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In his capacity as Sergeant Major of the Army, Joshua Ryan would serve as the field commander of the V.N. Army's re-established [[Delta Force]]. Due to the increased tensions with [[Wilden]] at the time, the Office of the Army Chief of Staff deemed it necessary to re-establish a special operations unit in order to conduct special reconnaissance and small-scale raids on possible targets, both foreign and domestic. Despite the increased tensions, Delta Force would never see combat during this time period and it's activity would decrease.

Close to 3 months after he would be made Sergeant Major of the Army, Joshua Ryan would be selected to join the [[Vindex Intelligence Agency]] under Director [[Anton Dre Marks]]. This would be Ryan's introduction to the agency, going on to serve with the agency once more before his presidency. It was also during his first-time at the agency where he would begin to associate himself with members of the [[Alumbrados]] and would become a member of the group. As an agent in the VIA, Ryan would focus on counter-terrorism efforts and would often deal with cases involving biological weapons.

It was also at this time that General Ryan would work with Admiral Digby and General Schmitty to establish the Special Air Service, which was a joint special operations task force that was made to be able to draw the best personnel from both branches in order to conduct unconventional warfare against Vindex Nation's enemies, specifically the rebels and emerging unratified nations. The SAS would be under the supervision of General Ryan however the field commanders of the task force were kept classified.

The same rebels responsible for the construction and operation of the Rebel Fleet would go on to construct Fort Dixie, a star-shaped fortress that served as the capitol of Dixieland. Under the instruction and supervision of General Ryan, the Special Air Service would locate Fort Dixie and destroy it using dynamite. Along with the destruction of Fort Dixie, the Special Air Service, in a similar operation, would target infrastructure of a newly emerging nation in order to disrupt the advancements of the nation in fear it would only create another area for rebels to take refuge. General Ryan would later admit that the Vinish were responsible for both operations, admitting to originally trying to pin both operations on Wilden.

Another landmark of Ryan's tenure as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was his involvement in the Wilden War that took place during the summer of 2019. Responsible for the creation of Operation Oak Tree, an operation created with the intent to take over Wilden. Tensions began rising with Wilden early on in the summer however wouldn't reach it's peak until late July / early August after Operation Oak Tree would be take place following multiple standoffs between both Wilden and Vinish troops. Due to the success of Operation Oak Tree, Vindex Nation would take over Wilden and would replace it's then King with President Wellington's own selection, newly-crowned King [[Alfred Hitchcock]].  

After his first stint in Congress was over, Ryan would be elected to be the Speaker of the House of Representatives. As Speaker, Joshua Ryan would use his newly-acquired power to combat the Nationalist Party and their alleged attempts to try and acquire power from the office of the Speaker.

Following his time as Speaker of the House, Joshua Ryan would go on to serve as both an agent in the Vindex Intelligence Agency and as the Secretary of Treasury for a short time under President [[David Rohan]].

In the months leading up to election-day, Joshua Ryan would establish a campaign headquarters in uptown Vindex City, Viridis. With the help of his associates and allies, Ryan was able to capture several different demographics of voters in Vindex Nation. His opponent for a majority of the race was [[Eoin Mills]], the [[Secretary-General of the United Nations]] at the time and somebody who Ryan had served with in the Vinish military when he was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.  

As time went on, and the publicly-broadcasted debates began occurring, Joshua Ryan solidified himself as the favorited candidate. In months leading up to election-day, polling had taken place in several Vinish news networks to make an educated guess as to who was most likely to win the Presidency. Joshua Ryan had won in a landslide nearly every time. Following the last public debate that took place, Eoin Mills would drop out of the race.

There were very few campaign promises that President Ryan was unable to fulfill, one of these being his low-income housing that he had advocated for. However due to the [[Emperor]]'s inability to, the low-income housing was never constructed.

Throughout his presidency, Ryan adhered to a political philosophy of dynamic conservatism. Oftentimes, while he believed change and progression should be valued, it should also go hand-in-hand with conservative practices.

With one of his main goals being to destroy the Rebellion, President Ryan would succeed so by the end of his Presidency with little-to-no rebel presence within Vindex Nation.

=== Foreign Affairs and Military Operations Abroad ===

=== Veteran Affairs and Businesses ===

Taking office on July 11th, 2020, President Ryan had a long list of policies and campaign promises he had wanted to enact. With strong support for small businesses as well as the veterans, one of his first acts was that he established the Veteran Affairs program which popularized and promoted veteran discounts at several Vinish businesses, including at [[Reddington Industries]], [[SuB News]], and [[Specter Company Limited]]. In doing this, Ryan attempted to promote both veteran welfare and Vinish businesses located around Vindex Nation.  

=== Relations with Congress, Impeachment of Vice President Laff ===

=== End of Presidency ===

== Post-Presidency ==

== Chief of Naval Operations, The Squadron ==