The CoDominium Space Navy and Marines is a fictional organization in the Falkenburg's Legions series. Also known as the Fleet, it serves as the military arm of the CoDominium. The fictional CoDominium universe is a future history (now alternate history) setting for the books in the CoDominium Series by Jerry Pournelle. ...

In the alternate timeline of Jerry Pournelle's Future History, the CoDominium Armed Forces were formed near the end of the 20th Century with the creation of the CoDominium (CD). The CoDominium is a political union as a result of a series of treaties between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialst Republics. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... A future history is a postulated history of the future that some science fiction authors construct as a common background for some of their stories. ... The fictional CoDominium universe is a future history (now alternate history) setting for the books in the CoDominium Series by Jerry Pournelle. ...

Anyone of any nationality can sign up with the CD armed forces. However, the military have loyalty only to the Fleet, not to their home nations or to the CoDominium government. Despite this, only Soviets or Americans were chosen to be Flag Officers and Ship's Captains.

Interestingly, the Fleet has no regulations aginst drinking. There is a regulation for not being fit for duty, though.

The CoDominium Armed Forces consisted of the Navy and the Marines. U.S. Navy supercarrier USS Nimitz on November 3, 2003. ... France Marines is the name of a commune in the département of Val dOise, France. ...

The CoDominium Navy

Very little information is available about the CoDominium (CD) Navy, also referred to as the Fleet. It is known that the CD Navy initially operated survey and exploration vessels that charted new star systems, as well as deportation vessels for the Bureau of Relocation (BuReloc), the CoDominium's deportation agency. BuReloc rounded up "undesirables" in many areas of Earth and deported them to usually hostile worlds, where they were often sold into literal slavery. Fleet can refer to several things: Two or more vehicles owned by a company A group of ships: Fishing fleet Naval Fleet, consisting of a substantial number of vessels of varying sizes: Royal Navys Home Fleet Royal Navys Grand Fleet Royal Navys Pacific Fleet Royal Navys... Deportation is the expelling of someone from a country. ... Earth, also known as the Earth, Terra, and (mostly in the 19th century) Tellus, is the third closest planet to the Sun. ...

By the late CoDominium period, the CD Navy operated vessels capable of engaging in ship-to-ship combat, boarding actions, and orbital assault landings, as well as orbital fire support. Combat, or fighting, is purposeful conflict between one or more persons, often involving violence and intended to establish dominance over the opposition. ...

Although inferences exist of space-bourne naval actions towards the end of Prince of Sparta, there was no precedent for actions involving numerous smaller warships of destroyer and frigate classes engaging a large warship of cruiser class. USS Lassen, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and manouverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range attackers (originally torpedo boats, later submarines and aircraft). ... Frigate is a name which has been used for several distinct types of warships at different times. ... USS Port Royal, a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser, launched in 1994. ...

It is known that CD Naval officers were highly valued for their organizational, technical and tactical abilities, and were usually offered generous pay and benefits by CD colony worlds seeking to build their own naval forces. In politics and in history, a colony is a territory under the immediate political control of a geographically-distant state (or city, in ancient times). ...

The CoDominium (CD) Marines

The CD Marines were formed from the French Foreign Legion, and maintained many of their traditions. There is conjectural evidence that national Marine Corps' were incorporated later. France Marines is the name of a commune in the département of Val dOise, France. ... Légionnaires in dress uniform. ... United States Marine Corps Emblem The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the U.S. military. ...

Over time, other traditions were incorporated: many CD Marine Regiments formed in Western areas adopted bagpipes, while regiments in Soviet-controlled areas adopted Cossack styles of dress and behavior. A bagpipe performer in Amsterdam. ... Soviet redirects here. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

The dress uniform of the CD Marines was a bright red jacket with gold trousers.

In the field, CD Marines wore synthleather uniforms, with armored vests and helmets made of Nemourlon, a development from kevlar armor. Nemourlon was a rigid ceramic armor that had to be molded to fit the individual Marine. Only large caliber (7mm or larger) high-velocity bullets were able to penetrate this armor. CD Marine helmets incorporated radios, light intensification equipment and map projection devices, as well as a gas mask made of a heat-sealing plastic that was permeable only to oxygen particles. Kevlar, also known as Twaron and poly-paraphenylene terephthalamide, is a synthetic fibre that is five times stronger than steel, weight for weight. ... The word ceramic is derived from the Greek word Κεραμεικος (the name of a suburb of Athens), and in its strictest sense refers to clay in all its forms. ... The word caliber (American English) or calibre (British English) designates the interior diameter of a tube or the exterior diameter of a wire or rod. ... A gas mask is a mask worn on the face to protect the body from airborne pollutants and toxic materials, and also known as a respirator. ...

The CD Marines were divided into three distinct branches:

Fleet

The Fleet Marine units were the elite of the CD Marines. They provided shipboard security detachments and ceremonial guards for CD embassies on CD colony worlds, as well as for the Grand Senate.

Line

These were the "teeth" of the CD Marines' fighting power. Based primarily on a regimental system, CD Marine units could be deployed in units as small as company size. Although primarily infantry formations, CD Marine units were usually equipped with various types of artillery pieces, and occasionally tanks and armored personnel carriers, or APC's. Line Marine units were trained for the traditional infantry missions, but were also trained in helicopter and parachute, orbital assault and boarding operations. A regiment is a military unit, larger than a company and smaller than a division. ... A company in the broadest sense is an aggregation of people who stay together for a common purpose. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Historically, artillery refers to any engine used for the discharge of projectiles during war. ... East German BRDMs on parade during celebrations of the 40th anniversary of East Germany in 1989 Armoured personnel carriers (APCs) are light armoured fighting vehicles for the transport of infantry. ... APC is an abbreviation of: General Armoured personnel carrier Automatic Performance Control Automatic Passenger Counter Advanced process control Average Propensity to Consume Health Adenomatous polyposis coli gene, the function loss of this gene predisposes one to colon cancer. ... A helicopter is an aircraft which is lifted and propelled by one or more large horizontal rotors (propellers). ... The Apollo 15 capsule landed safely despite a parachute failure. ...

CD Marine Line units were reknowned for their fighting abilities -- it was generally accepted that no other unit of like size could stand for very long against them.

Occassionally, a provisional unit was formed when no other Line units were available. Such units were of questionable quality, but usually performed in a satisfactory manner; occassionally, their performance was spectacular.

The Line Marines are also directly formed from the French Foregin Legion. Because of this, the Line Marines have continued several traditions of the Legion.

Garrison

These were "rear-area" units, usually suppressing riots or guarding depots and forts in quiet areas. Usually nearing retirement, these troops were mostly useful only for administrative duties; however, they occassionally formed part of a provisional unit.

History

The first CD Armed Forces were the CoDominium Armed Services, which was formed in 1996. It was created to enforce the will of the Grand Senate, the governing body of the CoDominium.

By 2004, instaneous interstellar travel was developed. By 2020, extrasolar colonies have been founded. In that year, the CD Armed Services was replaced and absorbed into a new military force: The CoDominium Space Navy and Marines.

In the waning days of the CoDomimium, large numbers of Line units were retired intact - that is, the entire unit was mustered out, and they ceased to be an active unit. Such units usually reformed as mercenaries, in whole or in part. Mercenary (disambiguation). ...

Following the final deadlocking of the Grand Senate in 2099AD and the collapse of the CoDomimium, the bulk of the Fleet and Marines travelled with their families to the planet Sparta, and swore loyalty to Lysander I, one of the two Spartan Kings. Sparta (Grk. ...

This was followed by the Formation Wars, that resulted in the formation of the Empire of Man.