Portcullian Armed Forces

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Portcullian Armed Forces
Founded11 October 1770
Current form23 January 1952
Service branchesPortcullian Army
Portcullian Air Force
Portcullian Coast Guard
HeadquartersFort Winchester, Portcullia
Leadership
Commander-in-ChiefAlexander Harper
Minister of DefenseSpencer Thomson
Major-General of the Armed ForcesMatthew Adams
Personnel
Military age16-50
Available for
military service
240,126 males, age 16-50,
229,211 females, age 16-50
Fit for
military service
195,375 males, age 16-50,
186,643 females, age 16-50
Reaching military
age annually
5,894 males,
5,566 females
Active personnel6,000
Reserve personnel6,000
Expenditure
Budget1.84 Billion OSD
Percent of GDP3.1%

The Portcullian Armed Forces is the unified military structure of the Portcullia. It contains three branches, the Portcullian Army, the Portcullian Air Force, and the Portcullian Coast Guard. It is descendant from the Portcullian Regiment, formed during the colonial era when Portcullia was a colony of New Tyran. Later, in the Portcullian Revolutionary War, the Portcullian Regiment was broken between pro-independence Procullian troops and pro-crown troops. The pro-crown troops would be organized intro the Royal Portcullian Regiment with the pro-independence forming the Free Portcullian Regiment. The war would end with a loyalist/New Tyran victory but certain traditions would be maintained. When Portcullia would be granted total independence from New Tyran in 1952, an armed forces structure would be organized. The Portcullian Air Force was created in 1954 after crew and equipment were brought over from foreign nations.

The Portcullian Coast Guard traces it's history to the Portcullian Patrol, which was a squadron of Royal Navy warships that were stationed at Portcullia.