Civil Defense Units

Civil Defense Units
ⴰⵡⴰⴷⵉⵎ ⴰⴳⵣ ⵊⵀⴰⵏ Awadim Agez Ejhan
Active	12 June 1982 - Present
Country	Charnea
Branch	Paramilitary
Role	Counter-insurgency Raiding Urban warfare
Size	240,000 total  ∟ 40,000 active full time  ∟ 60,000 active part-time  ∟ 140,000 registered reservists
Part of	Charnean Army
Nickname(s)	CDs ("Sidis")
Engagements	Akzay War Battle of Imlil Battle of Hamath (1984) Ninvite War Siege of Hamath (1985-86) Hamath-Pertoth Highway Battle Battle of the Hatherian Desert Saadian Campaign Operation Paper Dog Operation Cobalt Sky Fahrani Civil War Hasidhmawt Campaign
Commanders
Martial of the CDUs	Zahal Massana
Chief of the Mobilization Council	Ramses Ahmenal
Insignia
CDU Insignia

The Civil Defense Units (Tamashek: ⴰⵡⴰⴷⵉⵎ ⴰⴳⵣ ⵊⵀⴰⵏ, Awadim Agez Ejhan) are an organ of the Charnean Army serving as an umbrella organization for conscripted reservist units, various pro-government paramilitary forces and regional militias across Charnea. The organization serves the dual purpose of assisting the counterinsurgency operations of the ICA Central Army in peacetime and facilitating mobilization of conscripts and local militias into combat capable units in case of war. The majority of the Civil Defense Units manpower belong to Coptic Nazarist militias aligned with the Charnean Army in their fight against the Azdarin Liberation Front and the Army of the Lord in eastern Charnea. Tamddaist Gharibs, ethnic Zarma, Ashkans as well as some Tenerian groups are also represented among the Civil Defense Units.