The British Military

The British Military, or, the Modern British Army, sometimes called the British Army, British Armed Forces, is the principal warfare force for the United Kingdom, and consists of five branches: The Army, the Navy, The Border Oceanic Corps [Marines], Air Power, and the Coastline Guard.

As of December 2020, the British Army comprised just over 179,300 trained regular (full-time) personnel and just over 47,200 trained reserve (part-time) personnel.

### Background

Before the Resource Wars turned the British Military into the American-British Army, aka the Brotherhood of Elders, a Rebellion force fighting against the German Base Camps, The British Army were the protecting armed forces of Great Britain. The British Army began back in 1708, when the English Army adopted the term *British Army*, after the Acts of Union between England and Scotland. 1708 would mark the year that Great Britain finally acquired a fully-professional, peace-time, standing army, Now with their own standing army, known as the British Military, they were able to defeat the Royalists in the English Civil War with ease, quicker than they did within our own original timeline. All members of the British Military swear allegiance to the march as their commander-in-chief, but the Bill of Rights of 1710 requires parliamentary consent for the Crown to maintain a peacetime standing army. Therefore, Parliament approves the army by passing an Armed Forces Act at least once every four years. The army is administered by the Ministry of Arms (Ministry of Defence) and commanded by the Chief of the General Staff.

### Vesuvius | The Resource Wars

After a meteor, coined Vesuvius-911, was discovered heading for Earth in 1944, humanity began focusing their efforts on Military Defence and Researching solutions to stop the slow, but eminent, arrival of the Meteor. In 1951 work began on space-faring vehicles that could travel within the radius of the Moon and,therefore, covering the X,Y,Z co-ordinates of the Meteor. By 1960, which saw the beginning of the Resource Wars, as East Asia, North & South America, Africa and Europe became bickering continents, hellbent on protecting their own land from annihilation. They began stealing resources from one another in order to counteract the eminent arrival of Vesuvius, and in order to save their own Continents. As World War Two, now called 'The Great War' or 'The Resource War' surfaced between Axis and Allied Forces, Earth became more desperate than ever. It was during this time that weaponry used by the British Military became upgraded using Fusion and Fission power cells to power their weaponry and defences, but as their offensive and defensive weaponry became more upgraded; the image that was presented remained 'An American Dream'. it was during this time of crisis that the world began to deteriorate within their economic situation.

### A New Formation

When an Axis Victory in America scattered the remaining Allied forces from American Soil, many found sanctuary within the unscathed British Borders. Together the remaining American Armed Forces banded together with the British Forces, sharing knowledge, information, weaponry, equipment and more, in order to become one rebellion force known as 'The Brotherhood of Elders'. After much quarrelling within the Rebel Force about the ruling head of the Brotherhood came to fruition, that many members were displeased with working under the Monarch, it was finally decided that a council would need to be formed in order to exercise a contented control over the Military force that had been combined. As of 1972, the Brotherhood of Elders worked under the Monarch and the Council of Elders, who remained within the shadows. So, due to the Resource Wars combined with the deteriorating economic situation, this led to the erosion of civilian authority, with the Council of Elders under control of Great Britain.

Within the over-populated boundaries of Great Britain a wall was built around the Island of Great Britain, encasing the freshly altered version of the United Kingdom, this wall was named 'The Barrier of Britain' and stood for many years repelling the Axis Forces within the rest of the world.

### The Collapse

After the Collapse in Banking, during 2010, erupted through the United Kingdom, segregating the Rich and the Poor into certain compounds, named Districts, which saw the North East split; with Newcastle the home of the Rich, and the area formerly known as Gateshead, now Newlands, the home of the poor. The Brotherhood of Elders began working for the mysterious Smallworlds Facilities, in order to create Evacuation pods for humanity to survive past the now accepted arrival of Vesuvius-911, that would see the end of planet Earth.