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Rachet d'Everard was made Chief of Defence of the [[Yonderian Defence Force]] on January 1st 1956, replacing his old mentor de Caryale. d'Everard took charge of the YDF at the height of the [[Occidental Cold War]], a time of great uncertainty. Because of the New Army agreement that d'Everard had drawn up and the implemenation of which he had overseen, the YDF was now a mechanized and thus highly mobile army of volunteer career soldiers, a turnaround from the previous footslogging conscript infantry army. However, realizing and acknowledging the YDF's limited size compared to that of the Urcean [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal and Imperial Army]], d'Everard sought to establish the YDF as a highly elite mobile force, adept at acting in specialized roles on potential [[LOTA]] deployments while also being able to protect the borders of [[Yonderre]] itself should the need arise. The ultimate result of this was the Yonderian Defence Agreement of 1960, which further emphasised the focus of the New Army agreement on mobility through mechanization. | Rachet d'Everard was made Chief of Defence of the [[Yonderian Defence Force]] on January 1st 1956, replacing his old mentor de Caryale. d'Everard took charge of the YDF at the height of the [[Occidental Cold War]], a time of great uncertainty. Because of the New Army agreement that d'Everard had drawn up and the implemenation of which he had overseen, the YDF was now a mechanized and thus highly mobile army of volunteer career soldiers, a turnaround from the previous footslogging conscript infantry army. However, realizing and acknowledging the YDF's limited size compared to that of the Urcean [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal and Imperial Army]], d'Everard sought to establish the YDF as a highly elite mobile force, adept at acting in specialized roles on potential [[LOTA]] deployments while also being able to protect the borders of [[Yonderre]] itself should the need arise. The ultimate result of this was the Yonderian Defence Agreement of 1960, which further emphasised the focus of the New Army agreement on mobility through mechanization. | ||
As Chief of Defence, d'Everard oversaw and pushed for the introduction of many infantry weapons systems like the MAC mle 58 anti-tank guided missile, ACR mle 66 RPG and AMG-60 armoured personnel carrier, all of which were intended to improve the fighting capability of the comparatively small YDF. d'Everard worked closely with | As Chief of Defence, d'Everard oversaw and pushed for the introduction of many infantry weapons systems like the MAC mle 58 anti-tank guided missile, ACR mle 66 RPG and AMG-60 armoured personnel carrier, all of which were intended to improve the fighting capability of the comparatively small YDF. d'Everard worked closely with [[Grand Duke of Yonderre|Grand Duke]] [[Joanus X de Martigueux]] and the [[Steward of the Realm|Stewards of the Realm]] on Yonderre's military strategy, neatly balancing the figurative tightrope of defensive and offensive capability with a relatively small force. In 1970, at his own request, d'Everard retired from the YDF after nearly 46 years of service, intending to settle down in Gabion for his retirement. At d'Everard's suggestion, Ricardo de Bordeleaux of the General Staff was made the new Chief of Defence and not as was usual the Chief of the General Staff Sören Einsch, with whom d'Everard had disagreed widely over defensive strategy. | ||
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