Formation Order No 1: Union Defence Force
1. Pursuant to the Armed Forces Act 1582, as amended by the Law Reform Act (1604), it is hereby promulgated in the Hall of Tranquility by order of the Councillor of State for Peace and Kinetics that the obligations placed upon the Court of the Prince by the Senate by virtue of the aforesaid Act shall be faithfully discharged by the following executive agencies hereby ordained into being. There shall be established for the defence of the State of Elwynn an army with fleet and air auxiliary arms known as the Union Defence Force.
Aim:2. The aim of this order is to outline the formation organisation and roles of the Union Defence Force.
Title:3. The Union Defence Force shall be known by this title and its mutually interchangeable translations into the official core languages of the Union. The abbreviated form shall however in all instances be the acronym UDF.
Function:4. The roles of the UDF is to train for and be prepared to take part in the following types of operations in the Union State:
a. Military assistance to the Civil Power.b. Internal Security operations (ISOPS).
c. Counter Insurgency operations (COIN. ops).
d. Conventional War operations.
Establishment & Organisation
5. The UDF consists of four combined-arms territorial defence divisions, one gendarmerie division, two auxiliary service corps (fleet & air) and five non-combatant corps. These are organised sequentially as follows:
Corps / Division (Alternate Name / Abbreviation)Territorial Defence Divisions
a. 1e Division (Elwmacht / 1e Div Elw) (67,783 points)
b. 2e Division (Amokolian Pioneers / 2e Div Amk) (63,955 points)
c. 10e Division (Balarakian Guards / 10e Div Bal) (48,451 points)
d. 11e Division (Far Reaches / 11e Div Far)
Gendarmerie Division
c. 3e Division (Livgardet Elenaran / 3e Div LE)
Auxiliary Service Corps
d. Union Fleet Maritime Corps (UFMC)
+12e Naval Division (12e Div Nav) (49,549 points)
e. Union Aerospace Corps (UAC)
+Union Aerospace Corps Command (UACC)
-4e Tactical Aviation Division (4e TA Div) (21,751 points)
-5e Tactical Aviation Division (5e TA Div) (Emergency Fighter Programme, qty 60 OAH T2 Saeqah) (4,500 points)
-6e Logistics-Airlift Division (6e L-A Div)
-7e Anti-Air Defence of the Nation Division (7e AADN Div)
-8e Strategic Operations Division (8e Strat-Op Div) [Southron Barrage] (2,152 points + 1,033 points)
-9e Maritime Reconnaissance Division (9e MR Div)
Non-Combatant Corps
f. Union Intelligence Corps (UIC)
g. Elwmarine (ElwM)
h. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Cudgels (CGC)
i. Combat Support Services Corps (CSSC)
j. Union Medical Corps (UMC)
6. Details of formation headquarters and units within these Corps and their locations shall be further detailed in formation orders including but not limited to, tables of organisation, war establishment charts, and orders of battle that shall be maintained by the Councillor for Peace and Kinetics, and released periodically, redacted where necessary, in compliance with the requirements of the Anunia+ Charter.
Formation Date7. The Union Defence Force is formed with effect from the date of the publication of this order.
8. All armed forces of the State of Elwynn formed by in the wake of the Armed Forces Act 2011 or carried over extant from the independence period, shall be inducted into the Union Defence Forces and reorganised into conformance with the Organisation structure detailed above.