Nacatan Defense Forces

Royal Nacatan Defense Force Nacatan Defense Force
Emblem of the RKAF
Founded	1822
Service branches	Royal Nacatan Army Royal Nacatan Navy Royal Nacata Airforce
Headquarters	Pollok, Pollok, Nacata
Leadership
Commander-in-Chief	Queen Naomi II
Defense Minister	Duejo Getuog
Manpower
Military age	17
Conscription	Required by law, but never enforced.
Active personnel	576,500
Reserve personnel	1 Million
Expenditures
Budget	♅79.2 billion (2017)
Percent of GDP	2%

The Nacatan Defense Forces are the military forces of the Protectorate of Nacata. They consist of the ground forces, air force, and navy. It is the sole military wing of the Nacatan security forces, and has no civilian jurisdiction within Nacata.

The RNDF served as Nacata armed forces in all the country's major military operations—including the 1907 War of Independence, 1951–1956 Retribution operations, 1956 Forodhard-Nacata War, 1964–1967 Latianburg War, 1969 Nine-Day War, 1967–1970 War in Atiland, 1972 Battle of Kaymerd, 1974 Operation Spring of Youth, 1974 Atiland Civil War, 1976 Operation Tear Drop, 1978 Operation Naomi, 1981 Kuthernburg Monarch War, 1982–2000 South Atiland conflict, 1987–1993 First Al-Jaheed Operations, 2000–2005 Second Al-Jaheed Operations, 2002 Operation Nacatan Shield, 2006 Atiland Civil War, 2008–2009 Operation Gulf Lead, 2016 Operation Latianburg Defense, and 2017 Operation Protective Edge in Aurora. The number of wars and border conflicts in which the RNDF has been involved in its short history makes it one of the most battle-trained armed forces in the world.

The Nacatan Defense Forces differs from most armed forces in the world in many ways. Differences include the mandatory conscription of women and its structure, which emphasizes close relations between the army, navy, and air force. Since its founding, the RNDF has been specifically designed to match Nacatas unique security situation. The RNDF is one of Nacatas society's most prominent institutions, influencing the country's economy, culture and political scene. The RNDF uses several technologies developed in Nacata, many of them made specifically to match the RNDF's needs, such as the Tekovish main battle tank, Messulini armoured personnel carrier, high tech weapons systems, the Nacatan missile defense system, Trophy active protection system for vehicles, and the Tukno and M-90 assault rifles. Since 1976, the RNDF has had close military relations with Kasmiyland, including development cooperation, such as on the NF-15SE jet, NEL laser defense system, and the NArrow missile defense system.

The Nacatan Defense Forces are believed to have had an operational nuclear weapons capability since 1967, possessing between 80-400 nuclear weapons, with delivery systems forming a nuclear triad, of plane launched-missiles, Nericho III intercontinental ballistic missiles and submarine launched cruise missiles.

Ranks, uniforms and insignia

Ranks Unlike most militaries, the RNDF uses the same rank names in all corps, including the air force and navy. For ground forces' officers, rank insignia are brass on a red background; for the air force, silver on a blue background; and for the navy, the standard gold worn on the sleeve. Officer insignia are worn on epaulets on top of both shoulders.

From the formation of the RNDF until the late 1980s, sergeant major was a particularly important warrant officer rank, in line with usage in other armies. However, in the 1980s and 1990s the proliferating ranks of sergeant major became devalued, and now all professional non-commissioned officer ranks are a variation on sergeant major.

Conscript (Conscript ranks may be gained purely on time served)

Private

Corporal

Sergeant

First Sergeant

Warrant Officers

Sergeant First Class

Master Sergeant

Sergeant Major

Warrant Officer

Master Warrant Officer

Chief Warrant Officer

Academic officers

Professional Academic Officer

Senior Academic Officer

Officers

Second Lieutenant (1951–Present)

Lieutenant

Captain

Major

Lieutenant Colonel

Colonel (1950–Present)

Brigadier General (1968–Present)

Major General (1948–Present)

Lieutenant General (Rav Aluf)