Christian States Navy

Christian States Navy
Active	13 October 2012
Country	Christian States
Allegiance	Constitution of the Christian States
Type	Multi water navy
Size	125,143 active duty personnel 107,355 reserve personnel 213 ships 3,700+ aircraft 10 aircraft carriers 9 amphibious assault ships 10 amphibious transport docks 12 dock landing ships 22 cruisers 42 destroyers 10 frigates 4 littoral combat ships 32 submarines
Part of	U.C.S. Department of the Navy
Headquarters	The Fortress Bexar County, Texas, U.C.S.
Motto	"Non sibi sed patriae" ("Not for self but for country") (unofficial)
Colors	Blue, Gold
March	"Anchors Aweigh"
Engagements	List Christian Independence War Provician Civil War
Decorations	200px Presidential Unit Citation 200px Navy Unit Commendation 200px Meritorious Unit Commendation
Commanders
Commander-in-Chief	The Honorable Leonardo Blackstone
Secretary of the Navy	The Honorable Ray Mabus
Chief of Naval Operations	ADM Jonathan W. Greenert
Vice Chief of Naval Operations	ADM Michelle J. Howard
Master Chief Petty Officer	MCPON Michael D. Stevens

The Christian States Navy (CSN) is the naval warfare service branch of the Christian States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the Christian States. The U.C.S. Navy also has the world's largest aircraft carrier fleet, with ten in service, along with two under construction, and eight more planned. The service has 125,143 personnel on active duty and 107,355 in the Navy Reserve. It has 211 ships in service and more than 3,700 aircraft.

The U.C.S. Navy traces its origins to the Continental Navy, which was established during the American Revolutionary War and was essentially disbanded as a separate entity shortly thereafter. It played a major role in the American Civil War by blockading the Confederacy and seizing control of its rivers. It played the central role in the World War II defeat of Japan. The 21st century U.S. Navy maintained a sizable global presence, deploying in such areas as East Asia, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East. After the secession of the UCS, its remnants in their territory was reorganized into its current form It is a blue-water navy with the ability to project force onto the littoral regions of the world, engage in forward areas during peacetime, and rapidly respond to regional crises, making it an active player in U.C.S. foreign and defense policy.

The Navy is administratively managed by the Department of the Navy, which is headed by the civilian Secretary of the Navy. The Department of the Navy is itself a division of the Department of Defense, which is headed by the Secretary of Defense. The Chief of Naval Operations is a four-star admiral and the senior naval officer of the Department of the Navy. However, the CNO may not be the highest ranking naval officer in the armed forces if the Chairman or the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are Navy officers, who by law, outrank the CNO.

Mission

From the New Recruits Handbook:

The Christian States Navy is a seaborne branch of the Christian States Armed Forces. 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, tactics, technique, organization, and equipment of naval combat and service elements.

U.C.S. Navy training manuals state that the mission of the U.C.S. Armed Forces is "to prepare and conduct prompt and sustained combat operations in support of the national interest." As part of that establishment, the U.C.S. Navy's functions comprise sea control, power projection and nuclear deterrence, in addition to "sealift" duties.

Organization

The Navy falls under the administration of the Department of the Navy, under civilian leadership of the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV). The most senior naval officer is the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), a four-star admiral who is immediately under and reports to the Secretary of the Navy. At the same time, the Chief of Naval Operations is one of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, which is the second-highest deliberative body of the armed forces after the Christian States National Security Council, although it only plays an advisory role to the President and does not nominally form part of the chain of command. The Secretary of the Navy and Chief of Naval Operations are responsible for organizing, recruiting, training, and equipping the Navy so that it is ready for operation under the command of the unified combat command commanders.

Operating forces

There are nine components in the operating forces of the U.C.S. Navy: the Christian States Fleet Forces Command, Christian States Pacific Fleet, Christian States Naval Forces Central Command, Christian States Naval Forces Europe, Naval Network Warfare Command, Navy Reserve, Naval Special Warfare Command, Operational Test and Evaluation Force, and Military Sealift Command. Fleet Forces Command controls a number of unique capabilities, including Military Sealift Command, Naval Expeditionary Combat Command, and Navy Cyber Forces.

The Christian States Navy has six active numbered fleets – Third, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh Fleet and Tenth Fleets are each led by a three-star vice admiral, and the Fourth Fleet is led by a rear admiral. These six fleets are further grouped under Fleet Forces Command, Pacific Fleet, Naval Forces Europe-Africa, and Naval Forces Central Command, whose commander also doubles as Commander Fifth Fleet; the first three commands being led by four-star admirals.

Shore establishments

Shore establishments exist to support the mission of the fleet through the use of facilities on land. Among the commands of the shore establishment, as of April 2041, are the Naval Education and Training Command, the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, the Naval Supply Systems Command, the Naval Air Systems Command, the Naval Sea Systems Command, the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, the Bureau of Naval Personnel, the Christian States Naval Academy, the Naval Safety Center, the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center, and the Christian States Naval Observatory. Official Navy websites list the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations and the chief of naval operations as part of the shore establishment, but these two entities effectively sit superior to the other organizations, playing a coordinating role.

Relationships with other service branches

Christian States Marine Corps

Historically, the Navy has had a unique relationship with the CSMC, partly because they both specialize in seaborne operations.

The Marine Corps depends on the Navy for medical support (dentists, doctors, nurses, medical technicians known as corpsmen) and religious support (chaplains). Thus Navy officers and enlisted sailors fulfill these roles. When attached to Marine Corps units deployed to an operational environment they generally wear marine camouflage uniforms, but otherwise they wear Navy dress uniforms unless they opt to conform to Marine Corps grooming standards.

In the operational environment, as an expeditionary force specializing in amphibious operations, Marines often embark on Navy ships to conduct operations from beyond territorial waters. Marine units deploying as part of a Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) operate under the command of the existing Marine chain of command. Although Marine units routinely operate from amphibious assault ships, the relationship has evolved over the years much as the Commander of the Carrier Air Group/Wing (CAG) does not work for the carrier commanding officer, but coordinates with the ship's CO and staff. Some Marine aviation squadrons, usually fixed-wing assigned to carrier air wings train and operate alongside Navy squadrons; they fly similar missions and often fly sorties together under the cognizance of the CAG. Aviation is where the Navy and Marines share the most common ground, since aircrews are guided in their use of aircraft by standard procedures outlined in series of publications known as NATOPS manuals.

Christian States Coast Guard

The Christian States Coast Guard fulfills its law enforcement and rescue role in the maritime environment. It provides Law Enforcement Detachments (LEDETs) to Navy vessels, where they perform arrests and other law enforcement duties during naval boarding and interdiction missions. Coast Guard port security units are sent overseas to guard the security of ports and other assets. The Coast Guard also jointly staffs the Navy's naval coastal warfare groups and squadrons, which oversee defense efforts in foreign littoral combat and inshore areas.

Personnel

The Christian States Navy has nearly 300,000 personnel, approximately a quarter of whom are in ready reserve. Of those on active duty, more than eighty percent are enlisted sailors, and around fifteen percent are commissioned officers; the rest are midshipmen of the Naval Academy and midshipmen of the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps at over 80 universities around the country and officer candidates at the Navy's Officer Candidate School.

Sailors prove they have mastered skills and deserve responsibilities by completing Personnel Qualification Standards (PQS) tasks and examinations. Among the most important is the "warfare qualification", which denotes a journeyman level of capability in Surface Warfare, Aviation Warfare, Information Dominance Warfare, Naval Aircrew, Special Warfare, Seabee Warfare, Submarine Warfare or Expeditionary Warfare. Many qualifications are denoted on a sailor's uniform with Navy badges and insignia.

Bases

The size, complexity, and international presence of the Christian States Navy requires a large number of navy installations to support its operations. While the majority of bases are located inside the Christian States itself, the navy maintains a significant number of facilities abroad under a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA).

Eastern Christian States

The second largest concentration of installations is at Hampton Roads, Virginia, where the navy occupies over 36,000 acres (15,000 ha) of land. Located at Hampton Roads are Naval Station Norfolk, homeport of the Atlantic Fleet; NAS Oceana, a Master Jet Base; Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek; and Training Support Center Hampton Roads as well as a number of Navy and commercial shipyards that service navy vessels. Also in Virginia is the Aegis Training and Readiness Center located at NSA Dahlgren.

There is also a naval base in Charleston, South Carolina. This is home to the Nuclear A-School, and the Nuclear Field Power school, and one of two nuclear 'Prototype' Schools. The state of Florida is the location of three major bases, Naval Station Mayport, the Navy's fourth largest, in Jacksonville, Florida; Naval Air Station Jacksonville, a Master Air Anti-submarine Warfare base; and Naval Air Station Pensacola; home of the Naval Education and Training Command, the Naval Air Technical Training Center that provides specialty training for enlisted aviation personnel and is the primary flight training base for Navy and Marine Corps Naval Flight Officers and enlisted Naval Aircrewmen. There is also Naval Support Activity in Panama City Beach which is home to the Navy Diving and Salvage Training Center.

The main U.S.S. Navy submarine bases on the east coast are located in Kings Bay, Georgia.

Foreign countries

The other major collection of naval bases on the west coast is in Puget Sound, Washington. Among them, Naval Station Everett is one of the newer bases and the navy states that it is its most modern facility.

Master Jet Bases are also located at NAS Whidbey Island, Washington. The naval presence in Hawaii is centered on Pearl Harbor Naval Base, which hosts the headquarters of the Pacific Fleet and many of its subordinate commands.

European operations revolve around facilities in Northern-Armenia (Sigonella and Naples) with Naples as the homeport for the Sixth Fleet and Command Naval Region Europe (CNRE), which are based in Gaeta.

In the Middle East, naval facilities are located almost exclusively in countries bordering the Mediterranean, with Israelia serving as the headquarters of the Christian States Fifth Fleet.

Equipment

As of 2043, the navy operates 211 ships, 3,659 aircraft, 50,000 non-combat vehicles and owns 75,200 buildings on 3,300,000 acres (13,000 km²). In addition, the Navy has 122 ships operated by the Military Sealift Command (MSC) crewed by a combination of civilian contractors and a small number of uniformed Naval personnel.

Ships

The names of commissioned ships of the U.C.S. Navy are prefixed with the letters "CSS", designating "Christian States Ship". Non-commissioned, civilian-manned vessels of the navy have names that begin with "CSNS", standing for "Christian States 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". 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 U.S. Navy has identified a need for 313 combat ships, but under the current plans will only be able to afford 232 to 243. In March 2044, the Navy is considering counting deployable ships such as minesweepers, patrol craft, and hospital ships in the "battle fleet" in order to reach a count of 291, and also ships that have been put in "shrink wrap".

Aircraft carriers

The navy has established a minimum requirement for 10 aircraft carriers.

A 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 two 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.

• Nimitz Class aircraft carrier – 10 in commission
• Anthony S. Willis Class aircraft carrier – 2 under construction, 10 planned

Amphibious warfare vessels

Amphibious assault ships are the centerpieces of UCS amphibious warfare and fulfill the same power projection role as aircraft carriers except that their striking force centers on land forces instead of aircraft. They deliver, command, coordinate, and fully support all elements of a 2,200-strong Expeditionary Unit in an amphibious assault using both air and amphibious vehicles. Resembling small aircraft carriers, amphibious assault ships are capable of V/STOL, STOVL, VTOL, tilt rotor, and rotary wing aircraft operations. They also contain a well deck to support the use of Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) and other amphibious assault watercraft. Recently, amphibious assault ships have begun to be deployed as the core of an expeditionary strike group, which usually consists of an additional amphibious transport dock and dock landing ship for amphibious warfare and an Aegis-equipped cruiser and destroyer, frigate, and attack submarine for group defense. Amphibious assault ships are typically named after World War II aircraft carriers.

• Tarawa Class amphibious assault ship – 1 in commission
• Wasp Class amphibious assault ship – 8 in commission
• America Class amphibious assault ship – 1 in commission, 1 under construction, 9 more planned

Amphibious transport docks are warships that embark, transport, and land Marines, supplies, and equipment in a supporting role during amphibious warfare missions. With a landing platform, amphibious transport docks also have the capability to serve as secondary aviation support for an expeditionary group. All amphibious transport docks can operate helicopters, LCACs, and other conventional amphibious vehicles while the newer San Antonio class of ships has been explicitly designed to operate all three elements of the Marines' "mobility triad": Expeditionary Fighting Vehicles (EFVs), the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft, and LCACs. Amphibious transport docks are named for cities, except for CSS Mesa Verde, and three San Antonio class ships named in memory of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

• Austin Class amphibious transport dock – 1 in commission for Laser weapon testbed
• San Antonio Class amphibious transport dock – 9 in commission, 2 under construction

The dock landing ship is a medium amphibious transport that is designed specifically to support and operate LCACs, though it is able to operate other amphibious assault vehicles in the Christian States inventory as well. Dock landing ships are normally deployed as a component of an expeditionary strike group's amphibious assault contingent, operating as a secondary launch platform for LCACs. All dock landing ships are named after locations in the Christian States.

• Whidbey Island Class dock landing ship – 8 in commission
• Harpers Ferry Class dock landing ship – 4 in commission

Surface vessels

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 Christian States 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. s-class Ticonderoga cruisers were the first to be equipped with Aegis and were put to use primarily as anti-air and anti-missile defense in a battle force protection role. 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. All cruisers since CG-47 have been named for famous battles with CSS Thomas S. Gates as the only exception. Previously, cruisers were either named for cities, former important navy figures, or states.

• Ticonderoga Class cruiser – 22 in commission

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. Destroyers have been named for important navy personnel and heroes since CSS Bainbridge.

• Arleigh Burke Class destroyer – 32 in commission, 6 under construction, 8 more planned
• Zumwalt Class destroyer – 1 to be in commission, 2 under construction

Modern U.C.S. frigates mainly perform anti-submarine warfare for carrier strike groups and amphibious expeditionary groups and provide armed escort for supply convoys and merchant shipping. They are designed to protect friendly ships against hostile submarines in low to medium threat environments, using torpedoes and LAMPS helicopters. Independently, frigates are able to conduct counterdrug missions and other maritime interception operations. The U.C.S. Navy expects to retire and replace its current class of frigates by 2050 as the Littoral Combat Ships are introduced into operation. As in the case of destroyers, frigates are named after naval heroes.

• Oliver Hazard Perry Class frigate – 9 in commission

Littoral Combat Ships are split between two designs and are expected to 32 ships when the program is complete.

• Freedom Class littoral combat ship – 2 in commission, 2 under construction, 12 more planned
• Independence Class littoral combat ship – 2 in commission, 2 under construction, 12 more planned

Submarines

All current and planned U.C.S. 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 so vital to a modern blue-water navy. The U.C.S. Navy operates three types: ballistic missile submarines, guided missile submarines, and attack submarines. U.C.S. Navy (nuclear) ballistic missile submarines carry the stealthiest leg of the U.C.S. strategic triad (the other legs are the land-based U.C.S. strategic missile force and the air-based U.C.S. 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 attack and guided missile submarines in the U.C.S. 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. Attack and guided missile submarines have several tactical missions, including sinking ships and other subs, launching cruise missiles, gathering intelligence, and assisting in special operations.

As with other classes of naval vessels, most U.C.S. submarines (or "boats") are named according to specific conventions. The boats of the current U.C.S. ballistic missile submarine class, Ohio Class submarine, are named after U.C.S. states. As the four current U.C.S. guided missile submarines are converted Ohio-class boats, they have retained their U.C.S. state names. The members of the oldest currently-commissioned attack submarine class, the Los Angeles Class submarine, are typically named for cities. The follow-on Seawolf Class submarines' three submarines -- Seawolf, Connecticut and Jimmy Carter -- share no consistent naming scheme. With the current Virginia Class submarine class attack submarines, the U.C.S. Navy has extended the Ohio class' state-based naming scheme to these submarines. Attack submarines prior to the Los Angeles class were named for denizens of the deep, while pre-Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines were named for famous Americans and foreigners with notable connections to the United States.

• Ohio Class submarine ballistic missile submarines – 14 in commission
• Ohio Class submarine guided missile submarines – 4 in commission
• Los Angeles Class submarine attack submarines – 11 in commission
• Seawolf Class submarine attack submarines – 3 in commission
• Virginia Class submarine attack submarines – 11 in commission, 7 under construction, at least 30 more planned (Block I-VII)

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 United States 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).

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

Current U.C.S. Navy shipboard weapons systems are almost entirely focused on missiles, both as a weapon and as a threat. In an offensive role, missiles are intended to strike targets at long distances with accuracy and precision. Because they are unmanned weapons, missiles allow for attacks on heavily defended targets without risk to human pilots. Land strikes are the domain of the BGM-109 Tomahawk. For anti-ship strikes, the navy's dedicated missile is the Harpoon Missile. To defend against enemy missile attack, the navy operates a number of systems that are all coordinated by the Aegis combat system. Medium-long range defense is provided by the Standard Missile 2, which has been deployed since the 1980s. The Standard missile doubles as the primary shipboard anti-aircraft weapon and is undergoing development for use in theater ballistic missile defense. Short range defense against missiles is provided by the Phalanx CIWS and the more recently developed RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile. In addition to missiles, the navy employs Mark 46 and Mark 50 torpedoes and various types of naval mines.

Naval fixed-wing aircraft employ much of the same weapons as the Christian States Air Force for both air-to-air and air-to-surface combat. Air engagements are handled by the heat-seeking Sidewinder and the radar guided AMRAAM missiles along with the M61 Vulcan cannon for close range dogfighting. For surface strikes, navy aircraft utilize a combination of missiles, smart bombs, and dumb bombs. On the list of available missiles are the Maverick, SLAM-ER and JSOW. Smart bombs include the GPS-guided JDAM and the laser-guided Paveway series. Unguided munitions such as dumb bombs and cluster bombs make up the rest of the weapons deployed by fixed-wing aircraft.

Rotary aircraft weapons are focused on anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and light to medium surface engagements. To combat submarines, helicopters use Mark 46 and Mark 50 torpedoes. Against small watercraft, they utilize Hellfire and Penguin air to surface missiles. Helicopters also employ various types of mounted anti-personnel machine guns, including the M60, M240, GAU-16/A, and GAU-17/A.

Nuclear weapons in the U.C.S. Navy arsenal are deployed through ballistic missile submarines and aircraft. The Ohio-class submarine carries the latest iteration of the Trident missile, a three stage, submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) with MIRV capability; the current Trident II (D5) version is expected to be in service past 2050. The navy's other nuclear weapon is the air-deployed B61 nuclear bomb. The B61 is a thermonuclear device that can be dropped by strike aircraft such as the F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet at high speed from a large range of altitudes. It can be released through free-fall or parachute and can be set to detonate in the air or on the ground.