Landscape shift forces Armed Forces reorganisationInternal reorganisation programme aims to orient armed forces towards preparedness for next conflict.ⓘ:
Soldiers of the Home Guard posterior to a ski-warfare exercise in Arenheim.15th December, 4364The Kazulian Armed Forces is expected to undergo a massive overhauling, including structural changes and the implementation of practical technologies and the formation of a new doctrine that would alter the way the Kazulian Armed Forces wages conflicts, trains and communicates on a strategic basis. This was announced by the Office of the Chief of Defence, who placed an emphasis on the importance of the reorganisation of the armed forces amid the shifting international landscape. According to an official from the Trond Henrichsen Institute for International Affairs, although the Kazulian Armed Forces had shifted from a purely defensive posture to an expeditionary posture, various structural elements from its period of "total and unconditional defence" remain and are actively plaguing the combat effectiveness and general structure of the armed forces. One of these core issues come in the distribution of troops within the armed forces. Due to the fact that previously commanders have placed an extreme emphasis on the defence of Kazulia, the Home Guard remains the largest organ of the Armed Forces, consisting of roughly 300,000 troops. Although it has been cited that the size of the Home Guard had been beneficial during the Hulstro-Kazulian War, which saw the Home Guard keep the invading Hulstrian army at bay whilst the army prepared a counter-offensive, it has been stated that the proposed re-organisation plan intends on slashing these numbers significantly from 300,000 to a mere 100,000, with the remaining 200,000 troops being distributed among the other branches.
According to an official from the Office of the Chief of Defence, although the global landscape is changing, the chances of squaring off with a rival military has not been reduced but has increased as the armed forces takes on intensified international obligations. “The Armed Forces, specifically the Land Forces are a huge mass of troops and adapting them to the conditions of modern warfare is expensive and difficult,” an official from the Department of Defence stated. The armed forces has spent the last millennia securing its strategic interests and putting into motion various contingency plans for specific scenarios expected within their respective environments. This spans from the Arctic to the nation's regional obligations. The nation's involvement in various international alliance, notably the Northern Council acts also as a catalyst for this much needed reorganisation. As the Northern Council seeks to promote the sentiments of peace and collective security, it also intends on orienting its members towards "humanitarian affairs", citing that the armed forces of the organisation's member-states should not be utilised simply for offensive or defensive purposes, but should be utilised for promoting/facilitating humanitarian efforts. Although the threat of organised paramilitary organisation hangs over the head of the armed forces as it is surrounded by nations that promote the idea (whilst it is an offence to form or be a member of a paramilitary/militia organisation), the reorganisation intends on taking this factor into consideration greatly as the nation seeks to expand its involvement in international specifically in the fight against international communism and fascism.
The reorganisation programme is intended to focus on placing the armed forces in a position that would enable for it to capitalise on its current equipment. According to the DoD, the armed forces needs to "shake off" its defensive posture and champion its expeditionary posture. Minister of Defence, Ranveig Fadness stated that the procurement of additional combat vessels such as the HMKS-Arenheim and HMKS-Hammarskjöld and the previous procurement programme of the Queen Annette-class aircraft carriers, was not done as a means of adding the aesthetics of the armed forces. She stated that although the armed forces had utilised the equipment, it had been done in a manner in which one would say is reminiscent of a defence force rather than an expeditionary armed forces. This defensive tendency could also be tied to the fact that the armed forces has ran into multiple issue whether it pertains to oversees deployment and its mobilisation to conflict zone outside of Dovani. It has been argued that the armed forces' mobilisation and deployment to conflict zones within the region is something other nations are actively attempting to mimic, however the downfall lies in deployments outside of the region, where logistics comes into play. It is hoped that the reorganisation programme addresses the issue and brings the aforementioned issues to an end.