Prince Erling Island Defence Force (Prins Erlingsøya Forsvarsstyrke)

The Prince Erling Island Defense Force is the military formation charged with the defense of Prince Erling's Island, the remains of the former Ringeriker Colony of Sorland. It has three sub divisions, The Prince Erling's Regiment as well as the the Maritime and Air Components. All three components are mixed regular and reservist formations and are augmented by rotationally assigned units from the wider Armed Forces.

The Prince Erling's Regiment
The Prince Erling's Regiment is a mixed regular-reserve unit formed around a light infantry battalion with organic support, it is organized as below and and mostly equipped with standard issue Ringeriker equipment.


 * Headquarters & Support Company: The Headquarters Company is responsible for the command and administration of the Regiment as well as the training of new recruits. The Company also houses a logistics and maintenance detachment, as well as Medical, Police, Machine Gun and AT Platoons


 * A Company: Full-time regular infantry rifle company.


 * B Company: Part-time Reservist infantry rifle company.


 * C Company: Part-time Reservist infantry rifle company.


 * D Squadron: Mixed Regular-Reserve Armored Squadron equipped with 12x Stridsvogn 3 Main Battle tanks and 6x Lettstridsvogn 61s, to be replaced by variants of the Pit Adder light tank in the near future.


 * E Battery: Mixed Regular-Reserve Mortar Battery equipped with 8x Bombekaster 43 120mm Mortars.

Air Component
The Air Component is tasked with supporting the other elements of the force, as well as conducting patrol, Search and Rescue and a territory-wide Air Ambulance Service it manages this with its fleet of:


 * 2x T.66 Kråke Liason/Patrol Aircraft
 * 6x S.81 Lanses fitted for Light Attack/Maritime Interdiction Duties
 * 6x Nieuport-Saulnier Panther Utility Helicopters

Maritime Flotilla
The Maritime Flotilla conducts several duties ranging from customs and fisheries protection to defense of territorial waters, it is a mixed regular-reserve force and operates 3 Landsby Class Fast Attack Craft as well as a number of smaller vessels.

Ringerike Forces Prince Erling Island
Ringerike Forces Prince Erling Island is based on a series of rotationally committed forces and posted individuals, their role is to supplement the territory's own forces and engage with partners in the region.


 * Roulement Air Defence Battery: 6 Month rotational force drawn from regular army SHORAD units.


 * Roulement Marine Company 6 Month rotational force drawn from the Royal Marine Light Infantry.


 * Roulement Engineer Company 6 Month rotational force drawn from the Ringerike Army.


 * Ingonian Patrol Detachment: Naval Detachment of one Frigate and one Mine Warfare Ship.


 * Roulement Air Wing: Rotational force of crews and support staff for 4x J.26 Fortropps, 2x T.11 Reinsdyrs and 2x Nieuport-Saulnier Frelons