Greater Acadian Defense Forces
| Greater Acadian Defense Forces | |
|---|---|
| Service branches | Ground Command (GROUNDCOM)
Maritime Command (MARCOM) Air Command (AIRCOM) Strategic Logistics Command (LOGCOM) Missile and Defense Command (MISSILECOM) Territorial Defense Command (TERRICOM) Intelligence and Information Warfare Command (INFOCOM) |
| Headquarters | Federation City, Greater Acadia |
| Leadership | |
| Commander-in-Chief | President Jean Pierrault |
| De facto leader | Prime Minister Christine Belle |
| Manpower | |
| Military age | 16-60 |
| Conscription | Not Active |
| Active personnel | 567,000 |
| Reserve personnel | 190,000 |
| Expenditures | |
| Budget | $261.25 Billion |
| Percent of GDP | 5.2% |
The Greater Acadian Armed Forces (GADF, FR: Forces Armees de Grande Acadie, FAGA), are the united military forces of Greater Acadia including air, sea, air, logistics, strategic missile defense, territorial forces, and electronic warfare commands. Personnel may belong to the either the Active Force or the Reserve force, the latter of which is split among Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Reserve forces. The Greater Acadian Armed Forces are, by Acadian law, are separate and distinct from the Department of National Defense.
As of 1995, the GADF moved away from conscription-based recruitment after the South Acadian War towards a volunteer model. Conscription remains as a method of recruitment for the Canadian Forces, though only through mechanisms of the Emergency National Defense Act of 1995. As of today, the GADF is undergoing a significant period of modernization and reorganization, introducing new technologies, equipment, and capabilities to the service. Greater importance has been placed on technology, precision, and electronic and unmanned warfare systems to achieve a qualitative advantage on the battlefield. Significant emphasis has been placed on transforming the GADF from a domestic defense to a global intervention force, able to support allies in other areas of the world.
Along with the transition to a profession volunteer force, the GADF has also moved away from its previous defense scheme known as a the Total National Defense Scheme. Based on a modification of the Deep Operation operational concept developed by the Soviet Union in the interwar period, but combined with rapid mobilization of industry and manpower towards military pursuits as utilized by the United States during the Second World War. While Deep Operation is still utilized as of the current National Defense Scheme as the basis for strategic and operational thinking. However importance has been shifted from manpower expenditure towards munitions expenditure. Combined with greater emphasis on technology, precision in the deployment of munitions to key targets has been further emphasized.
History
Commands
Ground Command (GROUNDCOM)
Ground Command is the principle ground warfare command of the Acadian Defense Forces. It operates numerous corps-sized forces comprising manuever forces, special forces, tactical strike, and air assault forces brigades.