Arstotzkan Union Defense Forces Army

The Arstotzkan Union Defense Forces Army (formerly the Arstotzkan Army Corps) is one of the oldest branches of the Arstotzkan Union Defense Forces. It was established as a head of the Arstotzkan Federal Guard (National Guard of the Arstotzkan Union at the time). The National Army is the only branch that was not shutdown due to the Military Expenditure Reduction Initative (MERI), and select divisions of the Army remained active for the protection of the Arstotzkan Union.

History
Established on August 22nd 2019, the Arstotzkan Union Army Corps joined two other branches, the Navy and Air Force.

During the First Civil Conflict and while the President was on holiday in Australia, the Army was given the command of the Arstotzkan Union Border Protection Regiment for the protection of the President and his family. When the President returned to New Zealand, all Army activities were shutdown due to the war.

When the Arstotzkan Union fell into the Second Civil Conflict a operation to take back the Arstotzkan Union was drafted, it was called Operation: Blueshadow. It was decided that the National Guard of the Arstotzkan Union (now Arstotzkan Federal Guard) would run the operation and would use their specialist Tango Task Force. However days before the operation was set to commence, the President pulled out the Operation and used a diplomatic tactic of talking down the members of the DLPA.

In 2020, under the Military Expenditure Reduction Initiative, the amount of Divisions operating was reduced to 4. Since then they have only operated at this amount until the Arstotzkan - Confederate War where all divisions of all branches were activated. In 2021 under the current government, only 4 Divisions operate.

In mid-August 2021 during the August Lockdown, the Army, along with the other four branches were renamed for the second time in 2021.

In October 2021, the Army had its second reform as a part of the Second AUDF Reform Period

Structure
The Army is organized into the following structure:


 * 1 Regiment (Home Based Regiment):
 * 1/1 Federal Guard (Battalion to be constituting of Companies A & B of which are made of 4 Platoons, of which are made up of 4 Squads)
 * 1/2 Military Police (Battalion to be constituting of Companies A - D of which are made of 4 Platoons, of which are made up of 4 Squads)
 * 1/3 Intelligence (Battalion to be constituting of Companies A-C of which are made of 4 Platoons, of which are made up of 4 Squads)
 * 1/4 Logistics and Support (Battalion to be constituting of Companies A - E of which are made of 4 Platoons, of which are made up of 4 Squads)
 * 1/5 Training (Companies of this Battalion are yet to be decided)
 * 1/6 Internal Affairs (AUDF wide reach, Battalion to be constituting of Companies A & B of which are made of 4 Platoons, of which are made up of 4 Squads)
 * 2 Regiment (Attack / Offense Regiment):
 * 2/1 National Defense (Battalion to be constituting of Companies A-C of which are made of 4 Platoons, of which are made up of 4 Squads)
 * 2/2 Independent Operational (Battalion to be constituting of Companies A - E of which are made of 4 Platoons, of which are made up of 4 Squads)
 * 2/3 Allied Operational (Battalion to be constituting of Companies A-C of which are made of 4 Platoons, of which are made up of 4 Squads)
 * 2/4 Special Forces (Battalion to be constituting of Companies A & B of which are made of 4 Platoons, of which are made up of 4 Squads)
 * 3 Regiment (Air Regiment):
 * 3/1 Air Strike Force (Battalion to be constituted of Companies A, B (Flight), C (Aircrew) & D (Support))
 * 3/2 Air Transport (Battalion to be constituted of Companies A, B (Flight), C (Aircrew) & D (Support))