Daobac Self-Defense Forces
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| Daobac Self-Defense Forces | |
|---|---|
| Lực Lượng Tự vệ Đảo Bắc | |
 Tri-service flag of the DSDF | |
| Founded | TBD |
| Current form | TBD |
| Service branches | |
| Headquarters | Congvat |
| Leadership | |
| Commander-in-Chief | President, TBD |
| Minister of National Security | TBD |
| Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff | TBD |
| Personnel | |
| Military age | 18 |
| Conscription | 380 days (Army) 440 days (Air Force) 560 days (Daoan Navy) |
| Active personnel | 64,000 |
| Reserve personnel | 420,000 |
| Expenditure | |
| Budget | $17.2 Billion |
| Percent of GDP | 4.9 |
| Industry | |
| Domestic suppliers | |
| Foreign suppliers | |
| Related articles | |
| History | |
The Daobac Self-Defense Forces (Daoan: Lực Lượng Tự vệ Đảo Bắc), abbreviated as DSDF and unofficially referred to as the Daoan Armed Forces, is the unified military organization of the Daoan Congressional Republic. Its primary responsibility is is the protection and defense of Daobac's sovereignty and interests both domestic and abroad. The DSDF also supports various peacekeeping and humanitarian efforts within the Ozerosi region and beyond, and is comprised of three primary service branches: the Daoan Congressional Republic Navy, Daoan Congressional Republic Air Force and Daoan Congressional Republic Nation. The DSDF is administered by the Ministry of National Security, a civilian government agency responsible for the coordination and administration of the nation's military and police force, while the President of Daobac serves as the commander-in-chief of the DSDF. Though it maintains a small number of full time active personnel compared to its immediate and regional neighbors, the armed forces is supported by a significant military budget and advanced military industrial complex. Combined with its extensive military history, the DSDF has been able to maintain one of the most well trained, experienced and technologically sophisticated militaries in the Ozerosi region. Daobac also maintains an active conscription policy known as the National Service, where every male and female above the age of 18 must undergo a compulsory military training regime and serve in either the DSDF, or the National Police. The DSDF has a large pool of reserve personnel that can be quickly mobilized when needed to bolster its ranks.
Defense Policy
The National Security Paper is a document that outlines the doctrine which establishes what principles and policies the DSDF adheres to and why these are required. The document was formulated by both military (both commissioned and non-commissioned officers) as well as civilian personnel, mostly academia, who worked for the DSDF. The doctrine is routinely reviewed once every three years and is updated accordingly when changes are required.
Mission
- To protect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Daobac from both foreign & domestic threats.
Primary Doctrine
- Maintain a credible deterrence posture against potential hostilities.
- Embrace a decentralized approach in command and control practices.
- Daobac must ensure that it has no territorial ambitions beyond its current borders.
- To maintain a small standing army but with a large pool of well trained reservists that can be rapidly mobilized.
- The civilian population must be well versed in the knowledge of civil defense.
Strategy Overview
- Maintain the practice of force dispersal.
- Give subordinate commanders and troops the initiative to make tactical decisions based on the best available information.
- Maximize the principle of offshore engagement.
- Hostile forces are able to be detected far away from the Daoan homelands and engaged.
- The DSDF must maintain sufficient detection, defense and counterstrike capabilities.
- Rapid reaction forces by the all three branches of the armed forces must be maintained.
- Anti-ship and anti-air missile batteries operated by ground forces must be mobile and can be rapidly deployed.
- A minimum number of these mobile missile batteries must be operational at all times.
Conscription
International Defense Relations
The DSDF is a member of the Kayatman Security Association (KSA), is an intergovernmental organization and military alliance between Daobac, Kajera, Kainuinoa and Lusoña. A key component of the KSA is Article X of its founding treaty, essentially a collective security principle which stipulates that an attack on one is an attack on all. This however only applies to conflicts of which members were attacked, member states are not obligated to support one another in wars of conquest. Its highest executive body, the Kayatman Security Council, is located in the city of Congvat, Daobac whereas its military-oriented body, the Kayatman Security Committee, is headquartered in Rimae, Kajera. The KSA was established on 17 June 1955 and is considered as the direct evolution of the Kayatman Treaty of Mutual Friendship, a non-aggression pact between Daobac and Kajera, that was established in the immediate aftermath of the Hanaki War. The KSA was created as part of the two country's deterrence strategy against its larger neighbors which had attempted to conquer them. KSA's role has evolved through time and in the modern era it is often seen as a vehicle of which the small and middle powers of the Ozerosi region could rely on for protection that doesn't require its member states to align itself with a specific political bloc of the world.
History
Establishment
Cross-Strait War
The Cross-Strait War, also commonly referred to as the Daoan-Kra War, was an intense armed conflict fought between Anachak Kang and an alliance between Daobac and Tsurushima from 6 July 1897 until 11 February 1898. The war was borne out of Anachak Kang's, commonly referred to as the Kra, expansionist and hegemonic policy to dominate the Kayatman and east Ochran regions through political and economic means. The Kra government viewed the subjugation and annexation of Daobac as a stepping stone to achieve Kra hegemony over the region, while at the same time control a strategic port of entry for international trade. The independence of Daobac in 1845 presented a new entry point for goods to enter and exist the Ozerosi and Kayatman seas. As a result many nations, Tsurushima and Anachak Kang among them, sought to establish friendly relations with Daobac in order to cement access to trade with the new nation. Initially, the Kra had the upper hand in the war, to the point of being able to invade and occupy parts of Bautroi island in Daobac. However their decision to simultaneously attack, what they perceived to be a weakened nation in the wake of a revolution, Tsurushima proved to be a major factor in their defeat. The involvement of Tsurushima as an ally of Daobac has been largely credited with single handedly turning the tide of the war. On July 1897 all Kra armies that occupied Bautroi island had been routed, and by January 1898 Daobac and Tsurushima launched a concentrated amphibious landing at Anachak Kang and eventually forced the Kra to surrender by occupying the Kra's capital city of Viangchan.
The war had profound and long-lasting consequences for the DSDF, effectively transforming it as one of the cornerstones of the country's foreign and national security policies. The DSDF's importance and relevance to the Daoan nation was elevated as the government allocated funds to the budget of the armed forces in order to maintain the DSDF's technological and professional supremacy above its immediate neighbors. This attitude and policy continues into the present day, albeit at a much more stable manner. Funding for the armed forces has been consistently maintained at the very least, at 3% of the country's GDP. The Daoan government also saw the benefit and advantage of maintaining a small but professional and technologically sophisticated armed forces that is able to repel or at the very least resist the onslought of a larger but less coordinated opposing force. A professional military equipped with adequate detection and counter-attack capability was seen as a central pillar to the Daoan's defense policy. It also demonstrated to the Daoans that they cannot afford to sustain prolonged offensive operations against another nation, unless they were assisted by allied forces in doing so. This entrenched the firm belief that Daobac must never have any territorial ambitions beyond its current borders.
Hanaki War
Insurgency in M'biruna
Modern Era
Organization
Structure
At its highest administrative level the Armed Forces falls under the auspices of the Daoan Security Committee (DSC) which is an umbrella organization that consists of both the Armed Forces and Ministry of National Security (MSC), the latter being a civilian agency from the executive branch of the Daoan government. The DSC is structured as diarchy where both the DSDF and MSC is jointly managed under the DSC and reports directly to the Minister of National Security who in turn reports to the President of Daobac who serves as the commander-in-chief of the DSDF has the authority to exercise supreme command and control over the entire armed forces. While the President is the only person permitted to authorize the use and mobilization of the Armed Forces in both times of peace and war, the day-to-day operations of the Armed Forces is entirely handled by the DSDF High Command (HIGHCOM), a body comprised of the senior most uniformed leaders of the DSDF. DSDF HIGHCOM is led by the Chairman of DSDF HIGHCOM, a position held by a 5 star officer from one of the three service branches of the Armed Forces that can be an: Fleet Admiral (Navy), Air Marshal (Air Force), or General (Army). The Chairman is responsbile for coordinating the general operations of all three branches of the Armed Forces and is assisted by fellow Commanders from the Navy, Air Force & Army. The President has the authority to nominate candidates for the position of Chairman and members of the Chief of Staff, though these nominations are subject a rigurous vetting process by Congress before final approval. and serves at the pleasure of the President. The Daoan Minister of National Security is responsible to assist and propose, to the President, in the formulation of defense policies, management of defense budget and authorization of use and/or mobilization of the Armed Forces. While DSDF HIGHCOM is responsbile for the day-to-day operations of the DSDF, the Ministry of National Security is responsible for the general administration of the Armed Forces. Under the structure of the Daoan Security Committee, both the DSDF and MSC headquarters is located within the same compound in Congvat that is commonly referred to as High Command complex.
At its inception in 1845 two branches of the Armed Forces at the time (Navy & Army) did not have a combined command structure, as a result both branches had separate administrative policies and command structures. Furthermore both the Navy & Army were considered as independent agencies of the executive branch of the Daoan government and reported directly to the President whereas the Ministry of National Security was solely focused on the nation's police force and internal security, providing only its insight on certain issues for both branches. This structure created a lack of coordinated action and standardization between the Navy & Army, resulting in delayed response times and administrative infighting between both branches to gain dominance over the other. Generals of the Army were able to skew Congress to supporting more army-based initiatives and proposals which placed the Navy's modernization efforts back for several years during its inception. While some of these deficiencies were by design from Daobac's original constitution, it was further eroded by members of Congress who at the time were unknowingly assisting foreign interference in Daoan internal affairs. These deficiencies came to light in the outbreak of the Cross-Strait War where the Kra's initial successes and partial occupation of Bautroi island were attributed to the lack of an effective coordinated response from both the Army & Navy. As a result the President ordered the creation of a temporary emergency joint command structure between the Navy & Army, with the Minister of National Security tasked with assisting with the general administration and to serve as a mediator to balance the previous inter-service rivalry between the Navy & Army. One of the long term impact of the war was the Defense Reformation Bill of 1898 where the President proposed a bill in Congress that outlines the creation of the modern day Daoan Security Committee to help coordinate the actions of both the Armed Forces and Ministry of National Security as well as the creation of the offices of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff alongside the Chiefs of Staff for all branches of the Armed Forces. While the Chiefs of Staff would be responsible for all operational matters in the DSDF, the Ministry of National Security would be responsible for the administration of the Armed Forces as a whole. The responsibilities of the Ministry of National Security was also greatly expanded to better coordinate the goals of both organizations through the DSC.
Leadership
The primary leadership element of the Armed Forces is referred as High Command (HIGHCOM) whose primary task is to advise both the President of Daobac, the Minister of National Security and Congressional National Security Committee on matters related to the military as well as both foreign & domestic threats to Daobac. It consists of the the most senior uniformed leaders within the Daobac Self-Defense Forces and is comprised of the commanders of from all three primary service branches of the DSDF, commander of the Office of National Intelligence and is presided by the Chairman of DSDF High Command & Deputy Chairman of DSDF High Command.
- DSDF High Command
- Chairman of the DSDF High Command
- Deputy Chairman of the DSDF High Command
- Commander of the Congressional Navy
- Commander of the Congressional Air Force
- Commander of the Congressional Army
- Commander of the Office of National Intelligence
- Leadership Support
- General Staff of the Armed Forces
- Inspectorate General of the Armed Forces
- Advisory Staff of the Armed Forces
- Operations Staff of the Armed Forces
- Logistics Staff of the Armed Forces
- National Strategy & Planning Staff of the Armed Forces
- Intelligence Staff of the Armed Forces
Central Institutes
Administrative
- Academic Institutes of the Self-Defense Forces: educational institutes for both Daoan citizens who wish to pursue a professional career in the military, and provide basic training to the country's conscription program.
- Command School: trains candidate officers. Upon graduation, graduates obtain both a Bachelor's degree in their specialist fields and commissioned as second lieutenants.
- Congressional Naval Academy (Congvat)
- Congressional Air Force Academy (Hoa Binh)
- Congressional Army Academy (Congvat)
- Military School: trains candidate non-commissioned and enlisted personnel. Upon graduation, graduates obtain a Diploma and commissioned as full-time servicemen.
- Navy Military Institute
- Air Force Military Institute
- Army Military Institute
- Command School: trains candidate officers. Upon graduation, graduates obtain both a Bachelor's degree in their specialist fields and commissioned as second lieutenants.
- Judge Advocate General Corps of the Self-Defense Forces: legal branch of the DSDF responsiblle for the administration of military protocols and laws within the Self-Defense Forces.
- General Affairs & Personnel Center of the Self-Defense Forces:
- Information & Data Processing Center of the Self-Defense Forces
- Public Relations & Information Distribution Center of the Self-Defense Forces
- Procurement Center of the Self-Defense Forces
- Finance Center of the Self-Defense Forces
Operational
- Signal Corps of the Self-Defense Forces: primary agency responsible for all SIGINT operations of the country.
- Section 1, handles COMINT
- Section 2, handles ELINT
- Section 3, distributes intelligence with all three branches of the Self-Defense Forces as well as the Office of National Intelligence.
- Special Operations Center of the Self-Defense Forces: joint command of all special operations elements within the DSDF.
- Medical Corps of the Self-Defense Forces
- Military Police of the Self-Defense Forces: law enforcement agency of the DSDF responsible for the enforcement of military law within the Self-Defense Forces.
- Engineering Corps of the Self-Defense Forces
- Logistics Corps of the Self-Defense Forces
Unified Commands
Though the Self-Defense Forces is divided into three primary branches, in terms of command structure each branch is only responsible for the training, administration & equipment of their respective personnel. The delegation of command authority is divided among what is called the Unified Commands (UNICOM) of the Self-Defense Forces. There are two types of UNICOMs: (1) geographic UNICOMs where each UNICOM designated to certain military district as their primary area of responsibility and (2) functional UNICOMs which do not have geographic restrictions but are rather specialized elements of the Self-Defense Forces such Cyber Warfare. Additionally each UNICOM is comprised of elements from at least two branches of the Self-Defense Forces. This decentralization of command and control allows the entirety of the Self-Defense Forces to employ a combined arms in the deployment of its assets.
Geographic UNICOM
- Dammay Unified Command
1st Congressional Naval Fleet
1st Air Force Wing
1st Army Corps
1st Division
7th Division
23rd Division
3rd Army Corps (Reserve)
- Bautroi Unified Command
2nd Congressional Naval Fleet
2nd Air Force Wing
2nd Army Corps
2nd Division
18th Division
4th Army Corps (Reserve)
Functional UNICOM
Personnel
| Component | Active | Reserves | Deployed | Civilian |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Daoan Navy
|
13,000 | 44,000 | n/a | TBD |
 Daoan Air Force
|
9,000 | 30,000 | n/a | TBD |
 Army
|
42,000 | 346,000 | n/a | TBD |
| Total | 64,000 | 420,000 | TBD | TBD |