Veridian Union Marines

Veridian Union Marines
The Seal of the Veridian Union Marines
Country	Veridian Union
Type	Marine Combined Arms
Role	Amphibious, expeditionary, and ground based warfare
Size	98,000 active 462,500 reserve
Part of	Veridian Union Military Council
Headquarters	The Military Council Building, Cape Hope
Nickname	"The Strong, the Proud, the Marines", "Riflemen", "Sea Dogs", "Desert Devils", "Sandmen"
Motto	Ad Infernum
Colors	Scarlet, Gold
March	"Ad Infernum" "Desert Nights"
Mascot	Cheetah
Anniversaries	11th June
Commanders
President of the Union Military Council	Ronald Tusk
Union Military Council	(Various)
General of the Marines	Harold van Bir
Commandant of the Marines	Robert Seigers
Assistant Commandant of the Marines	Glenn Vree Eggert

The Veridian Union Marines (VUM) is a branch of the Veridian Union Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection, using the mobility of the Veridian Union Navy, by Commissional mandate, to deliver rapidly, combined-arms task forces on land, at sea, and in the air. The V.U. Marines are one of the two armed service branches in the V.U. Military Affairs Administration (MAA). The current President of the Military Council, the highest-ranking military officer in the V.U. armed forces is a Marine general.

The Marines has been a component of the Department of the Navy since 30 June 1834, working closely with naval forces for training, transportation, and logistics. The VUM operates posts on land and aboard sea-going amphibious warfare ships around the world.

Two battalions of Colonial Marines were formed on 1 November 1834 in DuVall as a service branch of infantry troops capable of fighting for independence both at sea and on shore. The role of the Marines has since grown and evolved, expanding to aerial warfare and earning popular titles such as, "The Union's Land Army".

History

Culture

The crying call of Veridian Union Marines is "Naar Hel!" An old language that translates to "To Hell!"

Organization

Marine Expeditionary Force

A Marine expeditionary force (MEF) is the largest type of a Marine-Navy air-ground task force. A MEF is the largest building block of Veridian Union Marines' combat power. A MEF is larger than a Marine expeditionary unit (MEU) or Marine expeditionary brigade (MEB).

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A marine fireteam on training in Toloria.

Each MEF consists of a MEF Headquarters Group (HQG) as the command element, a Marine Division (MDIV) as the ground combat element, a Navy aircraft wing (NAW) as the aviation combat element, and a Marine logistics group (LG) as the logistics combat element. A MEF also contains a Special Operations Training Group (SOTG) and is the training section component for the MEU and MEB. The SOTG oversees the training and evaluation exercises for the MEU's annual Special Operations Capable Certification.

Structure

• Ground combat element: Marine Combined Arms Division
  • Headquarters Battalion
    • Headquarters and Service Company
    • Division Band
    • Special Security Communication Team
    • Truck Company
    • Communication Company
    • Direct Support Team
  • Tank Battalion
  • 2x Light Armored Recon Battalions
    • Headquarters and Service Company
    • 3x Light Armored Recon Companies
  • Force Recon Battalion
    • Headquarters and Service Company
    • 3x Force Recon Companies
  • Combat Engineer Battalion
    • Headquarters and Service Company
    • Engineer Support Company
    • 4x Combat Engineer Companies
  • 3x Mechanized Regiments
    • Mechanized Headquarters Company
    • 4x Mechanized Infantry Battalions
      • Headquarters and Service Company
      • Weapons Company
      • 3x Mechanized Rifle Companies
  • Artillery Regiment
    • Headquarters Battery
    • 2x Artillery Battalions
      • Headquarters and Service Battery
      • 3x Artillery Batteries
    • Self Propelled Artillery Battalion
      • Headquarters and Service Battery
      • 3x Self Propelled Artillery Batteries
    • Self Propelled Rocket Artillery Battalion
      • Headquarters and Service Battery
      • 3x Self Propelled Rocket Artillery Batteries

• Aviation combat element: Marine-Navy Air Wing

• Logistics combat element: Marine Logistics Group

• Command element: Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group
  • MEF Headquarters
  • Intelligence Battalion
  • Law Enforcement Battalion
  • Radio Battalion
  • Communication Battalion
  • Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGELs)
• Marine Expeditionary Brigade
• Marine Expeditionary Unit
• Marine Expeditionary Unit
• Marine Expeditionary Unit

Marine Expeditionary Brigade

A Marine expeditionary brigade (MEB) is a formation of the Veridian Union Marines, a Marine-Navy air-ground task force of approximately 14,500 marines and sailors constructed around a reinforced infantry regiment, a composite Navy aircraft group, a combat logistics regiment and a MEB command group. The MEB, commanded by a general officer (usually a brigadier general), is task-organized to meet the requirements of a specific situation. It can function as part of an international joint task force, as the lead echelon of the Marine expeditionary force (MEF), or alone. It varies in size and composition and is larger than a Marine expeditionary unit (MEU) but smaller than a MEF. The MEB is capable of conducting missions across the full range of military operations.

Notional Marine expeditionary brigade

Command Element

MEB command group

• MEB Staff
• Detachment, Communications Battalion
• Detachment, Intelligence Battalion
• Detachment, Law Enforcement Battalion
• Detachment, Radio Battalion
• Detachment, Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (Often referred to as ANGELs)
• Detachment, Force Reconnaissance Company

Ground combat element

Regimental combat team

• Infantry Regiment (w/ 3 Infantry Battalions), Reinforced
• 48 Armored Personnel Carriers, Packard APC and variants (1 Mechanized Company (Reinforced))
• 27 Infantry Fighting Vehicles, Mite and variants (1 Light Armored Reconnaissance Company (Reinforced))
• 12 Main Battle Tank, MBT-6M Mbogo and variants (1 Tank Company (Reinforced))
• 2 Armored Recovery Vehicle, ARV-6A1 (1 Tank Company (Reinforced))
• 2 Combat Engineer Vehicle, CEV-6A (Combat Engineer Company)
• 24 Howitzer, 150mm TH-5 Howitzer (1 Artillery Battalion w/4 firing batteries of 6 guns each)
• 24 Mortar, 81mm (4 tubes per section, 2 sections per platoon, of the Mortar Platoon, Weapons Company, Infantry Battalion × 3)
• 27 Lightweight Mortar, 60mm (3 tubes in the Mortar Section of the Weapons Platoon, Rifle company × 3, Infantry Battalion × 3)
• 24 Anti-Tank Missile Launcher, Wey-Yu MILAN (8 launchers in the TOW Section of the Anti-Tank (AT) Platoon, Weapons Company, Infantry Battalion × 3)
• 24 Anti-Tank Missile Launcher, DuVall Ordnance Terazk (8 launchers in the AT Section of the Anti-Tank Platoon, Weapons Company, Infantry Battalion × 3)
• 18 Automatic Grenade Launcher, 40x53mm, AGL-98 (6 guns per Heavy Machine Gun Platoon, Weapons Company, Infantry Battalion × 3)
• 18 Browning Machine Gun, Cal. .50, M2, HB, Flexible (6 guns per Heavy Machine Gun Platoon, Weapons Company, Infantry Battalion × 3)
• 54 Machine Gun, 7mm Mauser, RA-60 GPMG (6 guns in the Machine Gun Section, Weapons Platoon, Rifle Company × 3, Infantry Battalion × 3)
• 243 Light Machine Gun, 5mm Kurzer, RA Ameli (9 guns per Rifle Platoon × 3, Rifle Company × 3, Infantry Battalion × 3)

Aviation combat element

Composite Navy-Marine aircraft group

• Navy Aircraft Group (NAG) [notional organization shown below]
• 45 RAe Mirage D (3 NAS squadrons w/ 15 aircraft each)
• 24 RAe Gale C (2 NFAS squadrons w/ 12 aircraft each)
• 5 RAe Gale B (1 NEWS squadron w/ 5 aircraft each)
• 6 RAe Tanker Gubby (1 NARS detachment)
• 32 Wey-Yu Kipanga (2 MHL squadrons w/ 16 aircraft each)
• 48 RAe Caracal (4 MML w/ 12 aircraft each)
• 18 Wey-Yu Mamba (1 MCHA squadron, each MCHA squadron contains both Mamba and Boomslang aircraft)
• 9 RAe Boomslang (1 MCHA squadron, each MCHA squadron contains both Mamba and Boomslang aircraft)
• 45 LGAM-84 Honeybee teams (1 Low Altitude Air Defense firing battery w/ 3 platoons of 15 Stinger missile teams each)
• 1 Navy/Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron (NMALS) (Provides Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance, Aviation Supply, and Aviation Ordnance support to aircraft squadrons)
• 1 Navy/Marine Wing Support Squadron (NMWSS) (Provides Combat Service Support [i.e., all essential aviation ground support and services] to enable the MAG to perform its aviation mission)
• Other aviation support squadron detachments as required (MACS, MASS, MTACS, MWCS)

Logistics combat element (LCE)

Combat logistics regiment (CLR) (w/ 1 to 3 combat logistics Battalions) [notional equipment shown below]

• 1 medium girder bridge
• 6 cranes:
  • 1 30-ton crane
  • 5 7.5-ton cranes
• 2 600k-gal fuel systems
• 44 100-kW generators
• 75 Rhode General Automotives Heavy Haulers
• 9 Water purifying units
• 116 forklifts
• 5 bulldozers
• 3 road graders

Marine Expeditionary Unit

The MEU is unique in that its air and ground combat elements are combined with a logistics combat element under one commander; other services do not unite the command of air and ground forces until much higher command levels.

When foreign military branches unite between Army/Air Force, it typically is at the theater or corps level, with a general commanding, while at the division level it will integrate with army aviation, which can be organized as organic at the battalion level.

The MEU's ground combat element also combines artillery, light armor, and tanks at a much lower level than common.

This joint air-ground task force concept is designed to thoroughly exploit the combat power inherent in air and ground assets by closely integrating them into a single force. The MEU brings all the supplies and logistical support it needs to sustain itself for quick mission accomplishment or to pave the way for any follow-up forces. This self-sustainment allows more flexibility in disposition and operations of forces and allows the MEU to initiate operations sooner and let support catch up later, without having to wait for external logistical support to begin a mission. Deployments on Navy amphibious assault ships allows MEUs to seabase around the globe, ready for deployment at short notice.

A typical MEU has approximately 2,200 Marines and sailors. It is equipped with:

• 4 Rhode General Automotives Packard II, Wheeled Tank
• 7 to 16 Packard IFV, Infantry Fighting Vehicle
• 15 Packard APC, Armored Personnel Carrier
• 6 15mm TH-5, Howitzer
• 8 81mm Mortar, Mortar
• 8 Wey-Yu MILAN, Anti-Tank Wire-Guided Missle
• 8 DuVall Ordnance Terazk anti-tank missile
• 4-6 Wey-Yu Mamba Attack Helicopters
• 3 RAe Boomslang light utility helicopters
• 12 RAe Caracal Medium Utility helicopters
• 4 Wey-Yu Kipanga heavy-lift transport helicopters aviation
• 6 RAe Gazalle light-attack helicopters
• 2 RAe Tanker Guppy aerial refueler/transport airplanes (Note: Usually maintained in the Veridian Union)
• 2 Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Unit
• 1 Water purification unit
• 4 Tractor, Rubber Tire, Articulated Steering
• 2 Rough Terrain Forklift
• 3 Bulldozer
• 1 Rhode General Automotives Prime Mover (RGAPM) series dump truck
• 4 WECO Wester Extreme-Heavy Utility Vehicle
• 7 500 gallon water containers
• 63 Rhode General Automotives Boar
• 30 Rhode General Automotives Prime Mover (RGAPM) series
• 5 Danal Falcon UAV

Active

• 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force
  • 2nd Marine Division "The Saints"
  • 7th Fleet Air Arm Aircraft Wing (Joint Marine-Fleet Air Arm Unit)
  • 2nd Marine Logistics Group
  • 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade
  • 2nd Marine Expeditionary Unit
  • 4th Marine Expeditionary Unit
  • 5th Marine Expeditionary Unit
• 5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade
• 6th Marine Expeditionary Brigade
• 1st Marine Expeditionary Unit
• 6th Marine Expeditionary Unit
• 8th Marine Expeditionary Unit
• 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit
• 1st Marine Special Operations Command
• 4th Marine Special Operations Command
• 7th Marine Special Operations Command
• 12th Marine Special Operations Command

Reserve

• 1st Marine Expeditionary Force
• 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force
• 4th Marine Expeditionary Force
• 5th Marine Expeditionary Force
• 6th Marine Expeditionary Force
• 7th Marine Expeditionary Force
• 8th Marine Expeditionary Force
• Marine Expeditionary Brigade
• Marine Expeditionary Brigade
• Marine Expeditionary Brigade
• Marine Expeditionary Brigade
• Marine Expeditionary Brigade
• Marine Expeditionary Brigade
• Marine Expeditionary Brigade
• Marine Expeditionary Unit
• Marine Expeditionary Unit
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• Marine Expeditionary Unit
• Marine Expeditionary Unit