Vinish Navy
| Vinish Navy | |
|---|---|
| Vinish Naval Service | |
 Seal of the Vinish Navy | |
| Active | 28 July 2016 |
| Country | Vindex Nation |
| Type | Navy |
| Part of | Vindex National Armed Forces Vinish Department of the Navy |
| Headquarters | The Pentagon Addersfield, Viridis, V.N. |
| Motto(s) | "Semper Fortis" ("Always Courageous"), (unofficial). "Non sibi sed patriae" ("Not for self but for country") (unofficial). |
| Colors | Blue and gold |
| Equipment | List of equipment of the Vinish Navy |
| Commanders | |
| Commander-in-Chief | President Dixie Normous LXIX |
| Secretary of Defense | B. Chemist |
| Chief of Naval Operations | ADM Rigatoni |
| Vice Chief of Naval Operations | ADM Jacob Augustine Wall |
| Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy | MCPO VACANT |
The Vinish Naval Service (VNS), commonly known as the Vinish Navy (VN), is the maritime service branch of the Vinish Armed Forces and one of the two uniformed services of Vindex Navy. The Vinish Navy traces its origins to the Vinish Coast Guard, which was established as a law enforcement agency under the Vindex Police Department and later under the Department of Justice for a brief period of time. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world. The modern Vinish Navy maintains a sizable global presence, deploying in strength in such areas as the Western Pacific, the Mediterranean, and the Indian Ocean. It is a blue-water navy with the ability to project force onto the littoral regions of the world, engage in forward deployments during peacetime and rapidly respond to regional crises, making it a frequent actor in American foreign and military policy.
The Vinish Navy is part of the Department of the Navy. The Department of the Navy is headed by the civilian Secretary of the Navy. The Department of the Navy is itself a military department of the Department of Defense, which is headed by the Secretary of Defense. The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) is the most senior Navy officer serving in the Department of the Navy.
Mission
The Vinish Navy is a seaborne branch of the military of Vindex Nation. The Navy's three primary areas of responsibility:
- The preparation of naval forces necessary for the effective prosecution of war.
- The maintenance of naval aviation, including land-based naval aviation, air transport essential for naval operations, and all air weapons and air techniques involved in the operations and activities of the Navy.
- The development of aircraft, weapons, military tactics, technique, organization, and equipment of naval combat and service elements.
Vinish Navy training manuals state that the mission of the Vinish Armed Forces is "to be prepared to conduct prompt and sustained combat operations in support of the national interest." The Navy's five enduring functions are: sea control, power projection, deterrence, maritime security, and sealift.
History
Origins
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The First Fleet
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A Chain of Command (CoC)
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Early Wars
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Personnel
Uniforms
The uniforms of the Vinish Navy have evolved gradually since the first uniform regulations for officers were issued in 2016 on the formation of the Department of the Navy. The predominant colors of Vinish Navy uniforms are navy blue and white. Vinish Navy uniforms were based on U.S. Navy uniforms of the time and have tended to follow that template.
Commissioned Officer
Navy officers serve either as a line officer or as a staff corps officer. Line officers wear an embroidered gold star above their rank of the naval service dress uniform while staff corps officers wear unique designator insignias that denotes their occupational specialty.
Enlisted
Sailors in pay grades E-1 through E-3 are considered to be in apprenticeships. They are divided into five definable groups, with colored group rate marks designating the group to which they belong: Seaman, Fireman, Airman, Constructionman, and Hospitalman. E-4 to E-6 are non-commissioned officers (NCOs), and are specifically called Petty officers in the Navy. Petty Officers perform not only the duties of their specific career field but also serve as leaders to junior enlisted personnel. E-7 to E-9 are still considered Petty Officers, but are considered a separate community within the Navy. They have separate berthing and dining facilities (where feasible), wear separate uniforms, and perform separate duties.
After attaining the rate of Master Chief Petty Officer, a service member may choose to further their career by becoming a Command Master Chief Petty Officer (CMC). A CMC is considered to be the senior-most enlisted service member within a command, and is the special assistant to the Commanding Officer in all matters pertaining to the health, welfare, job satisfaction, morale, use, advancement and training of the command's enlisted personnel. CMCs can be Command level (within a single unit, such as a ship or shore station), Fleet level (squadrons consisting of multiple operational units, headed by a flag officer or commodore), or Force level (consisting of a separate community within the Navy, such as Subsurface, Air, Reserves).
CMC insignia are similar to the insignia for Master Chief, except that the rating symbol is replaced by an inverted five-point star, reflecting a change in their rating from their previous rating (i.e., MMCM) to CMDCM. The stars for Command Master Chief are silver, while stars for Fleet or Force Master Chief are gold. Additionally, CMCs wear a badge, worn on their left breast pocket, denoting their title (Command/Fleet/Force).
Insignia and badges of the Vinish Navy are military "badges" issued by the Vinish Department of the Navy to naval service members who achieve certain qualifications and accomplishments while serving on both active and reserve duty in the Vinish Navy. Most naval aviation insignia are also permitted for wear on uniforms of the Vinish Marine Corps.
Insignia come in the form of metal "pin-on devices" worn on formal uniforms and embroidered "tape strips" worn on work uniforms. For the purpose of this article, the general term "insignia" shall be used to describe both, as it is done in Navy Uniform Regulations. The term "badge", although used ambiguously in other military branches and in informal speak to describe any pin, patch, or tab, is exclusive to identification badges and authorized marksmanship awards.
Bases
The size, complexity, and international presence of the Vinish Navy requires a large number of navy installations to support its operations with the bases being located inside the the States of Vindex Nation itself.
State of Viridis
Naval Base Pearl Harbor is located on the Island of Port Gallifrey (commonly known as Gallifrey or Gallifrey Port), across from the Port Gallifrey Airport. AS the Vinish Navy's first base, NB Pearl Harbor is home to Headquarters for Naval Air Forces, the bulk of the Pacific Fleet's helicopter squadrons, and part of the West Coast aircraft carrier fleet.
State of San Amaro
Naval Base Coronado is the main homeport of the Pacific Fleet and part of the West Coast aircraft carrier fleet. NB Coronado is located on the southern end of the Coronado Island, west of mainland San Amaro, and is home to the navy's west coast SEAL teams and special boat units. NB Coronado is also home to the Naval Special Warfare Center, the primary training center for SEALs.
Equipment
As of 2018, the navy operates over 24 ships, including vessels operated by the Military Sealift Command (MSC) crewed by a combination of civilian contractors and a small number of uniformed Naval personnel, 50+ aircraft, 50+ non-combat vehicles and owns 60+ buildings on 300,000 acres.
Ships
The names of commissioned ships of the Vinish Navy are prefixed with the letters "VS", designating "Vinish Ship". Non-commissioned, civilian-manned vessels of the navy have names that begin with "VNS", standing for "Vinish Naval Ship". The names of ships are officially selected by the secretary of the navy, often to honor important people or places. Additionally, each ship is given a letter-based hull classification symbol (for example, CVN or DDG) to indicate the vessel's type and number. All ships in the navy inventory are placed in the Naval Vessel Register, which is part of "the Navy List" (required by article 29 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea). The register tracks data such as the current status of a ship, the date of its commissioning, and the date of its decommissioning. Vessels that are removed from the register prior to disposal are said to be stricken from the register. The navy also maintains a reserve fleet of inactive vessels that are maintained for reactivation in times of need.
The Vinish Navy was one of the first to install nuclear reactors aboard naval vessels; today, nuclear energy powers all active Vinish aircraft carriers and submarines.
Aircraft Carriers
An aircraft carrier is typically deployed along with a host of additional vessels, forming a carrier strike group. The supporting ships, which usually include three or four Aegis-equipped cruisers and destroyers, a frigate, and attack submarines, are tasked with protecting the carrier from air, missile, sea, and undersea threats as well as providing additional strike capabilities themselves. Ready logistics support for the group is provided by a combined ammunition, oiler, and supply ship. Modern carriers are named after Vinish admirals, politicians, and notable naval sailors.
The Navy has a statutory requirement for a minimum of 3 aircraft carriers. All 3 carriers are currently active with all currently commissioned Vinish aircraft carriers are nuclear-powered; joining submarines as the only currently serving nuclear-powered Vinish Navy vessels.
Cruisers
Cruisers are large surface combat vessels that conduct anti-air/anti-missile warfare, surface warfare, anti-submarine warfare, and strike operations independently or as members of a larger task force. Modern guided missile cruisers were developed out of a need to counter the anti-ship missile threat facing the Vinish Navy. This led to the development of the AN/SPY-1 phased array radar and the Standard missile with the Aegis combat system coordinating the two. Later developments of vertical launch systems and the Tomahawk missile gave cruisers additional long-range land and sea strike capability, making them capable of both offensive and defensive battle operations.
Destroyers
Destroyers are multi-mission medium surface ships capable of sustained performance in anti-air, anti-submarine, anti-ship, and offensive strike operations. Like cruisers, guided missile destroyers are primarily focused on surface strikes using Tomahawk missiles and fleet defense through Aegis and the Standard missile. Destroyers additionally specialize in anti-submarine warfare and are equipped with VLA rockets and LAMPS Mk III Sea Hawk helicopters to deal with underwater threats. When deployed with a carrier strike group or expeditionary strike group, destroyers and their fellow Aegis-equipped cruisers are primarily tasked with defending the fleet while providing secondary strike capabilities. With very few exceptions, destroyers are named after Vinish Navy, Marine Corps, and former Coast Guard heroes.
Patrol Boats
A patrol boat is a relatively small naval vessel generally designed for coastal defense duties. There have been many designs for patrol boats, though the navy currently does not have any in service. They may be operated by a nation's navy or coast guard, and may be intended for marine ("blue water") or estuarine or river ("brown water") environments. The Navy had approximately a dozen Cyclone-class patrol boats in active service as they have been used for home port patrols and drug interdiction missions. The navy's last active class of patrol boats had names based on weather phenomena.
Submarines
All current and planned Vinish Navy submarines are nuclear-powered, as only nuclear propulsion allows for the combination of stealth and long duration, high-speed sustained underwater movement that makes modern nuclear submarines quite vital to a modern blue-water navy. The Viish Navy operates two types: ballistic missile submarines and guided missile submarines. Vinish Navy (nuclear) ballistic missile submarines carry the stealthiest leg of the Vinish strategic triad (the other legs are the land-based Vinish strategic missile force and the air-based Vinish strategic bomber force). These submarines have only one mission: to carry and, if called upon, to launch the Trident nuclear missile. The primary missions of guided missile submarines in the Vinish Navy are peacetime engagement, surveillance and intelligence, special operations, precision strikes, and control of the seas. To these, attack submarines also add the battlegroup operations mission. Guided missile submarines have several tactical missions, including sinking ships and other subs, launching cruise missiles, gathering intelligence, and assisting in special operations.
Aircraft
Carrier-based aircraft are able to strike air, sea, and land targets far from a carrier strike group while protecting friendly forces from enemy aircraft, ships, and submarines. In peacetime, aircraft's ability to project the threat of sustained attack from a mobile platform on the seas gives Vinish leaders significant diplomatic and crisis-management options. Aircraft additionally provide logistics support to maintain the navy's readiness and, through helicopters, supply platforms with which to conduct search and rescue, special operations, anti-submarine warfare (ASW), and anti-surface warfare (ASuW), including the Vinish Navy's premier Maritime Strike and only organic ASW aircraft, the venerable Sikorsky MH-60R operated by Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing.
The Aircraft Investment Plan sees naval aviation growing from 30 percent of current aviation forces to half of all procurement funding over the next three decades.
Weapons
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Notable Sailors
Many past and present Vinish historical figures have served in the Vinish Navy.
Commissioned Officers
Notable officers include Lord Noah Straton Turnet (GuinessGeneral; founder and first flag officer of the Vinish Navy), Sir Barry Burns (Barry Burns; first VCNO), to be continued...
Presidents
The first Vinish President who served in the Vinish Navy was To be continued...
Government Officials
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Others
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