The Garrison

The amalgamation of the traditional army and naval services has led to a mix of the former terms and ranks. There is no longer an air force, because there are no longer any conventional aircraft. A unified rank structure was established in order to avoid any confusion between the naval rank of Captain and the army rank of Captain.

Major Hastings CandiCrush The Colonel TedTalker
A watercolour painting of a stern man in his mid forties. His military style short brown hair shows traces of grey at the sides. His light hazel eyes and neutral smile indicate a purposeful temperament. He is wearing cricket whites. The image is labelled Major Hastings. He is a fictitious officer in the Lancaster Garrison, and is the fictitious president of Lancaster Cricket Club. A watercolour painting of a smart, attractive 33 year old female military officer with chestnut coloured eyes, and medium ash brown hair. Her hair is brushed back into a tight bun behind her head. There's a look of concentration on her face and she has a hint of a smile. She's wearing gold stud earrings, dark eye shadow, and pale pink lipstick. Over a dark olive T shirt Commander Crush is wearing MTPs (Multi Terrain Pattern, AKA camouflage) A watercolour painting of a 70 something man. He has short neat fair hair, and proud chestnut coloured eyes. His forehead and face have no wrinkles, but his jaw and his chin, and the mild folds of skin on his neck reveal that he’s quite old. He has a neutral expression as if posing for a regimental portrait. He is wearing a pale blue dress shirt and his cricket club tie, which has bold stripes of Royal blue, dark blue and silver. A water colour painting of a British Military Policeman wearing his Number One parade uniform. The smart peaked cap has a black band, a shiny black peak and a red top. Hence MPs are called “red caps” in the UK. The badge shows a wolf's head in silver, on a black disc, mounted on a slightly larger silver disk. The officer is about 25 years old and is posing in a typical military way as if for a recruitment poster. His beige and khaki uniform has a dark brown belt (not seen) with a dark brown shoulder strap (visible).

In 2450AD all genders can serve in the Garrison at all levels. In the military, as with much of society in general, terms like “servicemen” and “workmen” are now non-gender specific (a bit like “mankind”) and can be applied to everyone whether male, female or non-binary. There is no gender discrimination of old, and nobody cares and nobody is surprised if your boss or your colleague is male, female or non-binary.

Flag Officers

  • The Flag Officer ranks no longer exist, no more generals or admirals!

Senior Officers

  • Captain not Colonel
  • Commander not Lieutenant Colonel
  • Major

Junior Officers

  • The rank of Captain no longer exists
  • Lieutenant
  • Second Lieutenant

Lower ranks

For the lower ranks, the formal rank structure has been abolished. Whether serving on land or at sea, everyone is referred to as a Marine.

Nothing is actually documented, although there is a widely understood, basic command structure. Some sections or platoons may be led by a non commissioned officer. For the sake of clarity, a team leader such as this is referred to with the term “Senior Marine”. It’s more a role than a rank, but it feels and sounds like a rank to newcomers when they first join the Garrison.

Footnote

The armed services of the territories surrounding Wolfland have all adopted the system of one unified military service, and one unified rank structure.

They did so on different dates, so some older expressions are still used, particularly by some retired personnel.