Structure of the Glasic Army

Current Order of Battle

See Also: Current Galenic Order of Battle

Formations

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Commands

A command is a military formation that handles a specific task or region, and can direct forces as large as multiple corps or as little as a few battalions. Previously the Army had regional commands for each farthing and region. In addition, there were functional commands, such as Anti-Aircraft Command (now disbanded), and overseas commands, such as Middle East Command. Eventually, these were consolidated into; Headquarters Galenic Land Forces, Galenic Land Forces Europe and Galenic Land Forces Far East. Eventually, both of the operational commands were merged to form Land Command - Tol Galen.

From 2000, the various commands and later districts were replaced by regenerative administrative divisions acting as regional commands within the Tol Galen reporting to Commander Regional Forces. Each of the divisions were responsible for training its subordinate formations and units under their command for domestic operations as well as training units for overseas deployments.

Corps

A corps, in the sense of a field fighting formation, is a formation of two or more divisions, potentially containing fifty thousand personnel or more. Currently the Galenic Army has two standing corps headquarters, these are III and XIV corps respectively.

The word corps is also used for administrative formations by common function, such as the Corps of Dragoons or the Rifle Corps. Various Combat Support Arms and Services are referred to in the wider sense as a Corps, such as the Royal Galenic Corps of Signals as well.

Divisions

A division is a formation consisting usually of three or four brigades, around twenty thousand personnel and commanded by a Major General.

The Galenic Army has fourteen standing divisions, both active and reserve force capable of deploying either as a whole subordinate brigades or as a single entities depending on the urgency and scope of the deployment.

Brigades

A Brigade Group generally refers to a formation which includes three or four battle-groups, or an infantry brigade (three battalions), supported by armoured, artillery, field engineer, aviation and support units, and amounting to between 4,000 and 5,000 soldiers. A Brigade Group represents the smallest unit able to operate independently for extended periods on the battlefield. It is similar in concept to a regimental combat team (RCT), which was once used by the United States Army, but which now uses the term brigade combat team (BCT). The United States Marine Corps continues to use the term regimental combat team. The Brigade Group is normally commanded by a Brigadier. A Brigade Group contains combat support and combat service support units necessary to sustain its operations away from its parent division. BGs contain organic artillery support, formerly received from the parent division's artillery (DIVARTY).

Regiments

The term regiment is used confusingly in two different ways: it can mean either an administrative identity and grouping, or a tactical unit.

Expeditionary Warfare Battalions

For contingency operations abroad the Galenic armed forces have had to greatly change the way that they fight, existing formations being too unwieldy for rapid-reaction small scale operations. In 2012 the first expeditionary warfare battalions were created by the re-purposing of two Brigade Groups. Each battalion consists of an augmented rifle battalion supported by a 105mm towed-artillery battery, an armoured company as well as a combat support squadron and depending on circumstances an expeditionary air wing from Joint Helicopter Command as well.

Arms and Services

The Galenic Armed Forces are divided into three arms which comprise of: Combat, Support and Combat Service Support which can be seen as the first second and third lines. Each arm has its own commander who is answerable to commander-in-chief land forces.

Combat Arms

Royal Galenic Corps of Dragoons

The Royal Galenic Corps of Dragoons form the most senior part of the Galenic armoured forces. Whilst technically speaking a part of the the Royal Galenic Armoured Corps the Corps of Dragoons retains its own identity and traditions is still recognised as and perceived as a separate entity.

Royal Galenic Corps of Lancers

The Royal Galenic Corps of Lancers are the younger group of Galenic armoured units. With the reorganisation of the Galenic Army individual Lancer regiments attached to Divisions to bolster tank numbers or to make up for a lack of organic armour have become more common.

Royal Galenic Corps of Hussars

The Royal Galenic Corps of Hussars are the senior light cavalry units of the Galenic Army. They comprise of both Light Dragoon and Hussar units and are primarily equipped with tracked-reconnaissance vehicles. Like the Corps of Lancers they have not been formed into brigades but remain regiments (albeit reorganised for independent deployment). In recent years they have been employed in a variety of roles including infantry support and anti-tank warfare but still retaining their primary role as a close reconnaissance force.

Galenic Yeomanry

The Galenic Yeomanry are the modern day descendants of the mounted-rifle regiments, initially formed of farmers and other rural folk the Yeomanry were initially intended to guard Tol Galen whilst the majority of the professional force were away on campaign however they ended up themselves serving on the front lines with distinction suffering heavy losses. The modern day Yeomanry is a mobile reconnaissance and fire-support force intended to support light infantry units or other forces on expeditionary operations.

Royal Galenic Infantry Corps

The Royal Galenic Infantry Corps is divided for administrative purposes into four groups, with battalions being trained and equipped to operate in one of four main roles:

Operations

Within the Galenic Army, there are four main types of infantry:

• Armoured Infantry - Armoured infantry are equipped with the Warrior armoured personnel carrier, a tracked vehicle that can deploy over all terrain.
• Mechanised Infantry - Also known as protected-mobility infantry. Since the mid-2000s, they have used the Patria AMV
• Light Mechanised Infantry - Usually equipped with lightly protected wheeled APCs such as the Duro III these were originally a stopgap but are now becoming a core formation
• Light-Role Infantry - Light-role infantry form the bulk of Galenic infantry formations, those now with organic transport are technically motorised infantry but remain classified as light-role formations.

Traditions

The infantry is traditionally divided into several types:

• Foot Guards - The Foot Guards are those units that were formed specifically to provide close guard to the King or Queen. Soldiers in the foot guards were historically better trained and better equipped than regular line infantry.
• Carabiniers - The Carabiniers are those units that originally fought on horseback as skirmishers, they in time became the first motorised and then first mechanised infantry in the Galenic Army.
• Rifles - The development of the rifle led to the commissioning of units specially trained in the use the new weapon. Some of the units created as a result of the emergence of the rifle gained the title of 'sharpshooters' units whilst others took over as line infantry.
• Foresters - The Foresters are those units originally raised to patrol in the areas unable to be garrisoned by regular forces as well as to provide reconnaissance and early warning of raids by partisans.

The tactical distinctions between the various types of infantry disappeared in the late nineteenth century, but remain in tradition and in the order of precedence, the Foot Guards are ranked above the Carabiniers , who are ranked above the Rifles and so on.

Galenic Army Special Operations Command

The Galenic Army Special Operations Command (SOC) is the army component of Galenic Joint Special Operations Command (J-SOC). Formerly known as the Galenic Army Commandos there are currently eight formations in the command, they are split between assault units and a special signals unit.

Combat Support Arms

Royal Galenic Artillery

The Galenic Royal Artillery is the result of the amalgamation of the Royal Galenic Field and Royal Galenic Horse Artillery. Equipped with a variety of equipment and performing a wider range of roles than ever, the Royal Galenic Artillery is one of the most diverse formations in the Galenic Armed Forces. Currently the Royal Galenic Artillery fulfil the following roles:

• Surveillance and Target Acquisition
• Inter-Service Towed Artillery Support
• Self Propelled Artillery
• Multiple Launch Rocket Systems

Defence Intelligence Service

The Defence Intelligence Service is the parent formation for the Intelligence Corps, at the highest level it comprises of the Special Intelligence Service whilst liaising with the para-public Domestic Security Service. The Intelligence Service also includes the Special Communications Service who perform communications and signals intelligence and the Imagery Exploitation Service which is the immediate descendent of the Second World War photographic interpretation service.

Whilst the Intelligence Corps is the primary combat-intelligence formation all of the other branches of the Intelligence Service (other than the Domestic Security Service) are all actively employed on operations.

Royal Galenic Intelligence Corps

The Royal Galenic Intelligence Corps is one of the newer formations within the Galenic Army. Initially stood up in 1917, members would form raiding parties comprised of foresters and sharpshooters from other units. These ad-hoc parties were known as 'Tea Parties' and were expected to carry out close reconnaissance behind enemy lines an report back to field commanders positions, strength and movements of enemy formations whilst destroying targets of opportunity either themselves or by saturating the area with artillery. The Intelligence Corps have been stood up and disbanded several times over the years but since the Second World War they have remained a staple of the Galenic Army, taking on newer and more diverse roles.

Combat Service Support Arms

Royal Galenic Logistics Corps

The Royal Galenic Logistic Corps provides logistical support functions to the Galenic Army. It is by far the largest Corps in the Galenic Army. It was formed in 1995 by amalgamating the following corps:

• Royal Galenic Army Postal Corps
• Royal Galenic Corps of Transport
• Royal Galenic Army Ordnance Corps
• Royal Galenic Pioneer Corps
• Galenic Army Catering Corps

Since 2007 the Logistics Corps have been an inter-service establishment, comprising of personnel from all of the arms of service.

Corps of Galenic Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

The Corps of Galenic Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (GEME) came about through the amalgamation of all the various maintenance arms that had come into existence as a result of mechanisation in the aftermath of the Great War. The initial phase saw depot-level maintenance come under their remit whilst the second phase after the Second World War saw the maintenance of most other formations come under the remit of the GEME. The GEME provide maintenance detachments to all units of company-size and above as well as maintaining equipment of the Royal Galenic Engineers and Royal Galenic Armoured Corps.