Glasic Defence Force
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The Glasic Defence Force (Glasic: Fórsaí Cosanta de Tír Glas), constitutes the military of Tír Glas, within it are the Army, Air Force, Naval Service and their associated Reserve Forces.
The Supreme Commander of the Defence Force is Queen Jane I, All officers of the Defence Force hold their commission from the Queen, but in practice the Minister for Defence acts on the Queen's behalf reporting to the rest of the Glasic Government. The Minister for Defence is advised by the Defence Council consisting of officers from each branch of service as well as members of the civil service and the Minister of State
| Glasic Defence Force | |
|---|---|
| Fórsaí Cosanta de Tír Glas | |
 Flag of the Glasic Defence Force | |
| Motto | Gníomhais, Ní Focail Deeds, Not Words |
| Founded | March 3rd 1902 |
| Current form | May 12th 1960 |
| Service branches | Glasic Army Royal Glasic Air Force Royal Glasic Navy Royal Glasic Naval Fusiliers |
| Headquarters | Joint Forces Headquarters Avallone |
| Leadership | |
| Supreme Commander | Queen Jane I |
| Prime Minister | Caoimhe Lynch |
| Defence Secretary | Sorcha Collins |
| Chief of Defence | Enda Byrne |
| Manpower | |
| Military age | 16-55 Years Old |
| Conscription | No |
| Available for military service | 26,126,400 males, age 16-49 (2015), 27,215,000 females, age 16-49 (2015) |
| Fit for military service | 20,901,120 males, age 16-49 (2015), 21,772,000 females, age 16-49 (2015) |
| Reaching military age annually | 306,990 males (2015), 332,560 females (2015) |
| Active personnel | 460,400 |
| Reserve personnel | 489,600 |
| Deployed personnel | ~79,500 |
| Expenditures | |
| Budget | $195,080,000,000 |
| Percent of GDP | 3.33% |
| Industry | |
| Domestic suppliers | List
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Role
The Glasic state has since its inception held a long-standing policy of non-intervention outside of its immediate sphere of influence of Vinya, despite this Glasic military capabilities remain robust, centring around the instability of the Vinyan continent and protection of the Queen's dominions. Tír Glas has however a long history of involvement in overseas peacekeeping and law-enforcement operations. Functions of the Glasic Defence Force include:
- Defence of the Glasic state and overseas territories against armed attack
- Assisting the police force, (an Garda Síochána) in time of civil unrest and strife
- Peacekeeping, crisis management and humanitarian relief operations in support of the Vinyan Union and other NGOs
- Policing the Glasic EEZ including fisheries and resource protection
- Civil contingency operations such as repatriation of expatriates, maintenance of essential services, search and rescue and seaborne rescue
Organisation
The Defence Force is organised under the Chief of Defence (as of 2019, Admiral Enda Byrne CSMD, supported by Deputy Chief of Defence Major General Ardál McKenna CSM. The force consists of the Permanent Defence Force (PDF), which is a standing force and provides the main capability for military operations, and the Reserve Defence Forces (RDF) which support the PDF as necessary.
The PDF is organised into a triad of service branches: the Army, the Naval Service, and the Air Force. The RDF may be further subdivided into a Primary Reserve (PR) and a Supplementary Reserve (SR); the Primary Reserve comprises former members of the Permanent Defence Force, while the Supplementary Reserve recruits directly from the civilian population
A reorganisation of the RDF in 2010, referred to as the "unified force concept", has resulted in units of the RDF being embedded within units of the PDF, rather than existing entirely in parallel as a separate reserve force; this moves away from the traditional view of the RDF as a fourth arm of service of the Defence Force.
Army
As of mid-2017, the Army had approximately 297,550 active personnel, with 392,460 personnel in the Army Reserves. Organised into four corps, two PDF and two RDF additionally there is the Glasic Home Guard which provides a provincial brigade (Essentially a yeomanry) to each federal province as well as a battalion to each county.
The two-on-two-off corps structure envisages distinct operational areas of responsibility for each of the corps. III Corps is nominally responsible for the southern provinces of Tír Glas, XIV Corps is responsible for the eastern coast of Tír Glas and permanent commitments to the Vinyan continent XVI Corps is responsible for the northern provinces of Tír Glas whilst XVIII Corps is responsible for western coast.
In addition to the main fighting corps there are multiple specialist corps, each designated as either combat, combat support or combat service support. These include entities such as the: Joint Forces Medical Corps, Royal Logistics Corps and Royal Signals Corps. A Corps Director and staff are provided to each of these to coordinate requests for purchasing of equipment, executing specialised training and other activities.
The Glasic Army is equipped with a plethora of broadly modern equipment from a variety of supplies, both domestic and foreign.
Distinct from the regular army is Special Operations Command, comprising of eight Special Assault Groups, six Specialised Infantry Battalions (military advisors), the Army Ranger Regiment and the Special Operations Support and Sustainment Regiment (SOSR). These form the bulk of the special forces of Tír Glas. Of the eight units two of them specialised in particular schools of warfare. 14GFS specialises in Arctic and mountain warfare, whilst 63GFS specialises in jungle warfare.
Air Force
The Royal Glasic Air Force is the air component of the Defence Force. Head-quartered in Galway, the Royal Glasic Air Force is the second largest branch of the branch of the Defence Force, with approximately 135,000 personnel, its primary roles are defined as:
- Direct support of the Glasic Army
- Direct support of the Glasic Naval Service
- Maintaining the security and sovereignty of Glasic airspace
Secondary roles include:
- Military aid to other government departments
- Military aid to the civil power
- Military aid to the civil community
- Training and logistic assistance to the civil power
The Royal Glasic Air Force is tasked with the traditional role of defending Glasic airspace; however, much like the Army it is increasingly being deployed to the Glasic dominions due to the increasing instability on the continent. The Air Force provides support to the Army and Naval Service, alongside non-military services such as Air Ambulances, VIP transport, and search and rescue (in support of {{wpl|Coast Guard|Glasic Coast Guard]] search and rescue efforts). The Air Force's helicopters operate in a common pool alongside army and naval helicopters under the Joint Helicopter Force initiative.
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The Glasic Naval Service is the smallest branch of service in the Defence Force with some 119,000 personnel including the Naval Fusiliers. The Naval Service is tasked with patrolling Glasic territorial waters and EEZ as well as the Glasic Sea Conservation Zone. Additionally it has permanent commitments abroad to protect the freedom of navigation through The Maw and Skerries Gap as well as countering piracy and narcotics smuggling throughout the Irani Straits. Despite being the smallest of the branches in the Defence Force the Glasic Naval Service still dwarfs its neighbours in sheer size due in part to its requirement for multiple, permanent overseas detachments, as such the Royal Glasic Navy possesses a wide variety of vessels, totalling 200 ships either commissioned proper or as part of the Fleet auxiliary.
The primary role of the Glasic Naval Service is broadly defined “the defence of the realm”, secondary roles include:
- Fisheries protection
- Military aid to the civil power
- Military aid to the civil community*Counter narcotics
- Counter piracy
- Maritime rescue and safety
- Pollution control
- Humanitarian aid and disaster relief