British Armed Forces (A New World)

The British Armed Forces, also known as Her Majesty's Armed Forces, are the military services responsible for the defence of the United Kingdom.
Since the formation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707 (later succeeded by the United Kingdom), the armed forces have seen action in a number of major wars involving the world's great powers, including the Seven Years' War, the Napoleonic Wars, the Crimean War, the First World War, the Second World War, and the Third World War. Repeatedly emerging victorious from conflicts has allowed Britain to establish itself as one of the world's leading military and economic powers.
Today, the British Armed Forces consist of: the Royal Navy, a blue-water navy with a Large Fleet comprised of Highly Advanced Warships, together with the Royal Marines, a highly specialised amphibious light infantry force; the British Army, the UK's principal land warfare branch; and the Royal Air Force, a technologically sophisticated air force with a diverse operational fleet consisting of both fixed-wing and rotary aircraft. The British Armed Forces include standing forces, Regular Reserve, Volunteer Reserves and Sponsored Reserves.
Head of the Armed Forces is the British monarch, currently Queen Charlotte, to whom members of the forces swear allegiance. Long-standing constitutional convention, however, has vested de facto executive authority, by the exercise of Royal Prerogative, in the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Defence. The Prime Minister (acting with the Cabinet) makes the key decisions on the use of the armed forces. The Queen however, remains the supreme authority of the military. The UK Parliament approves the continued existence of the British Army by passing an Armed Forces Act at least once every five years, as required by the Bill of Rights 1689. The Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and Royal Marines among with all other forces do not require this act. The armed forces are managed by the Defence Council of the Ministry of Defence, headed by the Secretary of State for Defence.
The United Kingdom was Instrumental for Reforming NATO, and became one of the founding members of it's succesors, the United Defense Coalition (UDC).
== The Armed Forces ==
=== Naval Service ===
==== Royal Navy ====
The Royal Navy is a technologically sophisticated naval force, and as of 2110 consists of more than 100 commissioned ships. Command of deployable assets is exercised by the Fleet Commander of the Naval Service. Personnel matters are the responsibility of the Second Sea Lord/Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command, an appointment usually held by a vice-admiral. 
The Surface Fleet consists of Aircraft Carriers, amphibious warfare ships, destroyers, frigates, patrol vessels, mine-countermeasure vessels, and other miscellaneous vessels. The Sheffield-class Destroyers are Technologically advanced Destroyers equipped with Diomedes Combat System. and Queen Charlotte-class Aircraft Carriers were considered one of most advanced Aircraft Carriers in UDC Nations and the pride of the Royal Navy.
==== Royal Marines ====
The Royal Marines are the Royal Navy's amphibious troops. Consisting of 5 Brigades and various independent units, the Royal Marines specialise in amphibious, arctic, and mountain warfare. The Commando Logistic Regiment consists of personnel from the Army, Royal Marines, and Royal Navy.
=== British Army ===
Main Article: British Army (A New World)
The British Army is made up of the Regular Army and the Army Reserve. The army has a single command structure based at Andover and known as "Army Headquarters". Deployable combat formations consist of Divisions that based across UK. Within the United Kingdom, operational and non-deployable units are administered by two divisions, Force Troops Command, and London District. 
The Army has Many Regiments that has spread across British Isles of regular and reserve infantry. The majority of infantry regiments contains multiple regular and reserve battalions. Modern infantry have diverse capabilities and this is reflected in the varied roles assigned to them. There are four operational roles that infantry battalions can fulfil: air assault, armoured infantry, mechanised infantry, and light role infantry. Regiments and battalions e.g.: the Parachute Regiment, exist within every corps of the Army, functioning as administrative or tactical formations.
there are 6 Armoured Division and several Yeomanry (armoured reserves) within the Army, armoured divisions and their yeomanry counterparts collectively form the Royal Armoured Corps. 
Arms and support units are also formed into similar collectives organised around specific purposes, such as the Corps of Royal Engineers, Army Air Corps and Royal Army Medical Corps. 
there's also an Household Division, to describe a country's most elite or historically senior military units in British Army, those military units have provide ceremonial or protective functions for British Royal Family as well as The Elite Unit within British Army. 
the Household Division consists of seven regiments, giving rise to the division's motto of septem juncta in uno (Latin for "seven joined in one"):
* Household Cavalry (composed of the Life Guards and the Blues and Royals)
* Foot Guards (composed of the Grenadier Guards, the Coldstream Guards, the Scots Guards, the Irish Guards, and the Welsh Guards)the seven regiments that form the Household Division in the United Kingdom are all currently units of the regular army, which included a reserve regiment, the London Regiment.
They are under the command of the Major-General Commanding the Household Division, who is also General Officer Commanding London District. The Divisional command is made up of the Major General, his Chief of Staff (usually a Colonel), the Brigade Major (usually a Lieutenant Colonel), the Staff Captain, Staff Officer Ceremonial, Superintending Clerk and the Garrison Sergeant Major. In addition, both the Household Cavalry and the Foot Guards have their own chains of command, as do the individual regiments. 
The connection with the Sovereign remains important ceremonially, and the Household Division provides ceremonial for the Crown. The Sovereign is Colonel-in-chief of all the constituent regiments of the Division. One of the five Foot Guards regiments is selected each year to troop their colour before the Sovereign at Trooping the Colour annually in June. This ceremony includes march-pasts in slow and quick time, and is attended by the Household Troops. Orders for the Household Division are conveyed to the Major-General via officers who are part of the Royal Household: the Field Officer in Brigade Waiting (for the Foot Guards) and the Silver Stick in Waiting (for the Household Cavalry). 
The Foot Guards provide two battalions and incremental companies at any one time tasked for public duties together with the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment.
=== Royal Air Force ===
The Royal Air Force has a large operational fleet that fulfils various roles, consisting of both fixed-wing and rotary aircraft. 
Frontline aircraft are controlled by Air Command, which is organized by several groups. Deployable formations consist of Expeditionary Air Wings and squadrons—the basic unit of the Air Force. 
The Royal Air Forces operates multi-role and single-role fighters, reconnaissance and patrol aircraft, tankers, transports, helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles, and various types of training aircraft. Ground units are also maintained by the Royal Air Force, most prominently the RAF Police and the Royal Air Force Regiment (RAF Regt). The Royal Air Force Regiment essentially functions as the ground defence force of the RAF, optimised for the specialist role of fighting on and around forward airfields, which are densely packed with operationally vital aircraft, equipment, infrastructure and personnel . 
The Regiment contains nine regular squadrons, supported by five squadrons of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force Regiment. In addition, it provides the UK's specialist Chemical, Biological, and Radiological capability. It also provides half of the UK's Forward Air Controllers and the RAF's contribution to the Special Forces Support Group.
== Ministry of Defence ==
The Ministry of Defence maintains a number civilian agencies in support of the British Armed Forces. Although they are civilian, they play a vital role in supporting Armed Forces operations, and in certain circumstances are under military discipline:
* The Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) operates 13 ships which primarily serve to replenish Royal Navy warships at sea, and also augment the Royal Navy's amphibious warfare capabilities through its three Bay-class landing ship dock vessels. It is manned by 1,850 civilian personnel and is funded and run by the Ministry of Defence.
* The Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) has an established strength of 2,700 police officers which provide armed security, counter terrorism, uniformed policing and investigative services to Ministry of Defence property, personnel, and installations throughout the United Kingdom.
* The Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) is the merged procurement and support organisation within the UK Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom). It came into being on 2 April 2007, bringing together the MoD's Defence Procurement Agency and the Defence Logistics Organisation under the leadership of General Sir Kevin O'Donoghue as the first Chief of Defence Materiel. As of 2110 it has a civilian and military workforce of approx. 40,000 personnel. DE&S is overseen by the Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology.
* The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) is an organisation within the UK government responsible for providing navigational and other hydrographic information for national, civil and defence requirements. The UKHO is located in Taunton, Somerset, on Admiralty Way and has a workforce of approximately 1,000 staff.
== Appearances ==
Following the Second Mexican-American War and the implementation of Hall Doctrine into the Armed Forces, British Army were fielded with new Standard Uniform made with Nano-Fabric Armor and ATHENA Combat System. the Uniform Design were influenced by The No. 2: Service Dress.
Officially named "Battledress", both Male and Female Soldiers are wearing a khaki jacket, white dress shirt for Male or blouse for Female, and tie with trousers for Male and a short pleated skirt for Female (can opt for trousers which used by several Female Soldiers) on all Units in the Army.
for Regiments and Corps, they wear Full Dress for Ceremonial Purposes, each of them have their own uniform designs as same as in Pre-Bioattack Era.
for Household Division, they also wear Full Dress for Ceremonial Purposes, however, they have their own Combat Uniform, named "Household Dress". the design were similar to Red Coat Uniforms in the past, which used by Foot Guards and Household Cavalry, and made with Nano-Fabric Uniform. Household Division Soldiers wear Scarlet Tunic, ATHENA Combat System, Black Trousers for Male Soldiers and Black Short Pleated Skirt for Female Soldiers (can opt for Trousers).
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