Army and Navy

The armed forces of Rireinu consist of the Army and the Navy. The Army is mainly based on the ground and the Navy is mainly based in space, but both maintain some capability in each other's domain. The Army has a small transport fleet, used to shuttle troops and supplies between bases on the several worlds of the nation. The Navy maintains surface and submarine fleets on both Rireinu and Minaere, as well as the Eraratosikona or Special Landing Forces.

The personnel of the Army number about 12 million, of whom 3 million are career military and 9 million conscripts, and the Navy about 9 million (4 and 5 million, respectively).

Conscription

Rireinu has compulsory military service. Everyone is required to serve in the Army or the Navy for 11 months (for rank and file) or 17 months (for NCOs and officers). Non-medical exemptions are granted only for extraordinary reasons. After finishing her term of active service, a citizen is enrolled in the active reserves until the end of the year she turns 60ye. (for rank and file) or 70ye. (for NCOs and officers). While in the active reserves, she may be called in for refresher training from time to time.

Conscripts get their head shaved when they report to duty. During their conscript service, they must not let their hair grow longer than 1 cm. Professional military have no restrictions on hair length.

Active military may be recognised by their lavender headband which also bears their unit badge and rank insignia in the form of metal pins. Also, they wear on a string or leather thong around their neck a small metal plaque that is scored down the middle so that it is easy to snap into two halves. Both halves have on them the person's serial number. This ID tag is snapped in half in case of death, one half left with the body and the other half collected for recordkeeping.