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Overview
The Drah Armed Forces, also known as the Armed Forces of the Imperial Republic of Drahen, or DAF is the unified military forces of the Imperial Republic of Drahen. The Drah Armed forces can draw it's history from Mestran Colonial Troops that followed the first settlers into the region in 1033 that would become known as Drahen, which later developed into the Royal Drah Colonial Force in 1099 after the Mestrans unified the colony as the Mestran Royal Colony of Drahsia. From there the Colonial Force developed into the Armed Forces of the Imperial Republic post-independence from Mestra in 1311. During the early and mid-1500s the military swelled to over 1 million active duty forces mainly due to the Drah-Indian War. However, by the 1560s reform minded governments had reduced the size of the armed forces to near their current day status.
The DAF is divided into three branches: Imperial Army, Imperial Air Force and Imperial Navy and has the second largest military in Skathia behind Nyland, and the largest in the local region. The budget for the military was $97,350,440,517 compromising 2% of the national GDP in 1595. Total Force composition in 1595 was 482,000 active-duty troops, 161 ships, and 2,000 fixed-wing and rotary aircraft.
The DAF is extremely involved in civic-action programs throughout the nation, with education, health care and and infrastructure development being the focus, especially in the less developed Navajae Jungle region of the nation. Due to the volatility of the nations on the eastern boarder the military regularly conducts operations to intercept rebel groups and drug cartels in the region.
Imperial Army
The Imperial Drahen Army is the land arm of the Imperial Armed Forces and comprises a majority of the Armed Forces and is responsibility for land-based military operations. The Imperial Army has been involved in several major conflicts, the most recent being the Tambossan Civil War. The Imperial Army has an active duty force of some 350,000 active-duty soldiers, and over 500,000 reservists.
The structure of the army has historically had two headquarters: operational, compromised of combat units, and administrative, containing various support functions. The operational component of the army is compromised of 14 armored brigades, 17 mechanized brigades, 9 infantry brigades, and 4 commando brigades, and 5 aviation regiments.
The Imperial Army is the only military force that accepts conscripts, with all other branches being entirely composed of volunteers. As a result, the Imperial Army has a reputation of personnel being of lower quality than the other two branches, with many soldiers serving out their 18 month required service in the administrative component of the army.
Imperial Navy
The Imperial Drahn Navy is the sea arm of the Imperial Armed Forces and is the second largest branch of the Armed Forces with around 60,000 active duty sailors and 12,000 marines. The Imperial Drah Navy is divided into three major components: 1st and 2nd fleet, which contain all blue-water ships of the Drah Navy, and the Coastal-Riverline Force which contains Drahen's green and brown water vessels. The Drah Navy operates 161 ships including 4 aircraft carriers, 1 battleship (kept ceremonially in-service), 4 Cruisers, 18 Destroyers, 18 Frigates, 30 corvettes, 6 amphibious transport docks, 22 submarines, 36 patrol ships, and 22 support ships along with numerous smaller craft in the Costal-Riverline Force.
The IDN also includes the Imperial Drah Marines, which is a quasi-autonomous organization. The Marines are responsible for conducting amphibious operations with the IDN. The Marines are organized into two Brigades under the Marine HQ. The Marines have around 500 tracked vehicles including assault amphibious vehicles, main battle tanks and self-propelled artillery.
Imperial Air Force
The Imperial Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the Drahen Armed Forces and is the third largest branch of the Armed Forces. The IAF has an active strength of 60,000 military personnel and operates some 630 manned aircraft.
The IAF is divided into two main commands: Combatant Air Force, and Air Defense. These two commands consist of: 19 combat squadrons, 1 reconnaissance squadron, 6 training squadron, 1 tanker squadron, and 8 SAM missile squadrons. The IAF operates: multi-role light fighters (245), fighter-bombers (62), reconnaissance aircraft (18), Airborne early warning and control aircraft (4), Electronic Warfare aircraft (4), Aerial refueling aircraft (8), medium (10) and light transport (72) aircraft, training aircraft (128) rotary wing-aircraft (72), and various Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.