Portcullian Armed Forces

Portcullian Armed Forces
Founded	11 October 1770
Current form	23 January 1952
Service branches	Portcullian Army Portcullian Air Force Portcullian Coast Guard
Headquarters	Fort Winchester, Portcullia
Leadership
Commander-in-Chief	Alexander Harper
Minister of Defense	Spencer Thomson
Major-General of the Armed Forces	Matthew Adams
Personnel
Military age	16-50
Available for military service	240,126 males, age 16-50, 229,211 females, age 16-50
Fit for military service	195,375 males, age 16-50, 186,643 females, age 16-50
Reaching military age annually	5,894 males, 5,566 females
Active personnel	6,000
Reserve personnel	6,000
Expenditure
Budget	1.84 Billion OSD
Percent of GDP	3.1%

The Portcullian Armed Forces is the unified military structure of the Portcullia. It contains three branches, the Portcullian Army, the Portcullian Air Force, and the Portcullian Coast Guard. It is descendant from the Portcullian Regiment, formed during the colonial era when Portcullia was a colony of New Tyran. Later, in the Portcullian Revolutionary War, the Portcullian Regiment was broken between pro-independence Procullian troops and pro-crown troops. The pro-crown troops would be organized intro the Royal Portcullian Regiment with the pro-independence forming the Free Portcullian Regiment. The war would end with a loyalist/New Tyran victory but certain traditions would be maintained. When Portcullia would be granted total independence from New Tyran in 1952, an armed forces structure would be organized. The Portcullian Air Force was created in 1954 after crew and equipment were brought over from foreign nations.

The Portcullian Coast Guard traces it's history to the Portcullian Patrol, which was a squadron of Royal Navy warships that were stationed at Portcullia.