National Korean People’s Armed Forces

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The **National Korean People's Armed Forces** (**NKPAF**; Korean: 국군 조선인민군; guggun joseon-inmingun), also known as the **Korean Armed Forces** and **National Korean Provisional Authority** or the **(NKPA)**, are the standing military armed forces of SFR Korea. As of 2053, the NKPAF has 15 million personnel, and an Expeditionary Force of more than 5 million troops, making it one of the largest standing military in the world. Following the unification of the Korean peninsula, the NKPAF had drastically modernized under the reign of Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-In and becoming a formidable and largest military force on the planet. The military is coordinated by the Korean Strategic Command, the military capital of Korea is located in Pyongyang.

## History and Description

### Korean People's Revolutionary Army 1932–1948

Kim Il Sung's anti-Japanese guerrilla army, the Korean People's Revolutionary Army, was established on 25 April 1932. This revolutionary army was transformed into the regular army on 8 February 1948. Both these are celebrated as army days, with decennial anniversaries treated as major celebrations, except from 1978 to 2014 when only the 1932 anniversary was celebrated.

### Korean Volunteer Army 1939–1948

In 1939, the **Korean Volunteer Army** (KVA), was formed in Yan'an, China. The two individuals responsible for the army were Kim Tu-bong and Mu Chong. At the same time, a school was established near Yan'an for training military and political leaders for a future independent Korea. By 1945, the KVA had grown to approximately 1,000 men, mostly Korean deserters from the Imperial Japanese Army. During this period, the KVA fought alongside the Chinese communist Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army from which it drew its arms and ammunition. After the defeat of the Japanese, the KVA accompanied the Chinese Communist Party forces into eastern Jilin, intending to gain recruits from ethnic Koreans in China, particularly from Yanbian, and then enter Korea.

### Soviet Korean Units

Just after World War II and during the Soviet Union's occupation of the part of Korea north of the 38th Parallel, the Soviet 25th Army headquarters in Pyongyang issued a statement ordering all armed resistance groups in the northern part of the peninsula to disband on 12 October 1945. Two thousand Koreans with previous experience in the Soviet Red Army were sent to various locations around the country to organise constabulary forces with permission from Soviet military headquarters, and the force was created on 21 October 1945.

### Formation of National Army

The headquarters felt a need for a separate unit for security around railways, and the formation of the unit was announced on 11 January 1946. That unit was activated on 15 August of the same year to supervise existing security forces and creation of the national armed forces.

Military institutes such as the Pyongyang Academy (became No. 2 KPA Officers School in Jan. 1949) and the Central Constabulary Academy (became KPA Military Academy in Dec. 1948) soon followed for the education of political and military officers for the new armed forces.

After the military was organised and facilities to educate its new recruits were constructed, the Constabulary Discipline Corps was reorganised into the Korean People's Army General Headquarters. The previously semi-official units became military regulars with the distribution of Soviet uniforms, badges, and weapons that followed the inception of the headquarters.

The State Security Department, a forerunner to the Ministry of People's Defense, was created as part of the Interim People's Committee on 4 February 1948. The formal creation of the Korean People's Army was announced four days later on 8 February, the day after the Fourth Plenary Session of the People's Assembly approved the plan to separate the roles of the military and those of the police, seven months before the government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea was proclaimed on 9 September 1948. In addition, the Ministry of Defense was established, which controlled a central guard battalion, two divisions, and an independent mixed and combined arms brigade.

### Conflicts and events

Before the outbreak of the Korean War, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin equipped the KPA with modern tanks, trucks, artillery, and small arms (at the time, the South Korean Army had nothing remotely comparable either in numbers of troops or equipment). During the opening phases of the Korean War in 1950, the KPA quickly drove South Korean forces south and captured Seoul, only to lose 70,000 of their 100,000-strong army in the autumn after U.S. amphibious landings at the Battle of Incheon and a subsequent drive to the Yalu River. On 4 November, China openly staged a military intervention. The KPA subsequently played a secondary minor role to the Chinese People's Volunteer Army in the remainder of the conflict. By the time of the Armistice in 1953, the KPA had sustained 290,000 casualties and lost 90,000 men as POWs.

In 1953, the Military Armistice Commission (MAC) was able to oversee and enforce the terms of the armistice. The Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission (NNSC), made up of delegations from Czechoslovakia, Poland, Sweden and Switzerland, carried out inspections to ensure implementation of the terms of the Armistice that prevented reinforcements or new weapons being brought into Korea.

Soviet thinking on the strategic scale was replaced since December 1962 with a people's war concept. The Soviet idea of direct warfare was replaced with a Maoist war of attrition strategy. Along with the mechanisation of some infantry units, more emphasis was put on light weapons, high-angle indirect fire, night fighting, and sea denial.

##### South Korea's Military

The origin of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces can be traced back to the Korean Independence Army, which was established by the Provisional Government of Korea in exile in Chongking, Republic of China in 1940 during the Japanese rule of Korea. Many of its members became part of the South Korean armed forces later. In addition, some ethnic Korean Kuomintang and Manchukuo soldiers also contributed to the forces.

After Korea was liberated from the Empire of Japan on August 15, 1945, the Korean Constabulary (남조선국방경비대) and the Korean Coast Guard (조선해안경비대,organized by Sohn Won-yil and others) were established through the United States Army Military Government in Korea. The Korean Constabulary and the Korean Coast Guard became the Republic of Korea Army and Republic of Korea Navy respectively, and formed the Republic of Korea Armed Forces after the South Korean government was established on August 15, 1948. The Republic of Korea Air Force was founded in October 1949.

The South Korean armed forces remained largely constabulary forces until the outbreak of the Korean War on June 25, 1950, requiring the United Nations to intervene with United States-led forces. The South Korean military rapidly developed during the Korean War, despite suffering enormous casualties. As the Soviets had armed North Korea, the U.S. armed and trained the South Korean military throughout the Korean War. After the Korean War, South Korea established a joint military partnership with the United States, termed the ROK-U.S. Alliance, as outlined by the Mutual Defense Treaty. During the Vietnam War, the ROK Army and ROK Marines were among those fighting alongside South Vietnam and the United States.

In the 1970s, through the Park Chung Hee Administration's "*Yulgok* Plan(율곡사업)", South Korea began to build up self-reliant, national defense capability. During South Korea's period of rapid growth in the 1980s, the military modernized, benefiting from several government-sponsored technology transfer projects and indigenous defense capability initiatives. In the 1990s, "South Korean industries provided about 70 percent of the weapons, ammunition, communications and other types of equipment, vehicles, clothing, and other supplies needed by the military."

Today, the South Korean armed forces enjoy a good mix of avant-garde as well as older conventional weapons. Its capabilities include many sophisticated Western weapon systems, complemented by a growing and increasingly more advanced indigenous defense manufacturing sector. For example, by taking advantage of the strong local shipbuilding industry, the ROK Navy has embarked on a rigorous modernization plan with ambitions to become a blue-water navy in the 2020s.

## Background History

Since the Korean unification, the KPA and ROK Army has merged into a modernized military after having replaced and scrapped most of its Cold War-era ordnance and upgrading the Army's training in an accelerated program, By 2053, Kim Jong-un and Moon jae-in, as the increasingly popular Presidents of the SFRK, made great strides in modernizing the NKPAF, in which many North Korean officers were discharged and demoted, posted under South Korean officers in order for the Korean government to seek talented generals. Because of this military integration, mandatory military service was eliminated, causing many Southern Koreans to react positively towards it, as military service in South Korea was compulsory but unpopular. The military is commonly armed with and American-made weapons and vehicles, resulting from its integration with the South Korean military, and also utilizing advanced weapons purchased from Russia, China, SPIRE Corporation, APEX Corporation(later Blitzen-AXTO.Inc), the European Union, Z-Tech, and the United States.

The military is also commonly armed with Z-Tech and American-made weapons and vehicles, resulting from its integration with the South Korean military, and also utilizing advanced weapons purchased from the Russian and Chinese militaries, including attack helicopters and MBTs. By 2054, the NKPA is outfitted with trained special operation teams and has been supposedly made as one of the worldwide peacekeeping forces.

In 2055, the SFR Korea’s new constitution declared Korea a Mixed Democratic-Socialist Federal Republic with a mixed economy. The Southern Korean economy had helped grow the newly formed united Korea and mass economic expansion had military growth expand all throughout the nation of which its main military base is in Northern Korea. Gray Gravel had declared war on Japan in response to the systematic murder of thousands of gray gravel troops by the Japanese resistance and the lack of response by the United Nations to aid japan. After imperial military forces destroyed the Chugoku nuclear power plant, expelling radiation across half of the Japanese southern coast in the process, and holding at least twenty-six other power plants hostage, Japan almost promptly surrendered and could’ve been reannexed into Gray Gravel. Korea came to their aid thanks to their newly modernized “National Korean People’s Armed Forces”: the invasion had been repulsed and Japan had been saved.

As the United States began to re-establish its military overseas due to economic recovery back in the homeland, The SFRK, Supported by The US, Z-Tech, and Japan, has Allied with most of East Asia consisting of japan, china, taiwan, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Brunei, East Timor, and Singapore, Creating the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization or SATO to provide an economic, resource security and military aid. Their mission is to grow the strength of the East Asian region through a united monetary policy and a central military command. The SFRK Central Bank, the economic headquarters of the Republic, is based in Seoul and is tasked with setting and enforcing monetary policy among the member states of SATO. The military capital, the SFRK Strategic Command, is located in Pyongyang and is responsible for coordinating defense and training of the militaries of all member states. By late 2055 however, the SFR Korean state set its sights on ways to improve their financial and militarily weakened Status following gray gravel’s extraction of additional resources in the post conflict between them and gray gravel, rebuilding east asia, and needed ways to sustain its growth in modernization.

### Occupation of gray allies and the Korean Miracle

On 15 January 2055, the National Korean People's Army began its invasion on Gray Gravel’s allied States after the SFRK (with approval by the US)  launched a wide-scale cyber attack on GG military and civilian infrastructure using preexisting backdoors in the Korean-supplied microchips. This attack is soon followed by its Starry Messenger satellite detonating an electromagnetic pulse strike over South America and the middle east, wiping out many power grids. The attacks allowed Korean forces to easily enter Chile and then Iran with Z-Tech and US backing.

By 2056, the SFRK had gained total control of all 7 latin American states west of the southern continent and 3 major oil states in the middle east and established the so-called New Korean Federation of Occupied South America, or "New South America" and the “Korean Middle East:, By 2056, after controlling the majority of the former Latin and middle east States, the SFRK agreed to withdraw after an agreement between the NKPA, Z-Tech, and U.S. militaries to removed all gray gravel collaborators for trial.

After one year and 5 months of occupation, Korea is now recognized as a great power and is now part of the supporters of Z-Tech contributing troops, arms, money and political recognition which now began the Korean Miracle, which brought new forms of prosperity to all Koreans.

## Structure

The NKPAF is more than just a conventional military and acts as a direct extension of the political will of the Korean government. Overseen by the Military High Commission in Pyongyang, it is responsible not just for projecting military power, but also humanitarian aid and disaster relief, centralized through the KPAID program.

In occupied States, the NKPAF (along with Z-Tech and the US Armies) has some control over the country, controlling politics through the Emergency Administration and opportunists, and dividing the society by clever use of collaborators and associated programs, such as the NKPAF Liaison Program. These measures are both to reduce the effectiveness of resistance and act as social engineering, remaking the society in a more liberal democratic image.

Command of the KPA lies in both the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea and the independent State Affairs Commission, which controls the Ministry of People's Armed Forces.

Command over the ROK Armed Forces is established in the Constitution. The President is the Commander-in-Chief Forces *ex officio*. The military authority runs from the President to the Minister of National Defense, who is often to be (but not legally bound to be) a retired four-star general. The President and Minister of National Defense are in charge of the entire military establishment, maintaining civilian control of the military. The Minister of National Defense, by order of the President, takes charge of military affairs, and supervises the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the chief of staff of each service of the Armed Forces.

To coordinate military strategy with political affairs, the President has a National Security Council headed by the National Security Advisor.

### Joint Chiefs of Staff

The Joint Chiefs of Staff consists of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the military service chiefs from the Army, Navy, and Air Force. Unlike the U.S. counterpart, operational command of combat units falls within the purview of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who reports to the Minister of National Defense.

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a four-star general or admiral, is the senior officer of the Armed Forces. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff assists the Minister of National Defense with regard to operational command authority, and supervises the combat units of each service of the Armed Forces, by order of the Minister of National Defense. The chain of operational control runs straight from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the commandants of the Army, Navy, and Air Force operational commands. The respective chiefs of staff of each service branch (Army, Navy, and Air Force) has administrative control over his or her own service.

### Commission and leadership

The charter of the WPK states that the KPA is "the revolutionary armed forces of the Workers’ Party of Korea and shall uphold the guidance of the party". The charter also states that the WPK Central Military Commission (CMC) is "the party's supreme institution on military guidance" and has "command over the armed forces of the republic". The CMC is headed by the general secretary of the WPK, who is also CMC chairman *ex officio*. The state constitution also names the president of the State Affairs as the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and stipulates that the mission of the armed forces is to "defend unto death the Party Central Committee headed by the great Comrade Kim Jong Un".

Almost all officers of the KPA began their military careers as privates; only very few people are admitted to a military academy without prior service. The results is an egalitarian military system where officers are familiar with the life of a military private and "military nobility" is all but nonexistent.

## Service Branches

### National Korean People's Army (NKPA)

#### Ground Force and Occupational Forces

The Ground Force serves all infantry roles for the NKP Army. Although some of their small arms are foreign made, such as the SCAR-L, SCAR-H, and the T3AK, many of their weapons are American-made, such as the M4, M16, M249, Kriss Vector Super V, and the 870 Express. According to a Newspaper Article, the reason for this is stated by Huh Kyung-Young; "Americans make the best weapons, and we want only the best." These firearms were either acquired during the Korean Reunification (as South Korea used some American made firearms due to them being allies), or were most probably taken from G.G. armories during the invasion and subsequent occupation of the Gray Gravel allies. They also use drone technology within their forces, including the RQ-10 Parrot, the MQ50 MG Wolverine, the AQ-11 Buzzard, and also autonomous Sentry Towers.

### Korean National Police Force Agency (KNPFA)

The Korean Police Force provides all Security and Policing services within all cities across Korea, They mainly carry out their services in towns, cities, towns, etc. Nearly all of their small arms conform to those of the Ground Force.

### The National Korean People's Navy (NKPN)

The NKPN provides the NKPAF with naval support. The NKPN operates many cargo freighters to ferry troops and supplies between their home states and across the Pacific to Naval ports of their allies. They transported Material XYZ, along with the US navy, to Los Angeles to assist Z-Tech in their naval creation programs. Their major bases in Korea include the Port of Busan, Najin, Chongjin, Nampo, Rajin-Seonbong, Songnim, Haeju, Hungnam, Wonsan, Dancheon, Port of Incheon, Port of Donghae, Port of Masan, and Port of Gunsan.

#### Republic Marine Corps (RMC)

The Republic Marine Corps (RMC) is a branch of the National Korean People's Navy responsible for amphibious operations, and also functions as a rapid reaction force and a strategic reserve. The Republic Marine Corps, with 29,000 personnel, is organized into two divisions and two brigades. The Republic Marine Corps has about 300 tracked vehicles including assault amphibious vehicles, main battle tanks, and self-propelled artillery.

The Commandant of the Republic Marine Corps is a three-star general. Following the bombardment of Yeonpyeong Island in 2010 and the subsequent establishment of the Northwest Islands Defense Command (NWIDC), the Commandant of the RMC has been dual-hatted as the Commander NWIDC.

### Federal Korean People's Air and Anti-Force (FKPAAF)

The People's Air Force provides the NKPAF with aerial support. They have in their inventory a variant of the Su-47 Berkut, a Russian forward swept-wing, supersonic jet fighter; probably also the MiG-29 (a Soviet designed multirole fighter from the former North Korean air force), F-15K Slam Eagles (from the former Republic of Korea Air Force), KF-16C/D Fighting Falcon (former South Korean multirole fighter) and TA/FA-50 Golden Eagle (former South Korean trainer/light attack fighter), the Z-10 Chimera, a Chinese attack helicopter; the UH-60 Black Hawk, an American medium transport helicopter in former South Korean service; the AH-700 Scout, a light armed reconnaissance helicopter; the AH-1 Cobra, an older attack helicopter of American origin an in former South Korean service; the Mi-24 Hind, a combined attack-and-transport helicopter of Soviet origin and in former North Korean service; and various UAVs, including advanced UCAVs. The NKPAF may also fly other advanced fighters, such as the Russian PAK FA stealth fighter. The People's Air Force also flies confiscated USAF aircraft including the B-1 Lancer, a variable sweep-wing heavy bomber; B-2 Spirit, a flying wing stealth bomber; C-130J Hercules, a propeller tactical transport aircraft; C-17 Globemaster, a heavy four-engine strategic transport aircraft; F-35 Lightning, a fifth-generation multirole stealth fighter; KC-10 Extender, a tri-engine tanker; and KC-135 Stratotanker, a legacy tanker based on the Boeing 367-80 prototype.

### Missile General Bureau

The Missile General Bureau (MGB) is a major division of the NKPAF that controls Korea's conventional strategic missiles. It is mainly equipped with surface-to-surface missiles of Soviet and Chinese design, as well as locally developed long-range missiles.

### Special Operation Forces

The NKPAF's Special Operation Force (NKPAFSOF) is an asymmetric force with a total troop size of 200,000. Since the Korean War, it has continued to play a role of concentrating infiltration of troops into the territory of gray gravel and conducting sabotage.

### Peacekeeping Services

By 2054, the NKPA is outfitted with trained special operation teams and has been supposedly made as one of the worldwide peacekeeping forces. Under the modified *Songun* policy, it is one of many central institutions of Korean society.

#### Peacekeeper Soldier

Peacekeepers are the standard military troops of the NKPAF.

#### Peacekeeper Captains

Dressed in distinctive red armor, Peacekeeper captains are responsible for organizing and leading lesser peacekeepers.

#### Heavy Peacekeeper

Heavy Peacekeepers are heavy support units equipped with a heavily armored exosuit and are armed with a heavy machine gun.

#### Gas Peacekeepers

Peacekeeper personnel that specialized in handling nerve gas for Duster Drones.

### United States contingent

The United States has stationed a substantial contingent of troops to defend South Korea later a unifed Korea. There are approximately 280,500 U.S. military personnel stationed in Korea, most of them serving one year unaccompanied tours. The U.S. troops, which are primarily ground and air units, are assigned to USFK and mainly assigned to the Eighth United States Army of the U.S. Army and Seventh Air Force of the U.S. Air Force. They are stationed in installations at Osan, Kunsan, Yongsan, Dongducheon, Sungbuk, Camp Humphreys, and Daegu, as well as at Camp Bonifas in the former DMZ Joint Security Area.

A fully functioning UN Command is at the top of the chain of command of all forces in Korea, including the U.S. forces and the entire Korean military – if a sudden escalation of war in Korea were to occur the United States would assume control of the Korean armed forces in all military and paramilitary moves. There has been long-term agreement between the United States and South Korea and later north korea that they both should eventually assume the lead for their own defenses.

### Citizen's Engineering Brigade

In order to encourage residents to leave snd evacuate strategic areas, this unit of the NKPAF breached multiple police barracks and reservoirs. This caused catastrophic enemy defaats in the surrounding areas and allowed the military to move in. The Engineering Brigade also operates industrial sites, resource mines, transportation hubs, and agricultural complexes. They oversee local workers. The main benefit to their operations is the restoration of local infrastructure.

## Personnel

Conscription in South Korea requires male citizens over between the age of 18 and 28 to perform compulsory military service. Women are not required to perform military service, but they may volunteer as officers, warrant officers, or non-commissioned officers.

The length of compulsory military service varies based on service branches: Active duty enlisted personnel serve 18 months in the Army or Marine Corps, 20 months in the Navy, and 21 months in the Air Force (the length of military service will be reduced to 18 – 22 months by 2022.). Commissioned officers, warrant officers, and non-commissioned officers are volunteer-based, and serve longer terms than those of enlisted personnel, or as career. Non-active duty personnel such as social work personnel serve for various lengths. After conscripts finish their military service, they are automatically placed on the reserve roster.

## Arms and Equipment

Soldiers of the NKPAF wear desert camouflaged uniforms and helmets with a beige bulletproof vest and a red handkerchief covering their mouths and noses. Their scouts wear red beanies instead of helmets. Whereas the NKPAF Police were outfits and gear similar to SWAT teams, with the police scouts wearing light armor and a red beret instead of a helmet. Snipers on the other hand wear ghillie suits above their uniforms. The NKPAF has numerous standard-issue weapons, but many of them are American made such as the M4 rifle (presumably captured weapons or Chinese copies such as the CQ type A) and few others being made elsewhere, such as the T3AK (of Chinese origin). They have access to numerous drones and vehicles as well, including helicopters, tanks, armored personnel carriers, and Humvees.

All firearms of the NKPAF are also developed by the APEX Corporation's Advanced Weapons Division and equipped with a biometric system. All NKPAF weaponry is user-ID locked (via fingerprint identification) in order to render them useless in the hands of enemy combatants. The military is also commonly armed with Z-Tech and American-made weapons and vehicles, resulting from its integration with the South Korean military, and also utilizing advanced weapons purchased from the Russian and Chinese militaries, including attack helicopters and MBTs.

### Weapons

* M9 pistol
* M16 rifle
* M249 machine gun
* PWS Diablo
* ACR rifle
* Super V SMG
* T3AK
* SCAR-L assault rifle
* SCAR-H
* Sentry Tower
* APEX Biometric Shotgun
* APEX Biometric Assault Rifle
* APEX Biometric Battle Rifle
* APEX Biometric LMG
* APEX Biometric Pistol

### Drones

* APEX Wolverine
* Duster Drone
* Goliath
* NKPAF Unmanned Ground Vehicle
* Seeker

### Vehicles

* NKPAF Airship
* NKPAF Armored Car
* NKPAF Helicopter
* NKPAF Tank
* NKPAF Truck

* Z-10 Chimera
* AH-700
* UH-60
* T-99
* LAV-25
* Goliath
* RQ-10 Parrot
* AQ-11 Buzzard
* MQ50 MG Wolveine,
* MQ-60 AT Rhino

## Notable Members

* Kim Jong-un (*Grand* *Marshal of the Republic*)
* Moon Jae-in (*Vice-Marshal*)
* Huh Kyung-Young (*Drill Instructor*)
* Jeong (*Colonel-Commandant*)
* Ki-jung (*Rank Unknown*)
* Moon (*Sergeant*)
* John Tae-se (*Possibly Marshal of the Republic*)
* Commander UNC/CFC/USFK GEN Paul J. LaCamera, USA
* Deputy Commander Lt Gen Scott L. Pleus, USAF
* Command Sergeant Major CSM Jack H. Love, USA
* GEN Vincent K. Brooks, USA
* GEN George Decker, USA
* GEN Hamilton H. Howze, USA
* GEN John W. Vessey Jr., USA
* GEN John A. Wickham Jr., USA