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The Ministry of Defence.
The Pacifican Commonwealth.

The Ministry of Defence of the Pacifican Commonwealth is bestowed the responsability to defend the Commonwealth, and is granted control of the Pacifican Armed Forces and the Pacifican Intelligence Command. The Ministry is currently headed by Acting Defence Minister Arnold Reid, a former pilot in the Kaumian Air Force. The Ministry has its headquarters in Freecastle House, modelled off the Foreign Ministry's Highborough House. Freecastle also has underground facilities, so that if an attack is ever conducted on Freecastle, the Ministry will not be destroyed completely.

The Ministry will be responable for publishing statistics involving the Pacifican Armed Forces, such as number of troops, number of aircraft, etc. The Ministry will also be responable for organising exercises with foreign nations, and Minister Reid expresses his hopes for 'many exercises between our military and other militaries in the near future'.

Below, you will find important information about the Pacifican Armed Forces and its current deployments.

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The Pacifican Armed Forces.

Commander-in-Chief: Acting President Jackson Bryce.
Defence Minister: Arnold Reid.
Head of the Defensive Staff: Jonathen Clarke.
Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force

Military Age: 18 years of age
Availability Males/Females: age 18-49: 2,372,958.
Fit for Military Service Males/Females: age 18-49: 1,773,991.
Reaching Military Age nnually Males/Females: 57,131.
Active Personal: 180,000.

Pacifican Army

Chief of Staff: General George Winston.
Vice Chief of Staff: General Philip Kingston.

Active Personal: 90,000.

Small arms: M16, SIG P226, H&K MP5, Mossberg 500, L118A1.
Special forces: H&K G3, SIG P226 (with silencer), Mossberg 500, M40.

Tanks:59 M1A1 Abrams A.I.M.

Infantry fighting vehicles: 257 ASLAV.

Armoured personal carriers: 766 M113.

Infantry mobility vehicles: Bushmaster IMVs.

Land Rovers: 5000 FFRs 5000 GS

Artillery: 112 L118/L119 105 mm Hamel Guns, 120 M2A2 105 mm Howitzer, 36 RBS-70 ground to air missile launchers, and 36 M198 155 mm Howitzer

Rader: ANTPQ-36 Locating RADAR, AMSTAR Ground Surveliance RADAR.

Aircraft:
3 Beechcraft Super King Air.
42 B300.
6 OH-58 Kiowa.
9 Boeing CH-47 Chinook.
35 CH-47D.
9 Eurocopter Tiger.
35 Sikorsky S-70 Blackhawk.
5 Utility helicopter S-70A-9.
MRH 90 Utility helicopter.

Pacifican Air Force.

Chief of Staff: Air Marshal Robert Jenkins.
Vice Chief of Staff: Air Vice Marshal Jennifer Gore.

Aircraft.
33 BAE Systems Hawks.
8 Beechcraft Super King Airs.
2 Boeing Business Jets.
3 Bombardier Challenger 600.
21 F-111 Aardvarks.
20 Lockheed C-130 Hercules.
20 Lockheed P-3 Orion.
70 F/A-18 Hornets.
65 Pilatus PC-9s.

Fighters/Attack Aircraft: 111.
Trainers: 130.
Transport (inc. VIP): 43.


Pacifican Navy.

Chief of Staff: Admiral Carl Johnson.
Vice Chief of Staff: Admiral Jason Cox.

Ships.
8 Anzac class frigates.
8 Adelaide class frigates.
14 Armidale class patrol boats.
8 Huon class minehunter.
8 Collins class submarine.
12 Kanimbla class amphibious transport.

Current Deployments.

Peacekeeping in Neoslavia. (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=14691061#post14691061)