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| + | This military force, the [[Royal Caledonian Marines]], serves the [[polity]] of [[Principality of Caledon]]. | ||
| + | * The Caledonian Marines, like most other Marine formations, are the ship-board and rapid-intervention troops, as well as force-protection force, of the [[Royal Caledonian Navy]]. | ||
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Caledonian Marines also differ from both Imperial Marines and the [[Caledonian Army]] in using a version of the Naval, rather than Army, rank system. | Caledonian Marines also differ from both Imperial Marines and the [[Caledonian Army]] in using a version of the Naval, rather than Army, rank system. | ||
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* ''' Sub-Lieutenant ''' - Usually assists Lieutenants in leading Squadrons. Entitled to enter the "Gun Room", the Warrant Officers space in [[Royal Caledonian Navy]] warships. | * ''' Sub-Lieutenant ''' - Usually assists Lieutenants in leading Squadrons. Entitled to enter the "Gun Room", the Warrant Officers space in [[Royal Caledonian Navy]] warships. | ||
* ''' Lieutenant''' - Commands squadrons and/or works on staff jobs for the Commando and higher echelons. Equivalent to an Army Captain. Entitled to the Wardroom on Naval warships, along with other commissioned officers. | * ''' Lieutenant''' - Commands squadrons and/or works on staff jobs for the Commando and higher echelons. Equivalent to an Army Captain. Entitled to the Wardroom on Naval warships, along with other commissioned officers. | ||
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* ''' Lieutenant Commander of Marines ''' - generally serves on senior staff of a Commando, as well as higher echelons. Has access to the Wardroom on Naval warships, along with other commissioned officers. | * ''' Lieutenant Commander of Marines ''' - generally serves on senior staff of a Commando, as well as higher echelons. Has access to the Wardroom on Naval warships, along with other commissioned officers. | ||
* ''' Commander of Marines ''' - Commands a "Commando". Has access to the Wardroom on Naval warships, along with other commissioned officers. | * ''' Commander of Marines ''' - Commands a "Commando". Has access to the Wardroom on Naval warships, along with other commissioned officers. | ||
* ''' Commodore of Marines ''' - Commands a Task Force. | * ''' Commodore of Marines ''' - Commands a Task Force. | ||
| − | {{Sources| | + | == History & Background ([[Dossier]]) == |
| − | {{LEN| | + | No information yet available. |
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| + | === Tables of Organization (Organizational Structure) === | ||
| + | A Marine detachment assigned to any vessel, regardless of its size - from a section aboard a sloop to two squadrons on a Battleship - is called a "Ship's Company". | ||
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| + | All Marine "Companies" are composed of uniform smaller units, though, as follows: | ||
| + | * '''Section''' - 7 Marines, led by a Corporal. | ||
| + | * '''Platoon''' - 30 Marines in 3 "Rifle" and one "Fire Support" Sections, led by a Sergeant. | ||
| + | * '''Squadron''' - 95-110 Marines in 3 Platoons, led by a "Lieutenant of Marines" (equivalent to an Army Captain - see below). | ||
| + | * '''Commando''' - 600 Marines in five Squadrons, led by a "Commander of Marines" (equivalent to an Army Lieutentant Colonel. | ||
| + | * '''Marine Brigade''' - Four Commandos, led by a "Commodore of Marines". | ||
| + | * '''Marine Task Force'''- Two more more Marine Brigades, led by a "Rear General of Marines". | ||
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| + | ===Ship's Companies=== | ||
| + | The Marine detachment assigned to any vessel or shore installation ''as ship's troops'', regardless of the ship's size, is called a "Ship's Company" (while a Marine unit of 3-5 platoons, called a "company" in most armed forces, is referred to as a "Squadron"). | ||
| + | * A Marine "Ship's Company" organization is more fluid than, say, the [[Imperial Marines]], with units essentially serving as "task forces" for the job at hand, whether the "job" is cleaning out a pirate lair or serving as the Marine Company on a warship. | ||
| + | * A '''Captain of Marines''' - By tradition, a "Ship's Company" is commanded by a vessel's "Captain of Marines". The term "Captain of Marines" refers to the senior Marine in a Ship's Company - whether it's a "Commander" with a squadron aboard a Battleship, or a sergeant leading a section of seven Marines aboard a Sloop or Destroyer. The rank of "Captain of Marines" is always referred to in full, and never shortened to "Captain" - that honor belongs to the ship's Captain. The rank "Captain" doesn't otherwise exist in the Caledonian Marines rank structure. | ||
| + | * A vessel's "Captain of Marines" is one grade higher than that of the commander of the unit comprising the Company. | ||
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| + | As a general rule, Ships Marine companies for various classes include: | ||
| + | * Sloops and Destroyers - 1 section, led by a sergeant (in addition to the Section corporal) | ||
| + | * Frigate, Heavy - 1 Platoon, led by a "Lieutenant of Marines (in addition to the Sergeant) | ||
| + | * Frigate, Light - 1 Platoon (if in Principality territory); frequently if on detached patrol an second platoon will be attached. Led by a "Lieutenant of Marines (in addition to the Sergeant/s) | ||
| + | * Battleship - 1 Reinforced Platoon (can be augmented with a full squadron). The company is commanded by a "Commander" | ||
| + | * Carriers - 1 Platoon, led by a "Lieutenant of Marines (in addition to the Sergeant) | ||
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| + | ===Garrison and Expeditionary Forces=== | ||
| + | Generally, a major Naval Base's Garrison Force will be a Marine Brigade. Garrison Force brigades are employed as follows: | ||
| + | * One Commando is usually allocated as Ship's Troops for the base's Task Force. | ||
| + | * Another Commando is generally training, absorbing recruits, or providing detachments to support the other three Commandos. | ||
| + | * One Commando generally serves as base security | ||
| + | * One Commando is generally on alert to serve with the Intervention Force | ||
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| + | The Commandos of a Garrison Force will rotate between assignments periodically - usually in the order above. | ||
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| + | * '''Garrison Forces''' - When a Marine Commando, Brigade or Task Force is assigned as a Base security and defense force, it is referred to as a "Garrison Force". | ||
| + | * '''Expeditionary Forces''' - When a Marine Commando, Brigade or Task Force embarks to carry out a mission ''other than'' defending a base or providing Ship's Companies - e.g. serving as a landing force in the [[Intervention Force]] - it's called an "Expeditionary Force". | ||
| + | * The senior Marine leader of any Marine Garrison Force or Expeditionary Force, whether a Marine Commando, Brigade or Task Force", is called a "Colonel of Marines", regardless of actual rank and size of unit commanded. The rank "Colonel" doesn't otherwise exist in the Marines' rank structure. | ||
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| + | ===Marine Units=== | ||
| + | Marine Garrison Forces (Spinward Station: HQ Caithness) | ||
| + | * Marine Garrison Force Caithness (VII Marine Brigade) | ||
| + | * Marine Garrison Force Rutherglen (xx Marine Brigade) | ||
| + | * Marine Garrison Force Budwick (I Marine Brigade) | ||
| + | * Marine Garrison Force Glenelg (X Marine Brigade) | ||
| + | * Marine Garrison Force Knoydart (XV Marine Brigade) | ||
| + | * Marine Garrison Force Culloden (XIX Marine Brigade) | ||
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| + | Marine Garrison Forces (Driftward Station: HQ Victory | ||
| + | * Marine Garrison Force Victory (xx Marine Brigade) | ||
| + | * Marine Garrison Force Rob Roy (IV Marine Brigade) | ||
| + | * Marine Garrison Force Claverse (XX Marine Brigade) | ||
| + | * Marine Garrison Force Scotia (VIII Marine Brigade) | ||
| + | * Marine Garrison Force Grampia (47 Marine Commando) | ||
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| + | Marine Garrison Forces (Coreward StationHeadquarters) HM Dockyard Cuillin | ||
| + | * Marine Garrison Force Cuillin (XXI Marine Brigade) | ||
| + | * Marine Garrison Force Annan (II Marine Brigade) | ||
| + | * Marine Garrison Force Firth (XVI Marine Brigade) | ||
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| + | Marine Garrison Forces (Rimward Station: HQ Douglass | ||
| + | * Marine Garrison Force Douglass (XI Marine Brigade) | ||
| + | * Marine Garrison Force Macbeth (V Marine Brigade) | ||
| + | * Marine Garrison Force Pentland (IX Marine Brigade) | ||
| + | * Marine Garrison Force Lanark (VI Marine Brigade)) | ||
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| + | Marine Garrison Forces (Reserve - HQ Stirling) | ||
| + | * Marine Garrison Force Caledon (XXII Marine Brigade) | ||
| + | * Marine Garrison Force Stirling (XII Marine Brigade) | ||
| + | * Marine Garrison Force Dunbarton (XVII Marine Brigade) | ||
| + | ** Also: Marine Training Center | ||
| + | * Marine Garrison Force Stuart (xx Marine Brigade) | ||
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| + | ===Marine Intervention Force=== | ||
| + | The Intervention Force is headquartered at Stirling. | ||
| + | * First Marine Expeditionary Force (Stirling) | ||
| + | ** III Marine Brigade | ||
| + | ** XVIII Marine Brigade | ||
| + | ** XIV Marine Brigade | ||
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| + | == [[World]]s & [[Sector]]s ([[Astrography]]) == | ||
| + | This [[army]] can be primarily found in the following areas: <br> | ||
| + | ''[[Charted Space]]:'' | ||
| + | * [[TBD Sector]] | ||
| + | ** [[TBD Subsector]] | ||
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| + | === Headquarters Data: 1105 === | ||
| + | The following [[mainworld]] is the primary headquarters of this [[army]]: | ||
| + | # [[TBD (world)]] | ||
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| + | === World Listing: 1105 === | ||
| + | This [[army]] is often stationed in the following [[system]]s and [[world]]s: | ||
| + | {{ClusterWorlds2}} | ||
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| + | == References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) == | ||
| + | {{Intermediate}} | ||
| + | {{Detail}} | ||
| + | {{Sources | ||
| + | |S2= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]] | ||
| + | |S3= Author: [[User: Mitchberg|Mitchberg]] | ||
| + | |S4= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]] | ||
| + | }} | ||
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| + | {{LEN|Army|Institution|Military|Principality of Caledon}} | ||
Latest revision as of 14:13, 17 June 2019
This military force, the Royal Caledonian Marines, serves the polity of Principality of Caledon.
- The Caledonian Marines, like most other Marine formations, are the ship-board and rapid-intervention troops, as well as force-protection force, of the Royal Caledonian Navy.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
No information yet available.
Goals (Mission)[edit]
No information yet available.
Strategy & Doctrine (Operations)[edit]
No information yet available.
Rank System[edit]
| Royal Caledonian Marine Ranks | |
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| Officers | |
| O9 » General of Marines | |
| O8 » Vice General of Marines | |
| O7 » Rear General of Marines | |
| O6 » Commodore of Marines | |
| O5 » Commander of Marines | |
| O4 » Lieutenant Commander of Marines | |
| O3 » Lieutenant | |
| O2 » Sub-Lieutenant | |
| O1 » Ensign | |
| Enlisted | |
| E9 » Senior Command Sergeant Major | |
| E8 » Command Sergeant Major | |
| E7 » Sergeant Major (or Staff-, Gunnery- or Color-Sergeant Major) | |
| E6 » Sergeant (or Staff-, Gunnery- or Color-Sergeant) | |
| E5 » Corporal | |
| E4 » Lance Corporal | |
| E3 » Marine (First Class) | |
| E2 » Marine | |
| E1 » Recruit | |
Caledonian Marines also differ from both Imperial Marines and the Caledonian Army in using a version of the Naval, rather than Army, rank system.
Enlisted Ranks[edit]
Caledon's Marine corps has the following enlisted ranks:
- Marine - Equivalent to "Private".
- Lance Corporal Assists a Corporal in leading a Section.
- Corporal - Leads a section.
- Sergeant - "Sergeant" is modified by the Sergeant's task. A "Sergeant" leads a platoon. A "Gunnery Sergeant" leads a gun crew. A "Staff Sergeant" leads a staff section. A "Color Sergeant" leads a Commando's scout/sniper team.
- Sergeant Major - A Sergeant Major serves as the senior NCO in a Squadron. "Staff Sergeant Major" and "Gunnery Sergeant Major" have the same meanings as at the sergeant level.
- Command Sergeant Major - the senior NCO in a Commando or larger force.
Officer Ranks[edit]
The RCM's rank structure resembles the Navy rather than units with ground-based traditions.
- Ensign - Usually assists with staff work at the Squadron and Commando level. Primarily a training job for very junior officers.
- Sub-Lieutenant - Usually assists Lieutenants in leading Squadrons. Entitled to enter the "Gun Room", the Warrant Officers space in Royal Caledonian Navy warships.
- Lieutenant - Commands squadrons and/or works on staff jobs for the Commando and higher echelons. Equivalent to an Army Captain. Entitled to the Wardroom on Naval warships, along with other commissioned officers.
- Lieutenant Commander of Marines - generally serves on senior staff of a Commando, as well as higher echelons. Has access to the Wardroom on Naval warships, along with other commissioned officers.
- Commander of Marines - Commands a "Commando". Has access to the Wardroom on Naval warships, along with other commissioned officers.
- Commodore of Marines - Commands a Task Force.
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
No information yet available.
Tables of Organization (Organizational Structure)[edit]
A Marine detachment assigned to any vessel, regardless of its size - from a section aboard a sloop to two squadrons on a Battleship - is called a "Ship's Company".
All Marine "Companies" are composed of uniform smaller units, though, as follows:
- Section - 7 Marines, led by a Corporal.
- Platoon - 30 Marines in 3 "Rifle" and one "Fire Support" Sections, led by a Sergeant.
- Squadron - 95-110 Marines in 3 Platoons, led by a "Lieutenant of Marines" (equivalent to an Army Captain - see below).
- Commando - 600 Marines in five Squadrons, led by a "Commander of Marines" (equivalent to an Army Lieutentant Colonel.
- Marine Brigade - Four Commandos, led by a "Commodore of Marines".
- Marine Task Force- Two more more Marine Brigades, led by a "Rear General of Marines".
Ship's Companies[edit]
The Marine detachment assigned to any vessel or shore installation as ship's troops, regardless of the ship's size, is called a "Ship's Company" (while a Marine unit of 3-5 platoons, called a "company" in most armed forces, is referred to as a "Squadron").
- A Marine "Ship's Company" organization is more fluid than, say, the Imperial Marines, with units essentially serving as "task forces" for the job at hand, whether the "job" is cleaning out a pirate lair or serving as the Marine Company on a warship.
- A Captain of Marines - By tradition, a "Ship's Company" is commanded by a vessel's "Captain of Marines". The term "Captain of Marines" refers to the senior Marine in a Ship's Company - whether it's a "Commander" with a squadron aboard a Battleship, or a sergeant leading a section of seven Marines aboard a Sloop or Destroyer. The rank of "Captain of Marines" is always referred to in full, and never shortened to "Captain" - that honor belongs to the ship's Captain. The rank "Captain" doesn't otherwise exist in the Caledonian Marines rank structure.
- A vessel's "Captain of Marines" is one grade higher than that of the commander of the unit comprising the Company.
As a general rule, Ships Marine companies for various classes include:
- Sloops and Destroyers - 1 section, led by a sergeant (in addition to the Section corporal)
- Frigate, Heavy - 1 Platoon, led by a "Lieutenant of Marines (in addition to the Sergeant)
- Frigate, Light - 1 Platoon (if in Principality territory); frequently if on detached patrol an second platoon will be attached. Led by a "Lieutenant of Marines (in addition to the Sergeant/s)
- Battleship - 1 Reinforced Platoon (can be augmented with a full squadron). The company is commanded by a "Commander"
- Carriers - 1 Platoon, led by a "Lieutenant of Marines (in addition to the Sergeant)
Garrison and Expeditionary Forces[edit]
Generally, a major Naval Base's Garrison Force will be a Marine Brigade. Garrison Force brigades are employed as follows:
- One Commando is usually allocated as Ship's Troops for the base's Task Force.
- Another Commando is generally training, absorbing recruits, or providing detachments to support the other three Commandos.
- One Commando generally serves as base security
- One Commando is generally on alert to serve with the Intervention Force
The Commandos of a Garrison Force will rotate between assignments periodically - usually in the order above.
- Garrison Forces - When a Marine Commando, Brigade or Task Force is assigned as a Base security and defense force, it is referred to as a "Garrison Force".
- Expeditionary Forces - When a Marine Commando, Brigade or Task Force embarks to carry out a mission other than defending a base or providing Ship's Companies - e.g. serving as a landing force in the Intervention Force - it's called an "Expeditionary Force".
- The senior Marine leader of any Marine Garrison Force or Expeditionary Force, whether a Marine Commando, Brigade or Task Force", is called a "Colonel of Marines", regardless of actual rank and size of unit commanded. The rank "Colonel" doesn't otherwise exist in the Marines' rank structure.
Marine Units[edit]
Marine Garrison Forces (Spinward Station: HQ Caithness)
- Marine Garrison Force Caithness (VII Marine Brigade)
- Marine Garrison Force Rutherglen (xx Marine Brigade)
- Marine Garrison Force Budwick (I Marine Brigade)
- Marine Garrison Force Glenelg (X Marine Brigade)
- Marine Garrison Force Knoydart (XV Marine Brigade)
- Marine Garrison Force Culloden (XIX Marine Brigade)
Marine Garrison Forces (Driftward Station: HQ Victory
- Marine Garrison Force Victory (xx Marine Brigade)
- Marine Garrison Force Rob Roy (IV Marine Brigade)
- Marine Garrison Force Claverse (XX Marine Brigade)
- Marine Garrison Force Scotia (VIII Marine Brigade)
- Marine Garrison Force Grampia (47 Marine Commando)
Marine Garrison Forces (Coreward StationHeadquarters) HM Dockyard Cuillin
- Marine Garrison Force Cuillin (XXI Marine Brigade)
- Marine Garrison Force Annan (II Marine Brigade)
- Marine Garrison Force Firth (XVI Marine Brigade)
Marine Garrison Forces (Rimward Station: HQ Douglass
- Marine Garrison Force Douglass (XI Marine Brigade)
- Marine Garrison Force Macbeth (V Marine Brigade)
- Marine Garrison Force Pentland (IX Marine Brigade)
- Marine Garrison Force Lanark (VI Marine Brigade))
Marine Garrison Forces (Reserve - HQ Stirling)
- Marine Garrison Force Caledon (XXII Marine Brigade)
- Marine Garrison Force Stirling (XII Marine Brigade)
- Marine Garrison Force Dunbarton (XVII Marine Brigade)
- Also: Marine Training Center
- Marine Garrison Force Stuart (xx Marine Brigade)
Marine Intervention Force[edit]
The Intervention Force is headquartered at Stirling.
- First Marine Expeditionary Force (Stirling)
- III Marine Brigade
- XVIII Marine Brigade
- XIV Marine Brigade
Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)[edit]
This army can be primarily found in the following areas:
Charted Space:
Headquarters Data: 1105[edit]
The following mainworld is the primary headquarters of this army:
World Listing: 1105[edit]
This army is often stationed in the following systems and worlds:
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
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- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author: Mitchberg
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
