The Fanboyists
11-04-2009, 16:17
OOC: I figured that since my military is coming into play more often than it has in the past, I should make a seperate factbook for it, as Parsilia and Telvira have done.
Please do not post any comments regarding it here. If you have comments or suggestions, please either PM me or TG me. Thank you.
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The Federal Armed Forces
of the Fanboyist Federation of North Atlantic Territories
Established 1892;
"Keine Mai gegen die Eisen-Flut!" ("None May Stop the Iron Flood!") National Motto
"For Family and Fatherland!" (Motto of the Federal Armed Forces)
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Federal Armed Forces Branches
Federal Army - Land Defense and Offensive Capacities. Deal with air defense over land.
-Federal Corps of Engineers - Provide public works and military infrastructure projects.
-Federal Medical Corps - Provide medical attention for the Federal Armed Forces and humanitarian crises.
Federal Navy - Defense of Federal interests around the wars, patrol of Federal waters, eradication of piracy.
-Federal Marine Corps - Provide amphibious offensive capability.
-Federal Coastal Patrol - Combat piracy, drug trafficking, human trafficking, and to generally ensure the safety of domestic waters.
Federal Air Corps - Deal with aerospace defense. Provide close-support to ground forces and naval forces.
-Federal Ballistics Corps - Provide a nuclear deterrent and the defenses to counter those of other nations.
-Federal Aerospace Projects Board - facilitate the exploration of outer-space, the defense of the country in this area, and the pioneering of new technologies to aid in the conquest of the cosmos.
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Early History:
The Federal Armed Forces has existed in its more-or-less modern form since 1892, when General Thomas Filie founded the Federation from the remains of the old Fanboyist Empire. Filie created the Federation in its modern form, though Morocco and the Ukraine would not be brought into the Federation until the Wars of Defense.
The Nationalist Army, a multi-national force that was used to forge the Federation, was the forerunner of the Federal Armed Forces. As the name suggests, the Nationalist Army was composed largely of land forces distributed between the two continents that functioned more or less seperately. Naval components would not find their way into the Armed Forces until 1884. When the Federation was proclaimed by Filie in 1892, the Nationalist Army became the Federal Armed Forces, and was to become the major defensive force of the Federation.
When the FFNAT was finally founded, the FAF had two major branches: the Federal Army and the Federal Navy. The Federal Navy has always generally been the weaker of the two. At this early stage in the FAF's development, the Federal Army was organized primarily at the Regimental level, wherein a regiment comprised 1600 men. The Federal Army could, in times of war, field up to 180 regiments. The Federal Navy comprised three major fleets at the time: the High Seas Fleet, the Gulf Fleet, and the Medditerranean Fleet, each one fielding the basic unit of power projection at the time: no fewer than 7 pre-dreadnought battleships each.
As the Wars of Defense began during the regime of Richard Giles, the Federal Navy was at its strongest: each of now four fleets (High Seas, Gulf, Medditerranean, and Baltic) fielding 9 post-dreadnought battleships were ready for immediate action. However, the long lasting wars, which would span the regime of three Federal leaders, would utterly debilitate the navy, as the heyday of dreadnoughts passed and the fleet failed to modernize, and its capital ships succumbed one by one to combat or mechanical failures. This is the main reason for the rather sorry shape of the Federal Navy today, with mixed modern and obsolete ships, undermanned, and not meant for any type of expeditionary capacity.
The Federal Army, however, has little but a good history. The Army began as a principally infantry force, as even its cavalry functioned as mounted rifles/dragoons, dismounting to fight. The artillery was generally viewed as a supporting arm, though this was to change during the Wars of Defense. As the Wars began, the Federal Army found itself overextended, and suffered severe setbacks, until the number of units was increased, and the main strategic/operational force was shifted to the Divisional level in 1915. With 50 divisions in action at the dawn of 1920, and with early tank and more mobile artillery coming into play, (and with early aerial combat), the FA was developing into a more combined arms force. Two principal division types existed: the armoured divisions, and the regular divisions. Armoured at this early stage, rather than designating units with tanks, rather indicated the presence of Federal "shock troops" who were meant to launch truely heavy assaults. As the late 20's passed and the mid '30s rolled around, however, larger bodies of tanks were integrated into the ADs (Armored Divisions) and they became truely deserving of their designation. From this point foward, the FA would see nothing but success in the Wars of Defense. Propelled-guns, rocket artillery, improved tanks, and integrated air corps turned the Federal Army into a formidable force, which remains largely unchanged at a fundamental level to this day.
When the Wars ended for good in the early '80s, and the FA helped an ambitious young general named Steven Grimmeberger spell the death of the Patricianate government, and a new era of social dominence for the FAF emerged, as well as renewed emphasis on discipline and, as a result of Grimmeberger's anti-Communist policies, a shift to counter-insurgency, which has become the forte of the non-shock troop Federal Infantry. Through multiple insurgencies, the Federal Army has reigned supreme, quelling each with remarkable swiftness and a precision uncommon in conventional armies. With the end of the Civil War in the early 90's, the what is now considered the historical period of the FAF came to a close, and so that is where our history lesson will end.
Please do not post any comments regarding it here. If you have comments or suggestions, please either PM me or TG me. Thank you.
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The Federal Armed Forces
of the Fanboyist Federation of North Atlantic Territories
Established 1892;
"Keine Mai gegen die Eisen-Flut!" ("None May Stop the Iron Flood!") National Motto
"For Family and Fatherland!" (Motto of the Federal Armed Forces)
*****
Federal Armed Forces Branches
Federal Army - Land Defense and Offensive Capacities. Deal with air defense over land.
-Federal Corps of Engineers - Provide public works and military infrastructure projects.
-Federal Medical Corps - Provide medical attention for the Federal Armed Forces and humanitarian crises.
Federal Navy - Defense of Federal interests around the wars, patrol of Federal waters, eradication of piracy.
-Federal Marine Corps - Provide amphibious offensive capability.
-Federal Coastal Patrol - Combat piracy, drug trafficking, human trafficking, and to generally ensure the safety of domestic waters.
Federal Air Corps - Deal with aerospace defense. Provide close-support to ground forces and naval forces.
-Federal Ballistics Corps - Provide a nuclear deterrent and the defenses to counter those of other nations.
-Federal Aerospace Projects Board - facilitate the exploration of outer-space, the defense of the country in this area, and the pioneering of new technologies to aid in the conquest of the cosmos.
*****
Early History:
The Federal Armed Forces has existed in its more-or-less modern form since 1892, when General Thomas Filie founded the Federation from the remains of the old Fanboyist Empire. Filie created the Federation in its modern form, though Morocco and the Ukraine would not be brought into the Federation until the Wars of Defense.
The Nationalist Army, a multi-national force that was used to forge the Federation, was the forerunner of the Federal Armed Forces. As the name suggests, the Nationalist Army was composed largely of land forces distributed between the two continents that functioned more or less seperately. Naval components would not find their way into the Armed Forces until 1884. When the Federation was proclaimed by Filie in 1892, the Nationalist Army became the Federal Armed Forces, and was to become the major defensive force of the Federation.
When the FFNAT was finally founded, the FAF had two major branches: the Federal Army and the Federal Navy. The Federal Navy has always generally been the weaker of the two. At this early stage in the FAF's development, the Federal Army was organized primarily at the Regimental level, wherein a regiment comprised 1600 men. The Federal Army could, in times of war, field up to 180 regiments. The Federal Navy comprised three major fleets at the time: the High Seas Fleet, the Gulf Fleet, and the Medditerranean Fleet, each one fielding the basic unit of power projection at the time: no fewer than 7 pre-dreadnought battleships each.
As the Wars of Defense began during the regime of Richard Giles, the Federal Navy was at its strongest: each of now four fleets (High Seas, Gulf, Medditerranean, and Baltic) fielding 9 post-dreadnought battleships were ready for immediate action. However, the long lasting wars, which would span the regime of three Federal leaders, would utterly debilitate the navy, as the heyday of dreadnoughts passed and the fleet failed to modernize, and its capital ships succumbed one by one to combat or mechanical failures. This is the main reason for the rather sorry shape of the Federal Navy today, with mixed modern and obsolete ships, undermanned, and not meant for any type of expeditionary capacity.
The Federal Army, however, has little but a good history. The Army began as a principally infantry force, as even its cavalry functioned as mounted rifles/dragoons, dismounting to fight. The artillery was generally viewed as a supporting arm, though this was to change during the Wars of Defense. As the Wars began, the Federal Army found itself overextended, and suffered severe setbacks, until the number of units was increased, and the main strategic/operational force was shifted to the Divisional level in 1915. With 50 divisions in action at the dawn of 1920, and with early tank and more mobile artillery coming into play, (and with early aerial combat), the FA was developing into a more combined arms force. Two principal division types existed: the armoured divisions, and the regular divisions. Armoured at this early stage, rather than designating units with tanks, rather indicated the presence of Federal "shock troops" who were meant to launch truely heavy assaults. As the late 20's passed and the mid '30s rolled around, however, larger bodies of tanks were integrated into the ADs (Armored Divisions) and they became truely deserving of their designation. From this point foward, the FA would see nothing but success in the Wars of Defense. Propelled-guns, rocket artillery, improved tanks, and integrated air corps turned the Federal Army into a formidable force, which remains largely unchanged at a fundamental level to this day.
When the Wars ended for good in the early '80s, and the FA helped an ambitious young general named Steven Grimmeberger spell the death of the Patricianate government, and a new era of social dominence for the FAF emerged, as well as renewed emphasis on discipline and, as a result of Grimmeberger's anti-Communist policies, a shift to counter-insurgency, which has become the forte of the non-shock troop Federal Infantry. Through multiple insurgencies, the Federal Army has reigned supreme, quelling each with remarkable swiftness and a precision uncommon in conventional armies. With the end of the Civil War in the early 90's, the what is now considered the historical period of the FAF came to a close, and so that is where our history lesson will end.