| Militair van naar de Koninkrijk van Celestis Military of the Kingdom of Celestis | |
|---|---|
 Celestis Defence Forces Flag | |
| Leadership | |
| Commander-in-Chief | King of Celestis George I |
| Defence Secretary | Steven Jones |
| Defence Forces Chief of Staff | Lieutenant General Dermot Earley |
| Available for military service |
977,092 males, age 15–49, 978,465 (2008 est.) females, age 15–49 |
| Fit for military service |
814,768 males, age 15–49, 813,981 (2008 est.) females, age 15–49 |
| Reaching military age annually |
N/A |
| Active personnel | 10,500 |
| Reserve personnel | 12,348 |
| Expenditures | |
| Budget | FY 2008 - |
| Percent of GDP | 2.2% (FY00/08) |
The Military of the Kingdom of Celestis (Dutch: Militaire van naar de Koninkrijk van Celestis) also know as the Celestis Defence Forces (officially the Armed Forces of the Crown) is the combined armed forces of Kingdom of Celestis. The Commander-in-Chief of the Military is the King of Celestis, currently George I. It has its headquarters at the Ministry of Defence Building, in Celestinium, the capital.
Structure[]
Command organisation[]
As head of state, the King of Celestis, George I, is nominally the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. The King remains the "ultimate authority" of the military and retains the power to prevent its unconstitutional use. The Ministry of Defence is the government department and highest level of military headquarters charged with formulating and executing defence policy for the Armed Forces; it employed 103,930 civilians in 2008. The department is controlled by the Secretary of State for Defence and contains three deputy appointments: Minister of State for the Armed Forces, Minister for Defence Procurement, and Minister for Veterans' Affairs.
Responsibility for the management of the forces is delegated to a number of committees: the Defence Council of the Kingdom of Celestis and three single-service boards. The Defence Council, composed of senior representatives of the services and the Ministry of Defence, provides the "formal legal basis for the conduct of defence". The three constituent single-service committees (Admiralty Board, Army Board, and Air Force Board) are chaired by the Secretary of State for Defence.
The Chief of the Defence Staff is the professional head of the Armed Forces and is an appointment that can be held by an Admiral, Air Chief Marshal, or General. Before the practice was discontinued in 2010, those who were appointed to the position of CDS had been elevated to the most senior rank in their respective service (a 5-star rank). The CDS, along with the Permanent Under Secretary, are the principal advisers to the departmental minister. The three services have their own respective professional chiefs: the First Sea Lord, the Chief of the General Staff and the Chief of the Air Staff.
As well as these command structures, the Celestis Defence Forces also use an alert system known as BIKINI which is used to calculate a threat that Celestis may be facing (similar to the DEFCON system)
Conflicts[]
The conflicts listed below were conducted by the Kingdom of Celestis' predecessor state, the United Provinces of Clinkham Wood