Verdean Armed Forces
| The Verdean Armed Forces | |
|---|---|
| Los Fuerzos Armados Verdistas | |
 Emblem/Flag of the Verdean Armed Forces | |
| Founded | 8 de Mesisa AdI 1 |
| Current form | 12 de Mesjula DI 192 |
| Service branches | Verdean Navy
Verdean Naval Infantry Verdean Army Verdean Air Force |
| Headquarters | War Ministry Building, Castille, Centro Verde |
| Air arm flying hours | 30/month (Navy, Naval Infantry) 20/month (Air Force, Army) |
| Leadership | |
| President | Inés Spalding delas Vacas |
| Minister of Defense | Samanta Esperanza Olegario |
| Chief of the Armed Forces | Cristóbal Pedro Álvarez |
| Manpower | |
| Military age | 18-44 |
| Conscription | 18-26 (2 years) |
| Available for military service | 123,568,692, age 18-50 (DI 215) |
| Fit for military service | 92,676,519, age 18-50 (DI 215) |
| Reaching military age annually | 969,364 (DI 215) |
| Active personnel | 533,986 |
| Reserve personnel | 611,829 |
| Deployed personnel | 108,267 |
| Expenditures | |
| Budget | $124,635,876,700 NSD |
| Percent of GDP | 3.5% |
| Related articles | |
| Ranks | Ranks of the Verdean Armed Forces |
The Verdean Armed Forces (Verdean: Los Fuerzos Armados Verdistas) represents the primary defensive force of the Republic of Verde. It operates on land, air, and in territorial and international waters. The Verdean Armed Forces relies heavily upon conscription to form the basis of its manpower with almost two thirds of the armed forces' 1,192,982 personnel being participants in the Verdean National Service Program, with the remaining number being professional soldiers. The Verdean Armed Forces maintains a relatively defensive stance, however, the Republic of Verde, since the Verdean struggle for independence has taken on a role as the defender of culturally Verdean nations, and as a result has been engaged in protecting other Verdean nations, and sometimes acting a belligerent fashion to protect the interests of the Republic or other Verdean nations.
The Verdean military receives most of its recruitment through the National Service Program. All Verdean citizens between the ages of 18 and 26 are required to serve either in the Verdean Armed Forces, the Pan-Verdean Restoration Corps, or with local government or political authorities. Many Verdean citizens elect to join the Verdean Armed Forces during their national service period, those who select the military are screened for fitness to serve, with most applicants being accepted into the armed forces. Those who join the military are put into a period of training and a two year period of service, after which a person can choose to terminate their service, go into the reserves for a period of ten years, or alternatively sign onto the military professionally, with the some modes of service, notably Naval Infantry requiring that a person has completed their National Service.
History
The Verdean Armed Forces has a long history spanning from the Classical and Post-Classical period where the Proto-Verdean Kingdoms fought frequent wars over fertile farmland, especially during the Warring Isles period. The first military force that could be considered a progenitor of the Modern Verdean Armed Forces however, was the Verdean Imperial Navy, and the Verdean Imperial Army which were formed at the inception of the First Verdean Empire. During the Imperial Era, many of the traditions that would later influence the modern Verdean Armed Forces would be formulated, among these were the emphasis on citizen service, and the establishment of the seniority of the Navy. For much of the early period of the First Empire, the Verdean Imperial Navy and Army faced few external threats primarily being involved in fighting peasant revolts, pirates, and upon occasion itself. Towards the end of the early period nations in Greater Meridon began to become a meaningful threat to the Verdean Empire. In early wars with Meridonian continental powers, the continental provinces, San Lumen and Rosalínea were lost to the ascendant Kingdom of Englia and Valden Empire. Lack of funding saw the Verdean Navy and Army falling somewhat behind as the Empire turned away from Meridon.
In the later years of the First Empire, the Verdean Navy and Army were reformed into a combined command referred to as the Verdean Imperial Military. This came in addition to a number of standardization of equipment, particularly the universalization of firearm usage. These modernizations would lay the foundations of more modern military force, though the New Model Imperial Military would not see action as the First Empire fall shortly thereafter. It was during the first century after the fall of the First Verdean Empire that the Verdean Military would establish itself in its more or less modern form. During the Carlosian War, launched by the Second Verdean Empire, the Verdean Military fought several of the major powers of Greater Meridon managing to successfully win several early campaigns, with the invasion of San Lumen and Roslinburg demonstrating a tactical ability that was far advanced and resulted in a number of early victories. As the war continued and the Meridonian nations opposed to the Second Empire adapted to Verdean tactics, and after the loss of an entire, very large Verdean Army in the winter campaign in Sumavia, the Verdeans found themselves on the defensive, fighting withdrawal after withdrawal before eventually suing for peace in DI 71.
After the conclusion of the Carlosian War, the Verdean Military fell into a state of disrepair, as a result of treaty limitations which dramatically hampered the development of the military, with much of the Verdean Empire's funding going towards the reconstruction of the nation. The Verdean Military would primarily be turned inward once again with Verdean Military personnel involved in the suppression of Ortegan rebels during the DI 180s and DI 190s. These internal conflicts would spring up throughout the Verdean Archipelago until the replacement of the Second Verdean Empire with the Second Verdean Republic. Shortly after the transition, another round of modernizations occurred, mostly to bring the equipment of the Verdean Military up to the standards of a modern Meridonian Military. This military was put to the test against the Capisarians during the Valden War of Aggression. During the Valden War of Aggression, the Verdean Military was part of a number of failed offensives that resulted in heavy casualties for the Verdeans. The high cost of the war for little gain resulted in the fracturing of the Verdean State by the conclusion of hostilities, and left the Archipelago ripe for conquest, and by DI 150 the entire island chain was under the control of the Capisarians.
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What would become the Armed Forces of the modern Republic of Verde would be founded as the Orteguista Democratic Liberation Front, which waged a guerilla campaign against the Capisarian occupational authorities. These campaigns would lead to the liberation of the Republic of Verde, as well as a number of other nations in the Archipelago from the Capisarians by DI 191. This guerilla army would be reformed into the Verdean Armed Forces by the Republic of Verde in DI 193, with four separate branches. Since the reformation of the Verdean state, the Verdean Armed Forces have participated in several military operations, most notably the invasion of Isla Dorado in DI 213, where the Verdeans, in spite of ferocious resistance from the Doradans managed to take the island with relatively light casualties; as well as the subsequent occupation of the island, and support of the new Doradan government. Verdean Armed Forces personnel have also been involved in peacekeeping operations internationally, particularly in Davidos, as well as cooperating with Capisarian Revolutionary Army personnel on the elimination of Capisarian Federal holdouts.
Structure
There are currently 1,192,982 personnel (referred to as militares Verdistas or Verdean militants) serving in the Verdean Armed Forces. Of these, 489,157 are professionals with the remaining 703,825 being participants in the National Service Program. Women are also subject to national service, but select the military as their center for service at a lower rate than do men. Currently 178,947 women are enrolled in the Verdean Armed Forces representing 15% of military service persons; women serving in the military are given the same rights and responsibilities as male service members and are allowed to serve in any capacity during their service.
For the most part, the Verdean Armed Forces expects a certain level of professionalism from its NCO and Officer cadre, and it is a requirement for officers and noncommissioned officers in leadership positions to have already completed their National Service period. However, unlike many other nations in Greater Meridon, the Verdean Armed Forces does have some members of its officer cadre serve while still in National Service. Those entering national service with certain technical skills (medical skills, engineering, aircraft piloting), are, during their training issued a Conscript Officer rank (literally Oficial Recluto) which they maintain during time in National Service. This rank does officially give the person an officer's rank, but it does also limit the ability of the Conscript Officer to issue orders to Noncommissioned Officers in nonemergent situations. These positions are also frequently given as little responsibility over others as much as can be managed.
High Command
The Verdean Armed Forces are led by the Verdean Chief of the Military (Le/La Jefe/Jefa Militar Verdista) who reports to the President of the Republic of Verde, who reports to the Verdean Parliament. Currently, the Verdean Chief of the Military is Marine Commandant (Verdean: Commandante Marina) Raul Navarre Esparza, who replaced General Inés Spalding delas Vacas in DI 217. The Chief of the Military serves as primus inter pares of a council comprised of the chiefs of staff for each branch of the Verdean Armed Forces. Each of these Chiefs posses a rank that is unique to the head of a branch (Admiral for the Navy, Marine Commandant for the Naval Infantry, General for the Army, and Sky Marshal for the Air Force). Within branches, organization is more diversified being largely up to the traditions of the military branch in particular with older, more established branches of service being more likely to have adopted older methods of organization, and more quaint titles.
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The Verdean Navy is the senior service of the Verdean Armed Forces, with a history dating back to the formation of the first seafaring Verdean proto-Kingdoms. Reformed under the DI 192 Military Reformation Acts, the Verdean Navy saw a dramatic expansion of its structure during the first fifteen years of its existence as the Verdeans rapidly built up naval capability from a handful of ships left over from the Capisarian occupation to a large, highly capable naval force, and arguably the largest in Greater Meridon. Since that time, there has been some additional modernizations, but the organization of the Navy remains largely the same as it had been since the conclusion of the third Verdean five year plan.
The Verdean Navy currently has 210,786 personnel in service, of which 145,614 are conscripts, and 5,009 of whom are civilians serving in the military infrastructure. The Navy has a reserve of 59,132 personnel, most of whom serve in the littoral groups of the Navy and are only in service three or four months out of the year during Naval patrols. The Navy receives the lion's share of the total defense budget, 40%, which in the DI 217 fiscal year meant that the Navy had a budget of $49,854,350,680 NSD. The color of the Verdean Navy is green, which appears on the dress uniforms of naval service personnel.
Formations
The Navy operates a number of formations, notably, seven aircraft carrier groups, four littoral patrol groups, and two submarine groups. The senior formations of the Navy are the Aircraft Carrier groups (referred to as "Fleets"), which are centered around Mariana Ortega class and Virginia de Castille class aircraft carriers. These fleets are supplemented by two squadrons of amphibious assault ships, twelve squadrons of coastal patrol frigates, corvettes, and light patrol frigates, and three squadrons of submarines, one of which consists of nuclear powered submarines. Aside from these formations, there exists a substantial support system which manages the transport, sustainment, maintenance, and support services of the Navy.
The Verdean Naval Infantry is considered the second most senior service of the Verdean Armed Forces, being formed initially as the striking arm of the Classical and Post-Classical periods, eventually evolving into an amphibious invasion and raiding force, and an elite shock infantry group during the Carlosian War. The Naval Infantry was reformed under the DI 192 in the Military Reformation Acts, by taking the best soldiers from the revolutionary guerilla forces who were willing to continue service in the Verdean military and placing them into the newly reformed Naval Infantry. Some organizational changes have been made in the first years after the revolution, notably the formation of the Marine Raiders and the Naval Commandos, and several rounds of equipment standardizations and modernizations have made the Naval Infantry have enshrined the Naval Infantry as the elite force of, and the sole professional force of the Verdean Armed Forces.
Currently there are 176,890 people serving the Verdean Naval Infantry. As a strictly professional military force, there are no conscripts serving in the Naval Infantry, and in fact, all Naval Infantry personnel are Veterans of the National Service Program. There are however, 4,942 civilians who operate as part of the military infrastructure. Currently there are 22,970 reservists in the Naval Infantry, who largely serve as replacement personnel for short-staffed units, as well as working, on a rotating basis as military trainers, particularly in the Naval Infantry, but also in the Army and the Navy. The Verdean Naval Infantry receives 20% of the national defense budget, which in the DI 217 fiscal year was $21,781,790,420 NSD. The color of the Naval Infantry is white, which appears on the dress uniforms on service personnel, though in recognition of the historical connection to the Navy, Verdean Naval Infantry do possess green berets, which are used with the dress uniforms.
Formations
The core of the combat capacity of the Verdean Naval Infantry revolves around the combat brigades of the three Expeditionary Forces. These brigades are primarily organized as light infantry, but serve in a light infantry, marine assault or air assault capacity. In support of these infantry brigades, each expeditionary force also possess a supporting army of Cavalry (Armored), Mechanized, and Logistical Support battalions. Another Expeditionary Force sized group exists to provide support services to the primary combat forces. Lastly, there are two independent brigade sized elements that operate separately of the Expeditionary Force Structure, the largest of these, the Republican Guard is organized as a light infantry brigade, but are more generally utilized in embassy and VIP guard roles; the other is the Special Forces Command which organizes the Tier I and Tier II operators of the Verdean Special Forces, as well as two independent Companies of Presidential and Chancellor's Guards.
Army
The Verdean Army is the largest service in the Verdean Armed Forces, though it lacks the prestige of either the Navy or the Naval Infantry. The first real forebears of the modern Verdean Army being the New Model Army of the late Imperial Period, which was the first truly nationalized army on the Verdean Archipelago. The modern Verdean Army was formed by the DI 192 in the Military Reformation Acts, reorganizing the revolutionary guerrilla force into a more nationalized, professionalized military force. The army began modernizing heavily as a result of the Doradan Conflict, upgrading equipment to be more in line with other Meridonian powers, as opposed to second hand equipped left behind from the Capisarian occupation.
Currently there are 752,542 personnel serving the Verdean Army, the overwhelming majority (521,761) of which are serving as part of the National Service Program; though there is a small cadre of primarily non-commissioned and commissioned officers. Additionally, 44,852 civilians work within the infrastructure of the Verdean Army. The bulk of the army is in the reserves, which is activated on an as-needed basis, and currently roughly 40,000 Verdean reservists are active and operating overseas, particularly in the Doradan theater. The Verdean Army receives 21% of the total defense budget, which in the DI 217 fiscal year was $26,173,534,107 NSD. The color of the Verdean Army is burgundy which appears on the dress uniforms of Verdean Army dress uniforms.
Formations
The structure of the Verdean Army is broken down into four seperate corps, two of which are reservist, a corps of regulars, and a mixed-regular reserve corps. The first corps referred to as the Army Corps of Regulars, is the primary combat arm of the army, and is broken down into four divisions, a cavalry (armored) division, an air assault division (including the Verdean para-Brigade), a mixed infantry-mechanized division, and a mountaineers division, in addtion there is a supporting division that provides nonorganic materiel support. There are two reservist combat corps that are similarly organized, around a mixed of cavalry, and infantry forces. Lastly, there is a supporting corps that oversees independent service support functions, most notably the training division which oversees the training of recruits.
Air Force
The Verdean Air Force is the youngest of the military services in the Verdean Armed Forces, lacking the sort of military traditions possessed by the older services. Prior to the military occupation of the Republic of Verde in the DI 140s, there was no separate and distinctive Air Force, with wartime aerial assets being folded under the Army's command structure. When the Orteguista state was formed however, several decades of military experience from other nations had demonstrated the superiority of a distinct air force command structure, and the first ever Verdean Air Force was formed with the DI 192 Military Reformation Acts. Though initially underequipped, joint weapons programs with the new socialist state of Capisaria resulted in the expansion of the Verdean Air Force in the early DI 200s, and the threat of nuclear attack in the buildup to the Doradan War led to the creation of an anti-ballistic defense force in DI 211, which saw the last major expansion of the Air Force since its creation.
Currently there are 62,764 personnel in the Verdean Air Force, and 36,450 conscripts make up its non-professional force. There are 2,373 civilians working within the Air Force's command structure. The Air Force maintains a reserve of 23,604, which makes up a substantial portion of the Air Force's second line air defense and bombardment groups, as well as the anti-ballistic missile system. The Verdean Air Force has the smallest budget of the service branches, receiving 19% of total defense expenditure, in DI 217 this amounted to $23,680,816,573 NSD. The color of the Verdean Air Force is sky blue which appears on the dress uniforms of Air Force personnel.
Formations
The Verdean Air Force is broken into three major sections. The first, largest, and most direct of these are the Air Commands. There are four of these air commands that serve as the organizational hubs of the striking arm of the Air Force. Each of these Air commands operates at the barest minimum a single Air Defense (fighter) Group, and a support group that contains the AWACS and refueling support for the Air Command. Aside from these minimums there are a number of air defense, bombardment, and transport groups that augment the basic skeleton of the Air Force. Aside from the Air Commands there is an anti-ballistic missile force, which operates 15 batteries of anti-ballistic missile units, and an auxiliary force that provides most of the necessary supporting services for the Air Force. Finally there is a single aerobatic squadron known as the Lanceros.
Conscription
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The Verdean Armed Forces relies heavily on the National Service Program for recruits. The Verdean National Service program stipulates that all citizens must undergo a two year period of service in the Verdean Armed Forces, the Pan-Verdean Restoration Corps, the National Guard (a Civil Defense Organization), or with local governmental or religious authorities. This period of service must be initiated before the citizen reaches the age of 26. Though the majority of citizens join other services for their National Service period, a large number of recruits (roughly 300,000-350,00 per anum) undertake their service with the Verdean Armed Forces. Most conscripts serve in the Army, and are only rarely used in combat abroad. However, since the beginning of the Doradan Conflict, a larger number of Conscripts have seen overseas service. At the conclusion of military service National Service Personnel are given the option to discontinue their service, remain as a reservist, or remain as a professional soldiers. Some elements of the Armed Forces, most notably the Naval Infantry, will only take service personnel who have completed their National Service.
Intelligence Gathering Capabilities
The Verdean Armed Forces have a fairly robust system of intelligence gathering, with nearly all branches having at least a brigade level unit dedicated to military intelligence, and some branches having organic intelligence assets in maneuver units. Verdeans largely rely on signals intelligence, most notably through cyber warfare to acquire most of their actionable intelligence. However, the Navy and Army both maintain substantive units dedicated to the maintenance and operation of human intelligence networks. These Humnint groups have gained importance as the Verdeans rely increasingly on local spies to find and eliminate insurgent cells in Dorado, and Federal Holdouts in Meridon. A major leak in DI 215, resulted in the leakage of Verdean signals intelligence systems, resulting in a major overhaul of the Verdean Sigint system beginning in late DI 216.
Role
The Verdean Armed Forces largely has a defensive role, with a few notable exceptions. Since the beginning of the Doradan War, the Verdean Government has taken a more active military stance in Greater Meridon, most notably, with the Verdean championing of Davidian liberation after several decades of foreign occupation. The Army, for the most part however, remains a nearly purely defensive force with only a fairly small commitment made for the occupation of Isla Dorado. The Verdean Navy, and Naval Infantry are the primary expeditionary force utilized by the Verdean government, and as such are generally seen as the foreign face of the Verdean Armed Forces. Verdean soldiers outside of these two branches must volunteer for foreign service, and in the case of the Air Force, must not be serving as part of National Service.
Operations
In spite of its largely defensive nature, the Verdean Armed Forces have been involved been in a number of military and humanitarian operations, most notably as part of the Doradan Conflict and in joint operations with Capisaria
| Operation | Dates of Operation Commencement and Termination (Duration) | Verdean Casualties | Description of Operation |
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Military Operations
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| Operación Meteorito | 12 Mesorge-19 de Mesisa DI 196 (4 months, 3 days) | 2 KIA 165 WIA |
Verdean forces were called upon in an assistant role to the armed forces of Isla Plata in reestablishing order, following the outbreak of violence throughout the island. The Operation, lasting four months, resulted in the successful restoration of order to Isla Plata. |
| Operación Espada Oculta | 26-28 de Mestor DI 197 (2 days) | 1 KIA 3 WIA 1 Helicopter |
A joint Capisarian-Verdean Operation using Capisarian intelligence, to eliminate an Federalist ex-Capisarian general John C. Gerhard and a number of Federal loyalists soldiers located in the Capisarian-Ravensbrook mountains. Operation was a success with all hostiles killed or captured. |
| Operación Vanguardia Gris | 18-32 de Mesjula DI 201 (14 days) | 3 KIA 46 WIA 2 Helicopters |
A two week joint campaign to target a number of Federalist insurgents in the Versitean Desert. The Operation resulted in unexpectedly high casualties but was successful at scattering the insurgents and dramatically reducing the insurgency's vehicle pool and forces. |
| Operación Paladín Gris | 17 de Meseva DI 203-6 de Mesvacío DI 205 (2 years, 1 month, 40 days) | 5 WIA | A long term counterpiracy campaign targetting pirates in the Verdean Archipelago, operation was hugely successful eliminating several pirate groups with a minimum of casualties. Piracy in the Verdean Archipelago was largely eliminated by the end of the operation. |
| Operación Arco | 10 de Mesisa DI 208 (1 day) | None | A joint Capisarian-Verdean Operation, using Capisarian intelligence, to eliminate Federalist ex-Capisarian general Jules-Pierre Batonn. Succesful operation resulting in the execution of the general with no cost to Verdean forces. |
| Operación Justicia Rapído | 22 Mesjula-31 de Mesorge DI 213 (1 month, 9 days) | 38 KIA 47 WIA 12 MIA 28 Aircraft |
An operation intended to suppress Doradan air and coastal defenses in preparation for the invasion of Isla Dorado. Most targets successfully eliminated at high cost to the Verdean forces, most notably the Air Force, who had taken the most losses that they ever had. |
| Operación Proa Roto | 33 de Mesorge-16 de Mesjandra DI 213 (33 days) | 15 KIA 178 WIA 1 MIA 2 Aircraft 5 Watercraft |
A Major Operation to destroy the Doradan Navy, eliminated the hostile fleet by the end of the operation, relatively few casualties sustained in comparison to expectations. |
| Operación Resolución Odiosa | 48 de Mesjandra-27 de Mesisa (2 months, 31 days) | 592 KIA 14,890 WIA 1,150 MIA/Captured 18 Aircraft 2 Watercraft 115 Ground Vehicles |
The amphibious invasion of Isla Dorado, attempting to seize the major port cities of Isla Dorado. In spite of initial successes fighting bogs down in the cities proper resulting in heavy fighting for several months, and enormous casualties on the part of the Verdeans. After the depletion of the Doradan strategic manpower reserve, the second and third pushes to take control met with greater success, and the eventual termination of operations with the successful capture of Gran Colón, and the withdrawal of several Doradan Brigades to the interior of Isla Dorado. Operation laid the groundwork for the followup operations to seize the island. |
| Operación Espada Rota | 42 de Meseva DI 213 (1 day) | 26 KIA 2 Helicopters |
In an attempt to force a quicker resolution to the war, Verdean Special Forces are inserted into Puerto Bello to assassinate the Doradan leadership. Operation ends in spectacular failure with the non-completion of objectives, the destruction of Verdean assets, and capture and execution of the entire Special Operations Team. |
| Operación Eclipse Naranja | 30-39 de Mesisa DI 213 (9 days) | 115 KIA 1,297 WIA 150 MIA/Captured 2 Aircraft 46 Ground Vehicles |
After the eventual success of Verdean forces in Operación Resolución Odiosa, Operación Eclipse Naranja is launched to seize the interior of Isla Dorado. After a strong initial push, fighting bogs down near the central mountains, and the arrival of the monsoon season puts an end to offensive action. The Operation, though failing to complete all of its objectives is considered a significant success, as nearly two thirds of Isla Dorado are brought under the control of Verdean forces in under two weeks. |
| Operación Puerta del Muerte | 9-23 de Mesvacío DI 213 (14 days) | 10 KIA 187 WIA 2 Ground Vehicles |
During a pause in the Monsoons, Verdean forces launch a push to take Puerto Bello. Though a failure in the tactical sense, the push results in massive losses for the Doradan Army (including 10% of their peacetime strength in captured soldiers), and the seizure of more land, at relatively low cost to Verdean forces. |
| Operación Resistencía del Toro | 24-33 Mesvacío DI 213 (9 days) | 252 KIA 6,121 WIA 16 MIA 35 Ground Vehicles |
During and after an attempted coup by Doradans seeking to end the war, Verdean forces launched an offensive against Puerto Bello. The initial assault failed, resulting in substantial, though not unsustainable losses. Offensive operations slowed for a week while fresh troops were rotated into the front. A second major push resulted in the seizure of the city in the span of two days, with the Doradan government surrendering to Verdean military forces on 33 de Mesvacío. |
| Operación Profeto Loco | 34 de Mesvacío DI 213-36 de Mesvacío DI 215 (2 years, 2 days) | 3 KIA 25 WIA 16 MIA |
A manhunt for a renegade ethnonationalist Septon of Regio dela Verde, Hugo Rodriguez. The operation came to an end when it came to light that Septon Rodriguez was dead, and had been so for several years, with his speeches constructed by an outside entity. |
| Operación Vanguardia Recta | 18 de Mesorge DI 214-8 de Mesjandra DI 216 (2 years, 1 month, 40 days) | 256 KIA 7,812 WIA 152 MIA/captured 15 Aircraft 110 Ground Vehicles |
An operation attempting to root out remnant Doradan forces, and take down the nascent insurgency. The Operation was ultimately a failure as Doradan ethnonationalist forces managed to coalesce into a cohesive insurgency that was a viable threat to the new Doradan government, necessitating a long term Verdean presence on Isla Dorado. |
| Operación Serpiente Caño | 36 de Mesvacío DI 215-present day (more than 2 years) | 786 KIA 32,156 200 MIA 22 Aircraft 1 Watercraft 115 Ground Vehicles |
This operation has been the longest foreign combat deployment of Verdean forces since the inception of the Orteguista Republic. This has been the long term counterinsurgency operation against Doradan ethnonationalists. Operations have proceeded sporadically throughout the duration of the occupation, with frequent insurgent attacks against Verdean patrols racking up a substantial casualty rate amongst Verdean forces. Verdean counterinsurgency patrols have similarly inflicted heavy losses against the insurgents. The Operation has had some focus on shifting insurgent attacks away from Major Doradan cities, to unoccupied rural areas, and this has had some minimal success, dramatically reducing insurgent attacks in Doradan cities. |
| Operación Justicia Vengativa | 18 de Mestor DI 217 (1 day) | N/a | A Joint Capisarian-Verdean execution mission targetting Federalist ex-officer Thomas W. Riley. Operation was a success with the target eliminated at no cost to the Verdean special forces force sent into the engagement zone. |
Humanitarian Operations
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| Operación Mercía | 16. de Mesvacío DI 195-Present Day (over 12 years) | 16 WIA | An ongoing operation to provide humanitarian support to the people of Davidos during the ongoing occupation of the island. Operations have been only modestly successful in supporting the Davidian people, especially when the conflict flares up. |
| Operación Corazón del Desierto | 15 de Mesjula DI 209-12 de Mesorge DI 212 (3 years, 49 days) | None | A long running Verdean operation to assist with the enforcement of order, and development of Versitean areas adjacent the Kijubi-Nyodo Railway corrider. The deployment was relatively small, and had relatively little impact before being ended as a result of the nuclear attack on Isla Verde. |
| Operación Veracidad Duradera | 34 de Mesvacío DI 213-Present day (over 5 years) | 154 KIA 1,121 WIA |
An ongoing operation to provide humanitarian aid to the Doradan people. A number of operational initiatives have been launched under the umbrella of the larger humanitarian operation. While significant resources have been put into this operation, attacks from insurgents have dramatically hindered the efficacy of these operations. |