Romaian Armed Forces
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Romaian Armed Forces | |
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Ρωμαικές Ένοπλες Δυνάμεις | |
Motto | Ἐλεύθερον τὸ Εὔψυχον (Greek for "freedom stems from valour") |
Founded | 1868 |
Current form | 1967 |
Service branches | |
Headquarters | Constantinoupoli |
Leadership | |
Monarch | Ioannis IV |
Minister of Defence | Stefanos Galanos |
Chief of the Defence Staff | General Nikolaos Stephanopoulos |
Personnel | |
Military age | 18 |
Conscription | no |
Active personnel | 580,470 (2021)
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Reserve personnel | 50,300 (2019) |
Expenditure | |
Budget | £74,7 billion (2021) (NS$70 billion) |
Industry | |
Domestic suppliers | Aerus Mikelis RPN Group Origen EVORA |
Foreign suppliers | Eulabian Community Iavonia Eulabia a Nation |
Annual imports | TBD |
Annual exports | TBD |
Related articles | |
History | Military history of Romaia |
Ranks | Army ranks Navy ranks Air Force ranks Airborne Corps ranks Marine Corps ranks National Gendarmerie ranks |
The Romaian Armed Forces (Greek: Ρωμαικές Ένοπλες Δυνάμεις) encompass the Romaian Army, the Romaian Navy, the Romaian Air Force, the Airborne Corps and the Marine Corps. Another branch of the armed forces, known as the Χωροφυλακή, take on the role as the nation's military police and are also involved in missions and operations abroad as a combat force. These forces comprise a total of 580,470 men and women with the official status of active military personnel.
Organisation
The office of the Chief of Defence is organised as follows:
Position | Italian title | Rank | Incumbent |
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Chief of the Defence Staff | TBD | General | Nikolaos Stephanopoulos |
Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Chief of Joint Operations | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Branches
Romaian Army
The ground force of Romaia dates back to the Romaian Kingdom. It fought against the Isfahani Empire in the nineteenth century, during the Great War and participated in the Unification of Romaia. On 1 March 2008 it became a professional all-volunteer force when conscription was finally ended.
The navy of Romaia was created in 1805, following the proclamation of the Kingdom of Romaia, as the Βασιλικό Ναυτικό. The new navy's baptism of fire came during the TBD. During the Great War, it spent its major efforts in the Pontus, fighting the TBD Navy. It is a blue-water navy. The Maritime Gendarmerie is a subordinate of the navy.
Romaian Air Force
The air force of Romaia was founded as an independent service arm on 13 September 1930. It was involved in its first military operations during the Great War. The number of aircraft in service with the Romaian Air Force varies depending on the source; the Ministry of Armed Forces gives a figure of 680 aircraft in 2014. According to 2019 data, this figure includes 350 combat aircraft, the most famous of which is Typhonas. As of 2019, the Romaian Air Force employs a total of 62,000 regular personnel.
Romaian Marine Corps
Romaian Airborne Corps
The Airborne Corps (Greek: Σώμα Αερομεταφερόμενων, romanised: Sòma Aerometaferòmenon) are the airborne forces branch of the Romaian Armed Forces. It was formed TBD. Troops of the Romaian Airborne Corps traditionally wear maroon beret and keffiyah. The Romaian Airborne Forces utilizes a range of specialist airborne warfare vehicles . They traditionally have a larger complement of heavy weaponry than most contemporary airborne forces.
National Gendarmerie
The Chorofylaki is the gendarmerie and military police of Romaia. The corps was instituted in 1770 by TBD with the aim of providing the Duchy of Constantinoupoli with a police corps; it is therefore older than Romaia itself. The new force was divided into divisions on the scale of one division for each province of Romaia. In recent years Chorofylaki became the sixth branch of Romaian Armed Forces. Primarily they carry out law enforcement, military policing duties and peacekeeping mission abroad.
International stance
Gallery
Heracles 2 of the Armoured Brigade "Katafraktoi tis Apollonias" during an exercise.
Konstantinos VI aircraft carrier.
Romaian Typhonas flying