Sedunnic Armed Forces (Pacifica)

Sedunnic Armed Forces
Rammstovd
Coat of arms of the Sedunnic Armed Forces
Founded	Antiquity
Current form	2014
Service branches	Army Navy Air Force Teleresources
Headquarters	Essela (peacetime)
Leadership
Commander-in-Chief	Sedunnic Government
Minister of Defence	Derrns Kappsaty
Supreme Commander	General Maks Fejellienn
Manpower
Military age	18
Conscription	11-month service obligation
Active personnel	71,000
Reserve personnel	265,500
Deployed personnel	20,000
Expenditures
Budget	$35.25 billion (2017)
Percent of GDP	4.4% of GDP (2017)
Industry
Domestic suppliers	STT Levē Kallnhē Botna SG SLU Sedtrē ASA
Foreign suppliers	Karnetvor Resentine

The Sedunnic Armed Forces (Sedunnic: Rammstovd, literally "the War Authority") is the government agency that forms the military of Sedunn. It has four service branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, and the so-called Teleresources branch.

Military service is mandatory in Sedunn for both men and women, but after several reforms in the 1980s, each year only a minority is conscripted for training after the mandatory entrance assessment tests. Serving abroad is always voluntary in peacetime. The active force is about 71,000 military and civilian voluntary personnel. The reserve force is about 265,500 and has both conscripted and voluntary personnel. The voluntary personnel of the reserve force mainly serves in local defence battalions.

Most of the equipment is manufactured domestically by state-owned companies. Military funding is by tradition high.

Mission and doctrine

The purpose of the Sedunnic Armed Forces is to prevent a foreign occupation of Sedunn and secure its continuing existence as an independent nation by defending the nation, its allies, and its interests in the world, and to assert the territorial integrity of Sedunn and the rule of international law. Furthermore, it shall keep the cross-Pacific trade routes open, support the civil society in case of natural disasters, and support international peacekeeping efforts.

The Sedunnic Armed Forces pursues a doctrine of high mobility, modularity, and often sophisticated equipment. The goal is to gain and maintain overwhelming local fire superiority by the means of combining arms. The ability is seen as a key component to achieve war deterrence. Especially the Navy is also used in access/area denial missions.

Following Tasternine's declaration of independence from the then nationalist Karnetvor in 2009 and King Vimmru II's new foreign policy where military neutrality was abolished, work has begun to increase expeditionary capabilities after decades of planning towards home defence. Sedunn has issued a guarantee of independence to Transsuneria and has generally reassumed a more active role internationally and militarily.

Current international deployments

Sedunnic soldiers in Transsuneria 2017.

The Sedunnic Armed Forces has deployed expeditionary forces in Reizen of an estimated size of 18,000 troops as part of a agreement between Sedunn, the Frost Empire, the WPR and the RDC. Sedunn promised a saturation attack against RIM targets and follow-up land operations in exchange for the parties returning to the Grovne Ceasefire. The operation was proceeded by a deployment of Special CBRN Operations Units in Reizen to prevent or limit the use of chemical weapons by the RIM. By mid-February 2019 an estimated 25% of the RIM's stockpile had been destroyed.

The Sedunnic Armed Forces also has peacekeeping troops deployed in Transsuneria since the end of the Second Transsunerian Civil War. The number of troops has recently been reduced to a battalion-sized permanent contingent which is tasked with aiding the Transsunerians maintain peace and to protect the Sedunnic naval support base in Floodport. According to current planning, a motorised battalion, a detachment of two to four Hotvemm G84 fighters and a small naval logistics support unit shall be deployed by the end of 2020 the earliest.

The Sedunnic Navy conducts patrol missions on the cross-Pacific trade routes. Sedunn has small naval logistics support units in the allied nations Karnetvor and Resentine.

Recruitment

A physical aptitude test.

Military (or civilian) service is compulsory from the age of 18 for all men and women (women since 2017). When turning 17, all Sedunnic citizens take entrance assessment tests (that may be postponed up to the age of 20 under special circumstances). Based on the results, different service alternatives are offered, of which one has choose one. The training is normally at minimum seven months. While many still are conscripted, the yearly number of conscripts has been greatly reduced since the 1980s, more due to modernisation requiring less personnel than an actual disarmament.

After having completed the training, the recruits are given a choice to continue serving in a professional career in one of the standing units, or join the reserve (the so-called mobilisation forces). Personnel that belongs to the reserve are required to participate in recurring refresher training and exercises. After having reached the upper military age, which varies depending on type of service, career personnel and reservists may volunteer to join the local defence forces. There are three different personnel categories: active, conscripted and volunteer, where the latter two belong to the reserve. Personnel in the volunteer category exclusively serve in local defence battalions.

In total, about 2.1% of the population is directly engaged in Sedunn's military defence (about 336,500 personnel), of which 32% serve voluntary units. About 12% are female.

Organisation

Authority coordination regions in Bailtem-Sedunn.

The highest ranking officer in the Sedunnic Armed Forces is the Supreme Commander, currently General Maks Fejellienn. The Supreme Commander is appointed by the Sedunnic Defence Ministry and leads the Armed Forces according to the policy set forth by the Government.

The Supreme Commander leads the Headquarters of the Armed forces, which consists of two staffs: the Operations Command, which plans, directs and controls the usage of the forces, and the Training Command which controls recruitment and training of the personnel in the forces. There are four service branches in the Sedunnic Armed Forces: the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Teleresources. Each service branch has their own operations commands and regional training commands. The Special Forces, the Military Intelligence Service, the Military Materiel Agency and War Research Agency also belong to the Armed Forces and answer directly to the Headquarters.

Defence of the Sedunnic territory is coordinated with the six authority coordination regions where military and civilian efforts are combined under the concept of total defence.

Army

The Army (Trammtasstled, "the Field Forces") is responsible for land operations and is the largest service branch of the Sedunnic Armed Forces, having about 278,000 personnel. The Army has 12 brigades, six regiments and circa 94 additional battalions of different types. The active force in the Army is about 31,000 personnel, also including training and civilian personnel. Fully mobilised, the Army has the following structure.

Structure of the Sedunnic Army since July 2019.

The main units are:

• Field brigade (x6): the core units of the Army, having a combination of armoured and mechanised manoeuvre battalions. There are two variants: light and heavy. The heavy field brigade has twice as many tanks, double the amount of field artillery and more mechanised infantry, while the light field brigade is more mobile. Main systems include VN 14, VN 86E, AGvN 14, MHRN 14.

• Artillery regiment (x3): providing division-level fire support. The artillery is fully self-propelled and fields both guns and rocket pieces. The 3rd Artillery Regiment has strategic ballistic missiles with long range.

• Mountain brigade (x2): fights in mountainous regions. Mechanisation and access to fire support is much lower than in the field brigades. The main purpose is to deny an opponent access and passage through passes and valleys and surface surveillance.

• City brigade (x2): mechanised infantry brigades uniquely specialised in urban warfare. They also perform honour guard duties. The brigades use lighter armoured vehicles such as from the RN 90 family.

• Airmobile brigade (x1): uses helicopters to perform air assault with light and mobile infantry battalions.

• Airborne brigade (x1): has highly mobile parachute battalions.

• Local defence battalion (x80): are motorised and mechanised rapid response units that guard and protect specific areas and buildings, and assist in the mobilisation of the rest of the army. They mainly inherit personnel and equipment from active and conscripted units.