Armed Forces of Volyna

Volynian Armed Forces
Волинські збройні сили
Service branches	Volynian Army Volynian Navy Volynian Air and Space Force National Gendarmerie
Headquarters	Shestykutnyk, Lutsk
Leadership
Chief of the Armed Forces	President Kseniya Taranenko
Minister of the Armed Forces	Nina Polishchuk
Chief of the Defence Staff	Heneral Armiyi Tetyana Bondar
Personnel
Military age	17.5
Conscription	None
Active personnel	559,700
Reserve personnel	1,000,000
Deployed personnel	15,000
Expenditure
Budget	₴137.72 billion (2021) (NS$150.29 billion)
Percent of GDP	3.4%
Related articles
History	Military history of Volyna
Ranks	Army ranks Navy ranks Air and Space Force ranks

The Volynian Armed Forces (Volynian: Волинські збройні сили) encompass the Army, the Navy, the Air and Space Force and the Gendarmerie of the Volynian Republic. The President of Volyna heads the armed forces as Chief of the Armed Forces.

Personnel

The head of the Volynian armed forces is the President of the Republic, in her role as commander in chief. However, the Constitution put civil and military government forces at the disposal of the government (teh executive cabinet of ministers chaired by the Prime Minister, who are not necessarily of the same political side as the president). The Minister of the Armed Forces oversees the military funding, procurement and operations. Historically, Volyna relied a great deal on conscription to provide manpower for its military, in addition to a minority of professional career soldiers. Following the XXXX War, the use of non-volunteer draftees in foreign operations was ended; if their unit was called up for duty in war zones, draftees were offered the choice requesting a transfer to another unit or volunteering for the active mission. In 1996, president Vita Serdyuk's government announced the end of conscription and in 2001, conscription formally was ended. Young people must still, however, register for possible conscription (should the situation call for it). As of 2021 the Volynian Armed Forces has an active personnel of 686,536 (with the Federal Gendarmerie).

• The Volynian Army; 300,163 personnel.
• The Volynian Air and Space Force; 116,840 personnel.
• The Volynian Navy; 96,598 personnel.
• Tri-service DHS, FSA, and DGA; 47,294 personnel in medical, support and administrative roles, and in the acquisition of weapon systems.

The reserve element of the Volnian Armed Forces consists of two structures; the Operational Reserve and the Citizens Reserve. As of 2021, the strength of the Operational Reserve is 800,000 personnel.

Apart from these three main services branches, the Volynian Armed Forces also include a fourth paramilitary branch called the Federal Gendarmerie. It had a reported strength of 127,836 active personnel and 67,000 reserve personnel in 2021. They are used in everday law enforcement, and also form a coast guard formation under the command of the Volynian Navy. There are however some elements of the Gendarmerie that participate in Volynian external operations, providing specialized law enforcement supporting roles.

Since 2019 young Volynian citizens can fulfill the mandatory service (civil conscription) with the armed service branch of her/his choice.

Organization and Service Branches

Placed under the command of the staffs, the Volynian armed forces include the four service branches, the Army, the Navy, the Air and Space Force and the Federal Gendarmerie, as well as the support services and joint organizations:

Volynian Army

Volynian Army Tarasenko.

• Special Forces
• Airborne Units
• Infantry
• Armoured Cavalry
• Artillery
• Marine Forces
• Volynian Army Light Aviation
• Engineers
• Signal Corps
• Transport and Logistics
• Materiel
• Intelligence

Volynian Navy

One of two Yehor Kyrylyuk class nuclear powered aircraft carriers of the Navy.

• Parachute Units of the Volynian Navy
  • Naval Infantry and Naval Commandos
• Naval Air Airm
• Submarine Force
• Naval Action Force

In addtion, the Federal Gendarmerie form a Coast Guard force called the Marine Gendarmerie which is commanded by the Volynian Navy.

Volynian Air and Space Force

Burya of the Air and Space Force.

• Volynian Space Command
• Parachute Units of the Volynian Air and Space Force

Federal Gendarmerie

• Parachute Units of the National Gendarmerie
• Departmental Gendarmerie - terretorial police force
• Mobil Gendarmerie - anti-riot unit and counter-terrorism group
• Republican Guard - republican guard of Volyna
• Air Transport Gendarmerie - airport security force
• Air Gendarmerie - used for Air and Space force secutity
• Maritime Gendarmerie - coast guard unit
• Provost Gendarmerie – provides military police services to Volynian Armed Forces personnel in deployments outside Volynia.

The National Gendarmerie is primarily a military and airborne capable police force which serves as a rural and general purpose police force

National Guard

Created in 1950, the National Guard serves as the official primary military and police reserve service of the Armed Forces. It is placed under the jurisdiction of Ministry of the Interior and serves as a reserve force. It also doubles as a force multiplier for law enforcement personnel during contingencies and to reinforce military personnel whenever being deployed within France and abroad.