Siluan Ground Forces

The Siluan Ground Forces are the ground forces of the Armed Forces of Silua. The overall commander and commander-in-chief is Pukias Sualkaranė Aima III while the General Operational Officer Commanding is Marshall Morta Bilevicius.

The ground forces have been an intergral part of Silua since the declaration of the Siluan nation in the 10th century and at the start of the 20th century they took on most of the basic aspects of the modern ground forces.

Ranks and uniforms

Conscripts (Conscript ranks may be gained purely on time served)

• Private
• Corporal
• Sergeant
• First Sergeant

Warrant Officers

• Sergeant First Class
• Master Sergeant
• Sergeant Major
• Warrant Officer
• Master Warrant Officer
• Chief Warrant Officer

Academic officers

• Professional Academic Officer
• Senior Academic Officer

Officers

• Second Lieutenant
• Lieutenant
• Captain
• Major
• Lieutenant Colonel
• Colonel (Pulkininkas)
• Brigadier General (Generolas brigados)
• Major General (Generolas majoras)
• Lieutenant General (Generolas leitenantas)

Service

The military service is held in three different tracks:

• Regular service: mandatory military service which is held according to the Siluan defenes service law.
• Permanent service: military service which is held as a contractual agreement between the Siuan Armed Forces and the permanent position-holder.
• Reserve service: a military service in which citizens are called for active duty of at most a month every year for the purpose of increasing the military forces in case of war.

Sometimes the Siluan Armed Forces would also hold pre-military courses for soon-to-be regular soldiers.