Constancian Armed Forces

Officers and men of the Basileusian Private Guard.

With the passage of the Armed Forces Act through the Synklētos and receiving Royal Assent from the Basileusa on the 24th of March 2016, the Constancian Armed Forces consist of the Constancian Army and Home Guard, the Constancian Air Forces, the Constancian Navy and the Basileusian Private Guard

The Home Guard

The Home Guard, known as the Thematic Army provides aid to the Civil Power, assisting with peacetime law enforcement as a military force assigned police duties among civilian populations, and serves as a territorial defence force augmenting the manpower of the Constancian Army in times of war. In comparison to civilian police forces, the Home Guard may provide a more disciplined force whose military capabilities permit it to counter the threats posed by armed groups operating out of the vast ungoverned spaces of the Euran continent. It is important to note that, as an voluntary unpaid part-time force, the Home Guard derives its legitimacy and manpower from the desire of the citizenry themselves to make some active and voluntary contribution to the defence and to the preservation of the rule of law.

As of the 10th of May 2016, the total manpower of the Home Guard stood at 1,300,000 men. This manpower count is divided territorially according to the themata (singular, theme), a combined military-civilian province where the Home Guard Banda (singular form bandon, militia units 200–400 strong) originate. These banda, raised in the communities they defend, are affiliated in turn with the Army Association of their home Theme which integrates them into the chain of command structure of the regular Constancian Army. The Home Guard has a separate Strategos who reports to the controlling Exkoubitoi (Sentinels) of the Constancian Army.

Constancian Army

The Constancian Army, generally known as the Tagmata, is the main land based war-fighting force of the Constancian Armed Forces. The Army Board of Control comprises of the Exkoubitoi under the command of the Exkoubitorōn (or Domestikos) appointed by the Mesazōn of the ruling government.

The Army is organised using the concept of specialisms, whereby the Tagma (battalions), are gathered together according to their function and material. Within this framework, there are five capacities: command, combat, support, services and training. The Tagma also serve as regiments in their own right - the maxim being 'every specialist is a rifleman'.

The command specialism groups comprises of three tagma: The highest is the Exkoubitoi tagma, equivalent in function to a General Staff combined with a praetorian regiment, the other two comprise of the Optimatoi (from Latin optimates, "the best") tagma which provides a brigade level command and control ability at Petros and the Hikanatoi (Gr. "the Able Ones") at Vey which provides a reserve command and control team.

The combat specialism comprises the main fighting units of the Army. It consists of two Scout tagma , the Manoeuvre Support Group and five infantry tagma. The support capacity comprises one reconnaissance tagma, a civilian-military cooperation and operational communication tagma, one artillery tagma and two engineer tagma.

The Scholai (the Schools) training specialism comprises four Tagma: the Infantry Training Tagma at Ad Pontes, the Armoured Cavalry Tagma at Elaion, the Artillery Training Tagma at Portus Felix and the Engineers Training Tagma at Petros.

The service specialism comprises three communication and information systems (CIS) tagma, three logistics tagma,

Each Tagma of the army is commanded by a Legate. The Tagma each typically comprise of two to three Banda. A Bandon will normally be commanded by a "Komes" or Count.

As of the 10th of May 2016, at the start of the Euran War, the strength of the Constancian Army was 12.000 military personnel and 2.000 civilian personnel.

Constancian Air Forces

The Constancian Air Forces operate under Exkoubitoi of the Constancian Army as a separate air component with aerodromes at Vey, Portus Felix and Ad Pontes. Through a fleet of fixed and rotary wing aircraft, it provides military support to the Army and Naval Service, together with non-military air services such as Police air support, air ambulance, fisheries protection on Lake Erik and along the Sandy River and the Royal Flight.

Equipment

Aircraft	Type	Variant	In Service	Notes / Anunia Points
CASA CN-235	maritime patrol	MPA 100	2
Learjet 45	VIP / air ambulance		1
Britten-Norman Defender	police air support	Defender 4000	1	flown for the Police Air Support Unit (PASU)
Cessna 172	surveillance / utility		5	based on the Cessna 172
AgustaWestland AW139	utility		6
Eurocopter EC135	utility	EC135 P2+/T2	4	two P2+s are flown for military purposes, with two T2s for the police support
Pilatus PC-9	advanced trainer / close air support	PC-9M	7	75 Anunnia Points ea armament option include heavy machine gun or rocket pods.
Vey Akintos (Javelin)	jet trainer / light attack		1	100 Anunnia Points. Flown by the Iptámeno Panepistímio Moíra (University Air Squadron)

The PC-9M has six underwing hard points, and has the capability to be armed with FN HMP250 gun pods, each carrying one M3P machine gun, and FN LAU-7 rocket pods, each carrying seven Folding-Fin Aerial Rockets, for the close air support role. Aircrews have an annual live firing exercise, flying out of Vey Aerodrome to the lakeside range at Abakhtari Camp near Northwhich.

Table of Organisation

The Air Force is broken down into Moíra (Squadrons).

Squadron	Strength	Personnel	Aerodrome	Function / Notes
Alpha Moíra Αίεν Υψικρατείν (Dominate the Heights)	PC-9M x7		Vey	Close Air Support
Βeta Moíra Αμύνεσθαι περί πάτρης (Defend the Fatherland)	Cessna 172 x5		Portus Felix	Riverine Patrol
Iptámeno Panepistímio Moíra	Vey Akintos x1		Vey	Aviation Research / Wartime Light Attack role
Gamma Moíra	AgustaWestland AW139 x6, Eurocopter EC135		Ad Pontes	Transport and Close Air Support
Delta Moíra	Learjet 45 x1, Britten-Norman Defender x1 Eurocopter EC135 x2		Vey	Royal Flight & Police Air Support Unit
Epsilon Moíra	CASA CN-235 x2		Portus Felix	Riverine, Lake & Maritime Patrol