National Army Land Forces (Faneria)

The National Army Land Forces (lit. National Land Army) is the ground warfare service of the Office of the National Army of the Republic of the Fhainn. Its primary duties consist of the defense of metropolitan Faneria as well as peacetime support of disaster relief efforts and infrequent peacekeeping duties abroad. The NLA frequently serves as an OPFOR provider for allied nations and Faneria's Naval Infantry Corps.

National Land Army
Fyddin Talmhin Naiseanin
Active	1543 (1543)–present
Country	Faneria
Type	Army
Role	Land Warfare (esp. Maneuver, Sustained, and Combined Arms) Special Forces Operations Martial Law Civil Defense Disaster Response
Part of	Office of the National Army
Headquarters	Army Central Command Center, Oirthidún
Motto(s)	"Peace through Power! Cananach Lives!"
Colors	Red, White, Green
March	"Bloodied Battle Standard"
Anniversaries	Revolution Day (Feb 15) Founding Day (May 9)
Equipment	armor aircraft light vehicles support vehicles
Engagements	Since 1906: Fhainnin Civil War Second Great War Vandarch Canal Crisis Peninsular War Final War of the Deluge
Website	btf.fh
Commanders
Commander-in-Chief	Director Cían Walaerin
Secretary of the Army	Delyth Guair
Marshal	Sean O'Leachan
Aircraft flown
Attack helicopter	.
Cargo helicopter	.
Observation helicopter	.
Trainer helicopter	.
Utility helicopter	.

History

Interwar Reformations

Fhainnin soldiers on drill exercises c. 1931, with the Type 22 Helmet and puttees. Puttees would be doctrinally phased out by 1936, whereas the Type 22 would continue use alongside the Type 34 Helmet.

Postwar Era

As part of conditions of the Second Treaty of Gaoth, the NLA was capped at five hundred thousand active servicemembers until the repayment of war debts to Fiannria was completed. Regardless, the NLA was in no position to continue its level of militarization after the loss of confidence in the military and the NLA in particular during the war, despite the majority of the blame falling on the upper echelons of the officer corps. Throughout the late 1940s and 1950s, the military degraded considerably, and the NLA was almost entirely stripped of funding and left in an anemic state to keep technological development of new systems funded, despite many of these systems only existing in limited numbers to maintain the domestic arms industry.

Organization and Ranks

Order of Organization

The modern NLA consists of several training and support institutions such as attaches to military intelligence services, the various Drill Schools for draftee and specialist training, and permanent logistics units. The maneuver units of the NLA consist of fourteen Rhonann, each of which is based at a regional LAB (Land Army Base). These are:

• 1u Guards Rhon
  • 1-1 Armor
  • 1-2 Armor (R)
  • 1-3 Mechanized (R)
• 8u Guards Rhon
  • 8-1 Mechanized
  • 8-2 Mechanized (R)
  • 8-3 Mechanized (R)
• 11u Rhon 'Culriocha'
  • 11-1 Mechanized
  • 11-2 Mechanized (R)
• 19u Guards Rhon
  • Airmobile
  • Light (R)
• 151u Guards Rhon
  • Mechanized
  • Mechanized (R)
  • Mechanized (R)

• 2u Rhon
  • Light
  • Mechanized (R)
• 4u Rhon
  • Light
  • Light (R)
  • Mechanized (R)
• 6u Rhon
  • 6-1 Armor (R)
  • Mechanized
  • Mechanized (R)
• 22u Rhon
  • Light
  • Light (R)
• 32u Rhon
  • Light
  • Light
• 73u Rhon
  • Armor
  • Mechanized (R)
• 74u Rhon
  • Light
  • Light (R)
• 183u Rhon 'Trout'
  • 183-1 Naval Mechanized
  • 183-2 Naval Infantry
  • 183-3 Naval Infantry
• 210u Rhon
  • Airmobile
  • Airmobile (R)

• Oirthidún LAB (G)
• Teindùn LAB
• Tynoch-Cionhaen LAB (G)
• Geoghegan LAB
• Leighlinbridge LAB (G)
• Mullraen LAB
• Lemybrien LAB
• Kurik LAB
• Bahyrst LAB (G)
• Hazelston-Dunby LAB
• Bridgend LAB
• Caslach LAB
• Cancale LAB
• Rathmire LAB

Of the fourteen, five are given the 'Guards' appellation, descended from the 'Republican Guards' designation given to veteran units in the Fhainnin Civil War and later Second Great War. In modern parlance, these units are retained at full strength, while the remaining units are kept in a state of reserve, with between one-third and two-thirds of their on-paper strength active at a given time in peacetime. An individual Rhon is composed of two to four brigades (bragadtann), which form the actual operational unit for modern operations. These brigades typically have an on-paper strength of six to seven thousand men, or roughly 25-50% larger than a typical occidental brigade. Typically, a given Rhon will be ordered to furbish one of its constituent brigades, which will be combined with other brigades to form task forces for combat operations. In this system, the role of the Rhon as a unit is to act as both a mobilization center and a field training center for its constituent brigades, allowing specialist training of troops depending on the unit's base location.

Installations

In addition to the fourteen Land Army Bases mentioned above, the NLA uniquely operates