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The '''Office of the National Army,''' or '''IFN''', 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 [[Seat of the Directorate|Director]] of the Republic outside of disaster situations where units are delegated to local authorities or subordinated to the [[Office of State Security (Faneria)|Office of State Security]].

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==History==

===Forces of Antiquity===

The typical Fhainnin soldier for the first few thousand years of recorded history (known as a ''Ceiternin'') was armed with a sword (''deamhbah''), javelins (''gah''), and various daggers. They generally favored no armor or padded cloth, as tribal tactics focused on skirmishes and ambush over pitched fighting. These troops were organized into rough units collectively referred to as ''Ceiternn'', or warbands, which numbered anywhere from thirty to four hundred men depending on the size of the populations from which they were raised. The leader of each warband was either elected or lead by charisma and was referred to as a ''Ceiternna,'' and responded directly to the commanding noble or official, assuming they themselves were not operating autonomously. Many local bands fought against invading forces both foreign and native without a call to arms, often boiling the distinction between soldiery and highwaymen down to a matter of loyalties.

As Christianity took hold within the country from those foreign settlements which had been established peaceably or lasted in small holds along the coastline, local nobility began to employ professional soldiers in addition to militias. These ''Ardceiterninn'' continued to use javelins and swords, but additionally took up shortbows along with rounded wooden shields and metal armor (most commonly mail coats or lamellar designs copied from Latin and Coscivian designs). Most also trained to fight on horseback as their ''Ceiterninn'' auxiliaries did, largely replacing the mounted skirmishers and relegating peasant troops to foot combat by the tenth century. While not approaching the social prestige or full plate of Latin knights, these soldiers typically fought with similar discipline and pride, earning a reputation as competent bodyguards and cavalry mercenaries throughout Levantia.

===Early Royal Central Army===

The first Kings of the Fhainn fought with essentially the same troops as their ancestors and opponents had for innumerable generations before, and did so successfully. However, the inherent disorganization and decentralization of feudal forces made mobilizing to fight large wars increasingly difficult, and by the fourteenth century, firearms and cannons made organized formations increasingly important.

This central army, supported by Vicarial armies and feudal levies, saw action in numerous wars of expansion after its formation in 1457, from the [[Vandarch War]] to both the First and Second Princes' Wars and until the end of the [[Second Kin War]].

=== Late Royal Army ===

In the late 18th Century and onwards, the Royal Army grew in size greatly as the nobility became increasingly dependent on the Crown for their power, culminating in the loss of their privileges to raise levies independent of the central government in the 1830 Constitution. Units were organized into a Corps system immediately prior to the [[Third Kin War]] along Latin lines, with continuous modernization throughout the rest of the century. COnscription was also introduced in 1840, though the professional troops largely remained nobility. The Royal Army performed well until its disastrous defeat during the [[Fourth Kin War]], during which the entirety of the Third Army Group was cut off from supply and defeated, with the ''Rih'' being taken captive and forced to sign the humiliating First Treaty of Gaoth.

===Modern Day===

- 2004 Reforms

==Structure==

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The IFN is organized into five branches labeled formally as Bureaus similarly to the civilian government. In practice, these sometimes function as their own organizations similarly to any other military, but formally the Army is a one-branch military force. As a result, joint operations are generally conducted with an order of priority of Strategic-Land-Naval-Aerospace-Logistics in order of operational seniority. Most roles relating to air combat share a heavy overlap, resulting in the shared rank system discussed below.

===Branches===

(small pic here) The [[Army Strategic Bureau (Faneria)|Army Strategic Bureau]] oversees theater organization, operational planning, joint missions, doctrinal development, strategic weapons usage, and overallcommand and control of the IFN. It closely operates with the civilian government and is the most politically connected branch.

(small pic here) The [[Army Aerospace Bureau (Faneria)|Army Aerospace Bureau]] manages stationary air defense systems and 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. Many of its personnel are embedded in the naval aviation and transport/low-altitude air support roles directly commanded by the Naval and Land Bureaus.

==Budget==

The IFN receives between 11 and 14% of the spending budget yearly; as of 2027, it received a total of________________ Barra (Talers Figure) annually.

==Personnel==

===Demographics===

The military of Faneria is composed of roughly 82% men and 18% women, with men making up 98% of combat units. Of women in the military, most (76%) primarily serve in the Naval and Logistics Bureaus. Racial makeup is relatively close to that of the country as a whole due to conscription, with a slight underrepresentation of Gothic and Caeric peoples, likely as a result of tensions with [[Caergwynn]] and many Fhainnin Goths having citizenship in [[Hendalarsk]] and/or [[Eldmora-Regulus]], exempting them from service.

===Ranks and Insignia===

===Pay===

Pay is based partly on rank and partly on contract. Typically, a (private) will receive 24,000 Barra a year, with incremental bonuses for ranks and a larger jump in pay for officers and specialists. Soldiers are able to increase their pay through volunteering for reassignment to a combat deployment, completing optional training programs, and surpassing additional requirements on annual fitness and readiness checks. Signing for a five-year service contract as a volunteer counts for a year's additional pay, while a three-year contract carries a 35% annual salary bonus.

Service for a three-year contract after conscription

===Recruitment and Training===

Faneria practices a form of conscription where medically fit men and women between 19 and 22 are called up to serve. Over the course of the four years, every non-exempted draftee will serve for one year. Volunteering is encouraged and forms the backbone of the combat and high-tech units, while conscripts typically fill out support roles and garrison duties to pad out manpower requirements. Serving conscripts are not promoted beyond the rank of ______. Contracts for service come in 3- and 5-year variants, with the 5-year variant having a larger enlistment bonus.

==See Also==

* [[2:1 Plan]]

* [[Haldane Military Drill School]]

* [[List of Equipment of the Office of the National Army]]

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