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| - The Washingtonian Armed Forces (officially the King's Loyal Washingtonian Armed Forces - KLWAF) is the national military of the Kingdom of Washingtonia. It consists of the Washingtonian Army (WAR), the Washingtonian Air Force (WAF) and the Washingtonian Navy (WNV). The King is the sovereign source of authority and formally recognized as the General in Chief (Const 3 S2) in the Constitution. The President, which is recognized as the Commander in Chief (Const 5 S8(a)), is the more practical leader of the Armed Forces and would normally act as the "go to" person for general staff. The President has statutorily mandated security briefings by his military advisers, while the King is entitled to one if he so chooses. Each of the three service branches are independently structured and operated, however are mutually dependent for resources. Each branch is led by a Commanding General (Commanding Admiral in the Navy), who has his own headquarters somewhere in and around Foundersville. The Minister of Defense is the civilian head of military administration, and manages among others, the military's budget as allocated by the Treasury, and the peacetime affairs of general staff when the President is not doing so. The Ministry of Defense is housed in the Ministry of Defense Building in Foundersville. Officially, the Armed Forces are charged with "protecting the Kingdom, its Sovereign, its assets and its interests". As one of the founding members of NATO, the Armed Forces have been a very active participant in its activities. Most of the Armed Forces' engagements are undertaken alongside French forces due to its relatively small size during times of peace. It supported the French resistance during the Second World War and more recently supported the French intervention in Mali. It is also heavily involved under UN mandates in peacekeeping throughout Africa. The military is of a moderate size for an island nation such as Washingtonia, having just over 17,000 active personnel dispersed across all the service branches: Army - 9,500, Air Force - 3,500, Navy - 4,000. There are, however, more than 60,000 reserves who assemble and train every three years for a week, at the Triennial Reserve Mobilization Event (TRME). Conscription is legal in Washingtonia, however is currently not active.
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