Marine Nationale

The Four-Eight Fleet
Originating in the 1880 Fleet Strategic Review which created the modern Marine Nationale, the idea of the Four-Eight Fleet was enshrined as naval law in 1887. The plan called for the basis of Chezzetcook naval power to rely on a first rate battle fleet of four modern battleships and eight modern heavy cruisers or battlecruisers. This policy would be altered in 1927 to reflect new attitudes towards naval aviation. From 1927 the fleet was to be arranged of four fleet aircraft carriers and 8 modern battleships, though the later was never attained in practice and instead a mixture of battleships and heavy cruisers continued. Some historians have refered to this period as the "Four-Four-Four Fleet" but this has never been official policy. Battleships were retired from primary front line use by policy in 1947 amd the fleet policy evolved again. From 1947 the fleet was to consist of 4 fleet carriers and 8 light fleet carriers, these would form the backbone of the Marine Nationale. Though no longer part of the main fleet by 1947, the last battleships were withdrawn from Chezzetcook service only in 1960, with one scrapped and one retained as a museum.

Arsenal de Labrecque
Located in the city of La Hève.

Arsenal de Saint-Jean
Located in the city of Port Port Lajoie.

Arsenal de Mavillette
Located in the city of Meteghan.

Arsenal de Conway
Leased indefinitly from Pukara, located in Pukaran city of Conway.

Île Fortifiée
Island in Pukara historically fortified to protect shipping.

Île Sainte Pierre
Primary Naval base in Iles Saint Croix islands.

Organization
The Marine Nationale (MN) is tasked with providing maritime security to Chezzetcook national interests both locally and globally, and as such is organized to provide a substantial response to every part of the globe. Operationally, the MN is divided into six constituent parts: the Force d'Action Navale, Force de Dissuasion, l'Aéronavale, Corps de Défense Aérospatiale, Fusiliers Marins, and Auxiliaire Marin.

Nov 2019 Redesign Notes
Organize navy into 6-6 fleet, nuclear navy. Navy now organized into series of fleets commanded by a rear admiral. In carrier fleets (2-7) cvn and cvl are commanded by captains as are air group, and each cruiser and destroyer. Rear admiral commands cvn group commodore commands cvl group.

Fleets: - 1st Fleet: HQ and training, battleship as ceremonial navy flagship. - 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th Fleets: cvn group of cvn, caw, cgnh, 2x cgn. Cvl group of cvln, ddgn(aaw), 2x ddgn. Each fleet also has a replenishment ship as fleet asset. - 8th Fleet: amphib force including amphib ships and ddgn escorts. - 9th and 10th Fleets: Ocean escort forces of a few groups of DEs and DEGs. -11th Fleet: Chez home fleet lf mine warfare and patrol boat squadrons, also maybe some ocean tuga etc. - 12th Fleet: SSN fleet. - 15th Fleet: Reserve/mothball fleet. - Pukara Flotilla: flotilla assigned to Pukara, inckudes some mine warfare, patrol boats/corvettes, BATRAL landing ships, and stuff.

Force d'Action Navale
The Force d'Action Navale (FAN) is the main surface force of the Marine Nationale and is organized to undertake a variety of missions. Primary missions include rapid response to potential shipping threats, high and low intensity naval conflict, as well as limited land attack. In these capacities, the FAN operates with a heavy emphasis on air and anti-submarine assets providing long range and loiter time to cover large areas of open water. For standard operations the FAN is built around the Groupes d'Action and Groupes d'Escorte as standar operating units. Each group is able to operate independently and undertake low intensity warfare, protect and control shipping avenues, and conduct limited land attack. For high intensity conflict, the FAN's constituent groups are intended to be formed into task forces as needed, consisting of one Groupe d'Action and two Groupes d'Escortes. These task forces are not permenant units within the Marine Nationale and are only intended for operation against peer naval forces.

Groupes d'Action
Groupe d'Action La Hève
 * CVN La Hève (32)
 * Escadre 32
 * CGN Paradis (132)
 * CGN Melanson (135)

Groupe d'Action Beaubassin
 * CVN Beaubassin (33)
 * Escadre 33
 * CGN Avon (129)
 * CGN Liscomb (133)

 Groupe d'Action Forchu
 * CVN Forchu (34)
 * Escadre 34
 * CGN Trahan (131)
 * CGN Lloy (136)

Groupe d'Action Meteghan
 * CVN Meteghan (35)
 * Escadre 35
 * CGN Rivet (130)
 * CGN Tignish (134)

Groupes d'Escorte
Groupe d'Escorte Bouctouche
 * CVL Bouctouche (24)
 * Escadre 24
 * DDG (AAW) Giselle Bourg (285)
 * DDG (ASW) Lidwine Arsenault (330)
 * DDG (ASW) Dorian Richard (318)
 * DDG (ASW) Florence Bastarache (324)

Groupe d'Escorte Gasperau
 * CVL Gasperau (25)
 * Escadre 25
 * DDG (AAW) Augustin Poirier (283)
 * DDG (ASW) Yvves Jasmin (337)
 * DDG (ASW) Victoria Lafont (343)
 * DDG (ASW) Pascal Bellefontaine (329)

Groupe d'Escorte Pobonocou
 * CVL Pobonocou (26)
 * Escadre 26
 * DDG (AAW) Alphonse Pettipas (280)
 * DDG (ASW) Noel Godin (321)
 * DDG (ASW) Jean-Baptiste Bideau (340)
 * DDG (ASW) Ava LaBarre (332)

Groupe d'Escorte Annapolis Royale
 * CVL Annapolis Royale (27)
 * Escadre 27
 * DDG (AAW) Julien Cormier (286)
 * DDG (ASW) Mattieu LeBlanc (315)
 * DDG (ASW) Odette Rivet (322)
 * DDG (ASW) Eugene Michel (331)

Groupe d'Escorte Jeddore
 * CVL Jeddore (28)
 * Escadre 28
 * DDG (AAW) Jean-Claude Landry (282)
 * DDG (ASW) Daniel Gaudet (333)
 * DDG (ASW) Yolande Aubin (323)
 * DDG (ASW) Gaston Pellerin (346)

Groupe d'Escorte Canseau
 * CVL Canseau (29)
 * Escadre 29
 * DDG (AAW) Etienne Doucet (281)
 * DDG (ASW) Madeleine Dugas (317)
 * DDG (ASW) Estelle Henry (327)
 * DDG (ASW) Adolphe Broussard (334)

Groupe d'Escorte Petit-Framboise
 * CVL Petit-Framboise (30)
 * Escadre 30
 * DDG (AAW) Sandrine Savoie (284)
 * DDG (ASW) Roland Gaurerot (316)
 * DDG (ASW) Josephine Pinet (328)
 * DDG (ASW) Aurelie Trahan (345)

Groupe d'Escorte Seaforth
 * CVL Seaforth (31)
 * Escadre 31
 * DDG (AAW) Didier Babin (287)
 * DDG (ASW) Balthazar Lort (326)
 * DDG (ASW) Pierre Latour (336)
 * DDG (ASW) Anne Marie Pettipas (335)

Groupes Amphibies
Groupe Amphibie Royale
 * LPH Royale (01)
 * DDG (ASW) Corinne LaGasse (325)
 * DDG (ASW) Leone Leger (342)

Groupe Amphibie Havre
 * LPH Havre (02)
 * DDG (ASW) Esmee Morin (319)
 * DDG (ASW) Pelagie Dubois (344)

Groupe Amphibie Arichat
 * LPH Arichat (03)
 * DDG (ASW) Yoann Cyr (320)
 * DDG (ASW) Francois Voyer (399)

Groupe Amphibie Sable
 * LPH Sable (04)
 * DDG (ASW) Samuel Dumont (338)
 * DDG (ASW) Tatienne Carre (341)

Groupes de Patrouille
Groupe de Patrouille 1
 * DDG (ASW) Xavier Toussaint (306)
 * DDG (ASW) Pierre Babineau (308)
 * DE Alcedinidae (229)
 * DE Eurystomus (231)
 * DE Bucconidae (236)
 * DE Picidae (240)

Groupe de Patrouille 2
 * DDG (ASW) Thibaut Manceau (307)
 * DDG (ASW) Richard Saulnier (303)
 * DE Coracias (230)
 * DE Momotidae (233)
 * DE Galbulidae (235)
 * DE Megalaimidae (238)

Groupe de Patrouille 3
 * DDG (ASW) Vassili Thibeau (305)
 * DDG (ASW) Sonia Boisseau (304)
 * DE Todidae (232)
 * DE Lybiidae (239)
 * DE Meropidae (234)
 * DE Capitonidae (237)

Force de Dissuasion

 * SSBN Triomphant (416)
 * SSBN Téméraire (417)
 * SSBN Vigilant (418)
 * SSBN Terrible (419)

l'Aéronavale
Order of Battle of l'Aéronavale The L'Aéronavale provides aviation capability to Marine Nationale ships as well as land installations for defense of Chezzetcook and her assets or strike against foreign targets when necessary. It is the largest of the two air forces in the Chezzetcook armed forces and carries out most of the air defense roles.

Corps de Défense Aérospatiale
Responsible for defence of the Chezzetcook home islands from air and space threats, as well as balliatic missiles. The Corps is split into thre regional commands: East, South, and West. Each region is built around an phased array radar system providing 360 degree radar coverage. Western command includes a fighter interceptor regiment with two squadrons of Rapace fighters and one of Aquillon, as well as a long range SAM regiment. Eastern and Southern regions both also have long range SAM regiments but include double the number of fighter squadrons owing to their greater threat potential. There is additionally an anti-sattelite and anti balliatic missile regiment as part of the Corps. The corps provides primary manning for the two Ciel Class sea based radars as well.

Fusiliers Marins
The Fusiliers Marins are the naval infantry branch of the Marine Nationale and provide a variety of functions ranging from special operations and amphibious warfare, to fleet and land facility protection. The Fusiliers Marins consists of a number of detachments of various sizes assigned permenantly to the security and defense of naval bases and installations, as well as a permenant training detachment, and regiment sized presidential guard detachment which provides political security alongside national police. In addition, the Fusiliers Marins includes two sub-units with special duties:


 * Commandos Marin: Naval special forces group of regiment size.
 * Troupes Spéciales Marines: Amphibious warfare unit consisting of four regiments each assigned permenantly to a Corsaire Class LPH.