonorra, Leift. Rhonorra. Hospitaller-Rhonorra						18300	Typically composed of four Bragadts with several support Catalionn: Command, Quartermaster-supply, Rhon Anti-Air, Medical, MP, Ordinance-supply, Rhon-maintenance, 4 general supply, helicopter support, helicopter transport, and signals. Air units are often attached at this level.	1st RHN
Front (#)	Corps (XXX)	General-Bragorra	General, any lower general rank, typically Bragorra						39600 +	Composed of two or more Rhon with several support Catalionn: Command, Quartermaster-supply, Rhon Anti-Air, Medical, MP, Ordinance-supply, Rhon-maintenance, two or more general supply, and signals.
Army Central Command		General-Rhonorra	Marshal, Quartermaster-General, Hospitaller-General, General-Militant						varies
		General of the Army
		Marshal
		Appellation
		Hospitaller
		Combat Specialist
		Support and Supply, Quartermaster
		Aeronaut
		Quartermaster
		Tankist
		Artillerist
		Engineer, Mapping
		Kitchen
		Sailor
		Quartermaster-Leift.
		Quartermaster-Ceiterna
		Quartermaster-Bragorra
		Quartermaster-Rhonorra
		Quartermaster-General
		Quartermaster of the Army
		Hospitaller
		Corporal-Hospitaller
		Captain-Hospitaller
		Hospitaller-Ceiterna
		Hospitaller-Bragorra
		Hospitaller-Rhonorra
		Hospitaller-General of the Army

Tascghrúp

Ghrúpcaptaen

Man-at-Arms, Corporal, Sgiobair-Leiftenant, Sgiobair, Serdeant, Captaen, Leiftenant, Ardcaptaen, Quartermaster-Ceitern, Leiftenant Ceitern, Hospitaller-Ceitern, Leift. General, Quartermaster-Bragorra, Leift. Bragorra, Hospitaller-Bragorra, General-Bragorra, Quartermaster-Rhonorra, Leift. Rhonorra, Hospitaller-Rhonorra, General-Rhonorra, General, Quartermaster-General, Hospitaller-General, Marshal

All COs are technically considered officers in the Fhainnin rank structure, and non-officers are referred to as Men-at-Arms. Any soldier can theoretically attain the rank of Captaen, though this typically is reserved for officer training school candidates and higher ranks require such training as a prerequisite. Appointments to the ranks of Lft. General and higher almost always require appropriate political leanings and specialized schooling in addition to the demonstrated competence and leadership qualities expected of the upper echelons.

Pay

base pay for a soldier is approximately 30,000 Barra a year for enlisted, 45,000 for lower officers, 60,000 for staff officers, and 140,000 Barra/year for generals before bonuses. Combat awards typically include bonuses of one to ten thousand Barra; campaign medals and ordinary medals do not. Soldiers killed in battle are awarded a year and a half of tax exempt pay to be paid to the willed persons or nearest kin if nobody is selected. Soldiers killed in peacetime for reasons unrelated to existing health issues, disorderly conduct, and suicide are awarded one hundred to one hundred fifty thousand barra over three years. Maimed veterans receive a varying pay of 10-15 thousand Barra per year for fifteen years after discharge, and all combat veterans are entitled to tax-funded mental health services. Veterans and active personnel additionally are additionally exempt from Faneria's railway use tax.

Budget and Development

about 36 billion in salaries (average 37000 barra/26.5k thalers pay, but many bonuses available plus minor pensions)

See Also

• 2:1 Plan
• List of Named Units of Fhainnin Armies

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Naming Conventions for small arms, weapons systems, and ships

SS, CV, CVA, BB, BC, CA, CC, CL, DD, CL, DL, TP, N- (nuclear-powered), M- (missile), C- (conventional)

Additional Ranks - Chaplain, Corps-General, Brigade-General, Division-General, Amry-General, Knight- award prefix, Citizen Militant (conscript)

APC, IFV, MOT, MCH, L-ARM, ARM, H-ARM, AT, SP-AT, AA, SP-AA, R-ART, ART, H-ART, L-ART, SP-ART, SPR-ART, etcetera

CIWS, SAMS (surface-air missile), SSMS, AAMS, IMGS (machine gun)

Common system designation example - L-ART Type 2017/1 = mortar, designed 2017, first variant designed in category that year

example 2 - NM-BC 2001-1 #2 - nuclear-powered, missile-equipped heavy cruiser/battlecruiser designed 2001, second of class

859,124 active, 5,117,866 reserve, 36,881 paramilitary = 6,013,871 total

38.4% of pop in eligible age range, 12.82% of total pop in age range and within service parameters

Gantsgun Heavy Engineering

Ladvner Technical Solutions

Hydrus Arms

Spetsford Shipyards United

Seaplane Carriers

Carrier Conversions

Airships

Submarines

Submarine Carriers

Command (Field Command, Installation Command, Central Command):

Quartermaster (Logistics, Supply and Procurement):

Labor (Transport, Engineer Support):

Signals/Intelligence (Communications, Electronic Warfare):

Engineering (Bridging, Mine Warfare, Ordinance and Demolitions, Technical, Labor):

Infantry (Light, Mot, Mech):

Artillery (Field, SP, Missile SP):

Armor:

Recon (Cav, Mot Cav, Mech Cav):

Medical (Hospital, Field Hospital, Mortuary, etc.):

Special (Chemical, Nuclear, Military Police, Law):

Organization

Standard Unit Types:

Infantry: Light, Motorized/Mechanized, Garrison

Armor: Light, Normal

Artillery: Light, Field, Self-Propelled, Anti-Air Field, Anti-Air Self Propelled, Field Rocket, Self-Propelled Rocket, Self Propelled Missile, Anti-Tank Field, Anti-Tank Self-Propelled

Support: Hospital, Logistics/Quartermaster, Signal, Headquarters, Engineering, Ordinance, Recon (Cavalry, Motorized Cavalry, Air Cavalry)

Generally speaking, a Rhon will be marked as Infantry, Armor, or Support, with Infantry and Armor Rhonn containing their own support Bragadts, Catalionn, and Cuartoris; a Support Rhon is composed of several identical noncombat Bragadts with additional support units under a more robust command staff to support local Chorp operations as required. In some cases, additional combat support formations (i.e. Recon or Ordinance) may be attached temporarily to a Rhon or even to a Bragadt within a Rhon - for example, an ad-hoc formation created to counter an armored advance may be assigned an entire anti-tank Catalion per frontline Bragadt in addition to or instead of the one assigned under direct Rhon command, tripling or quadrupling the usual anti-tank armament of the formation as a whole (assuming full staff and supply).

Medical, Signals, and other support formations typically are grouped into Cuartori or at most Bragadt, but normally these personnel are distributed throughout the larger formations they serve with to fulfil their roles directly. Proper formations of these may be grouped into information centers, field or proper hospital units, etc.

Unit types:

HQ (HQ): covers command and bureaucratic units.

Infantry (X): variants include light infantry, mot/mech infantry (x with box), mountain (x, filled bottom), air drop (x, filled top), and marine units (anchor).

Recon (/): variants include horse recon (slash), wheeled (slash, boc, and bottom dots) and tracked recon (slash, block, and bottom line)

Armor (box): variants include light armor (box) and line armor (box with vertical middle line), plus miscellaneous armored wheeled (box with bottom dots) or tracked (box with bottom line) units

Artillery (dot): variants include field guns (dot), self-propelled artillery (dot with box), mortars (x with top tot), and aa guns (self-propelled - dot, box, up-chevron -, static - dot, up chevron -, and missile - up chevron, up triangle)

field (box with and self-propelled missile or rocket (box with down chevron and middle dot)

field missile

sp-missile (

Engineering (E): covers units handling ordinance and bomb disposal, general combat engineering, and construction planning.

Quartermaster (Q): covers supply and logistics bureaucratic units.

Military Police (MP: covers policing and courts units.

Labor and Supply (shovel): covers construction and supply line units.

Maintenance (wrench): covers equipment management units

Hospital (+): covers combat medical personnel, field and rear hospitals, mortuary units, and specialist units such as dental, radiological, etc.

Signals (connection symbol): covers military intelligence, electronic warfare, radio and other communications methods, counterintelligence and other units.

The Army is generally organized into Infantry, Armored, and irregular Rhon and smaller units. As of 2020, these were:

• 39 Infantry Rhon (18 organized into the Chorps structures, 21 'free')
• 9 Armored Rhon (all organized into the Chorps structures)
• 31 Support Rhon (27 organized into the Chorps structures, 4 'free')
• 1 Marine Rhon, 1 Air Drop Rhon, 1 Special Service Rhon, 2 Light Infantry Rhon
• several independent smaller units, typically recruitment, training, and armory/base permanent garrisons

Of these units, the majority of them (9 Armored, 18 Infantry, and 27 Support) are organized into three field armies, each formed of three combat Chorps of one armor and two infantry Rhon and one logistical Chorps of three Support Rhon. Generally, one support Rhon shadows each combat Chorps on campaign.

Of the remaining units, 16 of the remaining infantry Rhon and two of the Support Rhon act as semi-permanent garrisons around the metropole. One infantry Rhon is based in the colony of Mharnsgate, and the remaining two Support and four Infantry Rhon are deployed as-needed. The nonstandard units (marines, paratroops, Special Services, and various military police, intelligence, and minor task forces) are generally split into constituent parts and attached as needed to other units.

Field Service Military Units

Unit	Symbol		Formation Roles	Formation Sizes
Infantry (Light)			frontline combat, frequently garrison duties
Infantry (Motorized)			frontline combat
Infantry (Mechanized)			frontline combat
Infantry (Air Drop)			frontline combat, paradrop landing
Infantry (Mountain)			frontline combat, rough terrain fighting
Infantry (Marine)			frontline combat, shore landing
Infantry (Mortar)			frontline combat, light artillery support
Artillery (Surface-to-Surface, Field)			combat support, infantry support
Artillery (Surface-to-Surface, Self-Propelled)			combat support, mobile infantry support
Artillery (Surface-to-Surface, Field, Missile/Rocket)			combat support, static specialist artillery
Artillery (Surface-to-Surface, Self-Propelled, Missile)			combat support, specialist artillery
Artillery (Anti-Air, Field)			combat support, conventional antiair
Artillery (Anti-Air, Self-Propelled)			combat support, mobile anti-air
Artillery (Anti-Air, Field, Missile)			combat support, static antiair
Artillery (Anti-Air, Self-Propelled, Missile)			combat support, specialist antiair
Artillery (Anti-Armor, Field)			combat support, antitank defense
Artillery (Anti-Armor, Self-Propelled)			combat support, tank hunting
Artillery (Anti-Armor)			combat support
Recon (Horse)			intel and maneuver
Recon (Car/Motorcycle)			intel and maneuver
Recon (Tracked)			intel and maneuver
Recon (Air)			intel and light air support
Armored (Car)			combat support, infantry support
Armored (Tracked)			frontline combat and maneuver, infantry support
Armored (Light)			frontline combat and maneuver
Armored (Line)			frontline combat, anti-armor,
Air (Anti-Air)			air intercept
Air (General Purpose)			air intercept, ground support
Air (Tactical Support)			tactical bombing
Air (Heavy Support)			strategic bombing or transport
Engineer
Labor and Supply
Signals
Military Police
Quartermaster
Medical
Headquarters

Standard Chorp: Composed of one Headquarters Cuartori, three combat Rhon, and one support Rhon. Other units are usually attached at this organizational level for specialized tasks.

Standard Combat Rhon:

Standard Support Rhon:

Air Service Catalionn: Composed of a Pilot/Technical Cuartori and a logistical Cuartori; 400 men in total typically operating anywhere from 4-40 aircraft depending on type.

Air Supply Bragadt: Composed of one Headquarters Cuartori, one medical Cuartori and a logistics Catalion; 1000 men in total commanding and supporting 2-6 Air Service units.

Army Marine Rhon:

Army Air Drop Rhon:

===Standing Units===

Army Central Command:

Basic Training Rhon:

Specialist Training Rhon:

Reserve Coordination Bragadt:

1. Army: Composed of one Headquarters Cuartori and five standardized Chorps, all of which are mechanized/motorized with tank elements. Attached are two of the Army Special Services' four Catalionn, five Air Supply Bragadts, and eighteen Air Service Catalionn.

2. Army: Composed of one Headquarters Cuartori and five standardized Chorps, one of which is mechanized with tank elements and four of which are motorized. Attached is one of the Army Special Services' four Catalionn, four Air Supply Bragadts, and fifteen Air Service Catalionn.

3. Army: Composed of one Headquarters Cuartori and three standardized Chorps, two of which are motorized and one which is not properly motorized.

Army Special Service HQ and 1st Catalion

Army Marine Rhon:

Army Air Drop Rhon:

Army Garrison/Reserve Coordination Bragadts: Composed of one Headquarters Cuartori and eighteen Bragadts, each including one Headquarters Cuartori, one nonstandard infantry Catalion (which may have anti-aircraft, anti-tank, or other assets depending on placement on a military base or in a city), and one logistical Catalion.