Territorial Service

The Territorial Service is a constituent organisation of the Ministry of Defence.

Territorial Service
Establishment of the Ministry of Defence
Employees	~95,000-100,000
Formations	31 regiments
Headquarters	Central Military Precinct, Karu
Service	Commonwealth Armed Forces

The Territorial Service is the home-defence force of the Commonwealth Armed Forces, and comes under the Ministry of Defence. It is responsible for the defence of the islands and the seas around them, and is by far the larger of the Commonwealth’s two forces. Most Commonwealth soldiers spend their whole service in it, since the Commonwealth Levy draws all but its permanent core from Territorial regiments for a tour at a time.

The Service has about 95,000-100,000 professional servicemen, and in wartime the reserve Components and the General Auxiliary would take it well past a million. Since land, sea and air are not separate branches in the Commonwealth, its regiments, ships and batteries just follow the establishment of their trade.

Land Regiments #

There are 31 Territorial regiments, each of about 1,030 personnel and able to fight alone on its own island. All of their soldiers are trained as marines, and the old distinction between an army and marines does not really exist in the Commonwealth. Regiments are either Guards, which garrison the fortresses at a high state of readiness, or Rifles, which cover wider areas at lower strength, but are otherwise organised the same way. The number changes every few years as regiments go out on the Levy, and the Commonwealth, Parliamentary, Dorado and Mira Guards are currently away.

Guards Regiments

• Demonic Guards
  North Sea approaches
  1. Col. AS Scatsta Hetland
  2. Col. Fortress Demon Demon
  3. Col. Fortress Demon Demon
• Sunburst Guards
  Second Oslolan garrison
  1. Col. AS Oslola Oslola
  2. Col. Fortress Lola Oslola
  3. Col. Fortress Lola Oslola
• Desert Guards
  Cape Verde garrison
  1. Col. Fortress Praia Praia
  2. Col. AS Africa Praia
  3. Col. Fortress Praia Praia
• African Guards
  Gulf of Guinea garrison
  1. Col. Fortress Annobon Annobon
  2. Col. NS Java Java
  3. Col. Fortress Annobon Annobon
• Sentinel Guards
  Mid-Atlantic fortress
  1. Col. Fortress Helena Helena
  2. Col. AS Ascension Ascension
  3. Col. NS Santes Santes
• Falklander Guards
  Southern fortress
  1. Col. Fortress Falklands Falklands
  2. Col. Fortress Falklands Falklands
  3. Col. NS Sude Sude
• Sugar Guards
  Eastern Caribbean garrison
  1. Col. Fortress Kabuli Kabuli
  2. Col. NS Antigua Antigua
  3. Col. AS Kairi Kairi
• Ready Guards
  ABC islands garrison
  1. Col. Fortress Aruba Aruba
  2. Col. Fortress Aruba Aruba
  3. Col. Curacao Barracks Curacao
• Candle Guards
  Western Caribbean garrison
  1. Col. Fortress Occident Caicos
  2. Col. Conch Barracks Conch
  3. Col. NS Summers Summers
• Meteor Guards
  Azorean garrison
  1. Col. Fortress Meteor Flores
  2. Col. Fortress Meteor Flores
  3. Col. NS Mira Mira
• Iron Guards
  Arctic fortress
  1. Col. Iron Barracks Kala
  2. Col. AS Kala Kala
  3. Col. NS Helvasia Helvasia
• Sude Guards
  Antarctic sub-garrison
  1. Col. Fortress Falklands Falklands
  2. Col. Sude Barracks Sude
  3. Col. Sude Barracks Sude

Standard Line Regiment (~1,030)

• Regimental Headquarters (30)
• 3x Combat Company (Manoeuvres) (972)
  Marine Rifles, Armoured Rifles, Aero Rifles and Fire Support Companies per Column
• 1x Supply Company (100)
  Logistics, Medical, Signals and Maintenance Detachments

Rifles Regiments

• Lucayan Rifles
  Bahamas/Lucaya region
  1. Col. Fortress Occident Caicos
  2. Col. Habacoan Barracks Habacoa
  3. Col. Nassau Barracks Nassau
• Verden Rifles
  Cape Verde region
  1. Col. Viana Barracks Viana
  2. Col. Fortress Praia Praia
  3. Col. Boa Vista Barracks Boa Vista
• Volcanic Rifles
  Oslola/Aismious region
  1. Col. Aismious Barracks Aismious
  2. Col. AS Scatsta Hetland
  3. Col. Fortress Demon Demon
• Arctic Rifles
  Polar north
  1. Col. Iron Barracks Kala
  2. Col. AS Kala Kala
  3. Col. NS Helvasia Helvasia
• Antarctic Rifles
  Polar south
  1. Col. Fortress Falklands Falklands
  2. Col. Fortress Falklands Falklands
  3. Col. Sude Barracks Sude
• Antilles Rifles
  ABC/Antilles region
  1. Col. Fortress Aruba Aruba
  2. Col. Caimanas Barracks Caimanas
  3. Col. Abakoa Barracks Abakoa
• Atlantic Rifles
  Central Atlantic
  1. Col. Costa Verde Barracks Costa Verde
  2. Col. NS Mira Mira
  3. Col. Canary Barracks Canary
• Kalinan Rifles
  Eastern Caribbean
  1. Col. Kairi Barracks Kairi
  2. Col. Virgin Barracks Virgin
  3. Col. Barbados Barracks Barbados
• Carib Rifles
  Named for the Carib people, indigenous Caribbean warriors
  1. Col. NS Antigua Antigua
  2. Col. Aloi Barracks Aloi
  3. Col. Grenadines Barracks Grenadines
• Ascension Rifles
  Mid-Atlantic island chain
  1. Col. AS Ascension Ascension
  2. Col. Fortress Helena Helena
  3. Col. NS Santes Santes
• Summers Rifles
  Western Atlantic
  1. Col. NS Summers Summers
  2. Col. Nassau Barracks Nassau
  3. Col. Conch Barracks Conch
• Helvasi Rifles
  High Arctic
  1. Col. NS Helvasia Helvasia
  2. Col. AS Kala Kala
  3. Col. Iron Barracks Kala
• Java Rifles
  Gulf of Guinea region
  1. Col. NS Java Java
  2. Col. Fortress Annobon Annobon
  3. Col. Principe Barracks Principe
• Anguilla Rifles
  Leeward islands
  1. Col. Anguilla Barracks Anguilla
  2. Col. Virgin Barracks Virgin
  3. Col. NS Antigua Antigua
• Verdean Rifles
  African Atlantic
  1. Col. NS Verde Costa Verde
  2. Col. Viana Barracks Viana
  3. Col. Boa Vista Barracks Boa Vista
• Bahaman Rifles
  Bahamas region
  1. Col. Nassau Barracks Nassau
  2. Col. Habacoan Barracks Habacoa
  3. Col. Curateo Barracks Curateo
• Curaçao Rifles
  Southern Caribbean
  1. Col. Curacao Barracks Curacao
  2. Col. Fortress Aruba Aruba
  3. Col. Bonaire Barracks Bonaire
• Boreal Rifles
  North Sea approaches
  1. Col. Fortress Demon Demon
  2. Col. AS Scatsta Hetland
  3. Col. Aismious Barracks Aismious
• Flores Rifles
  Azores region
  1. Col. Fortress Meteor Flores
  2. Col. Velas Barracks Velas
  3. Col. NS Mira Mira

Every soldier retains three overlapping identities: a Component of about a hundred servicemen recruited from a home republic, a Regiment in which the Component is trained and employed according to operational need, and a reserve affiliation with the home republic’s Guards regiment once active service ends. A serviceman might be raised as part of the 3rd Habacoan Component, serve a Company posting within the Sugar Guards, and retain a reserve affiliation with the Habacoan Guards.

Besides the line regiments, there are five Cannons Regiments of rocket artillery and heavy guns for the republic garrisons. The Chemical Defence Regiment and Nuclear Defence Regiment, both based in Oslola, are Control-pattern, providing decontamination, detection and consequence management given the Commonwealth’s nuclear-powered fleet and strategic deterrent.

History #

The Territorial Service was formed after independence in 1965 from the defence forces of the republics, which until then had their own garrisons, coastal batteries and small navies. It took most of the following decades to bring their navies, batteries and radar stations into a single service, and the old republic forts are still the fortresses of the Divisions today.

Militia and Police #

The Commonwealth General Auxiliary is a volunteer militia of perhaps a million, organised locally by the gendarmes of the Constabulary. Its members have less training than the Components and would fight as partisans in a war. Military policing is done by the Commonwealth Provosts, whose seven Security Regiments mostly guard fortresses, dockyards and missile sites.

Security Regiments

• 1st Parliamentary Security Regiment – the parliaments and ministries in Oslola
• 2nd Industrial Security Regiment – reactors, refineries and the Strategic Materials Reserve
• 3rd Fortress Security Regiment – the fortresses
• 4th Naval Security Regiment – dockyards and naval stations; the largest of the seven
• 5th Strategic Security Regiment – missile sites and the deterrent
• 6th Investigative Security Regiment – criminal investigation, and counter-intelligence with Noshem
• 7th Field Security Regiment – the only one that goes abroad with the Levy

Since police in the Commonwealth are an armed force under national commission like soldiers, the line between the two services is thin. The Commonwealth Patrol Service is the armed border force at ports, airports and naval stations, and its servicemen hold police endorsements for customs and immigration as well as their military attestation.

Equipment #

Most Territorial equipment is light and built at home, since it has to move between islands by landing craft, helicopter or aircraft.

Territorial Service Equipment

Main Battle Tanks

• 310 No. 4 Menhit Fast Tank
• 21 No. 3 Ordoria MBT

Infantry Fighting Vehicles

• 300 Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles (ASLAV)
• 1,600 Infantry Fighting Vehicles

Armoured Personnel Carriers and Cars

• 3,500 Armoured Personnel Carriers (Commandos)
• 1,400 Tracked APCs
• 800 Amphibious Armoured Vehicles
• 600 Armoured All-Terrain Carriers
• 460 Avro Commando Armoured Cars

Watercraft

• 30 Amphibious Cargo Vehicles
• 24 Mechanised Landing Craft

Coastal and Air Defence

• 24 Heavy Anti-Ship Missile Batteries
• 36 Medium Coastal Defence Gun Positions
• 16 Mobile Anti-Ship Missile Launchers
• 12 Area Defence Missile Systems
• 25 No. 8 Javelin Medium-Range SAM Systems
• 40 Short-Range Air Defence Systems
• 1,000 Man-Portable SAM Launchers (militia distributed)

Artillery

• 52 Rocket Artillery
• 105 Self-Propelled Artillery (155mm)
• 120 155mm Towed Howitzer
• 80 105mm Towed Howitzer
• 36 120mm Heavy Mortars
• 200 81mm Medium Mortars (militia distributed)

Trucks and Support

• 3,600 Multi-Purpose Utility Vehicles
• 3,560 Military Trucks
• 30 Armoured Combat Engineering Vehicles
• 80 Combat Recovery Vehicles