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Atlantic Defense Community
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ADC
Formation September 26th, 2007
Type Military Alliance
Legal status Active
Purpose/focus Defense
Headquarters Azores Islands, Portugal
Secretary General Jeremy Mackenzie
Former name NATO


The Atlantic Defense Community (ADC) is an international military alliance that consists of 30 member states from Europe and North America. It was established in the aftermath of the War of the Alboran Sea. It is considered the legitimate successor to the pre-Doomsday NATO and is comprised of primarily former NATO member states.

Current Situation, Conflicts[]

As of 2023, the Atlantic Defense Community does not find itself embroiled in any conflicts. As a whole, ADC deployments have mostly been small-scale peacekeeping forces in "recovered" areas, training exercises, non-militant outreach, or scientific research. Efforts to secure the rest of Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony for North Germany, continue to police the St. Lawrence River for Canada as repopulation slowly continues.

Other efforts include:

  • Supporting Canada in its efforts to eradicate maritime pirates lurking in abandoned New England coastal redoubts.
  • Military and political training efforts in Tunisia, Sardinia, Cyrenaica, and mainland Italy.
  • Preparations for the "Age of Information" as computer technology and REMUNDO in particular come to many developed countries, and the questions pertaining to security that these technologies infer.
  • Talks about expansion are underway, with various other nations across the Atlantic being given criteria for membership regarding political liberalization, guarantee of fundamental human rights and separation of military and civilian leadership.

Military[]

ADC Defense Force

  • Army
  • Fleet Command
  • Air Corps
  • Medical & Research

Army: approximately 100,000 serve in the Army (+army reserve all adults over 16 = 10 million). The force is divided into six areas for administrative and operational reasons, and in each area there is an infantry brigade. The six areas are Arctic (Canada & Greenland), North Western (Celtic Alliance & Iceland), Baltic (Nordic Union), North Sea (Celtic Alliance & Norway), Azores (Spain & Portugal), Mainland (Benelux) and Mediterranean (Greece & Spain). All but the Mainland division have a naval fleet.

In addition to the Brigades Structure, there is also a Defense Forces Training Center (DFTC), a Logistic Base and a number of special establishments such as the Equitation School, Army Bands, and the Army Ranger Wing. In the case of Corps which support the Infantry, a Corps Director and staff are provided to coordinate specialized equipment, and the execution of specialized training, etc

The six brigade group structure envisages distinct operational areas of responsibility for each of the brigades. Each has primary responsibility for operational tasks in their area. Practical operational considerations dictate the requirement to outline operational areas of responsibility. The brigade group structure is based on strengthened combat and combat support elements and streamlined combat service support elements.

Foundation[]

The foundation of the ADC took part on September 26th in 2007 in Punta Delgada on the Azores Islands by representatives of the then-already co-operating surviving states & territories in the Northern Atlantic. Within the first few years after Doomsday, the surviving NATO members in the northern Atlantic quickly started co-operating in a wide array of fields. That comprised military co-operation, exchange of supplies, mutual support in restructuring. The old NATO bonds proved a precious basis for this co-operation. Eventually, these countries finally decided to agree to a new formal treaty laying the foundation for a new northern Atlantic military organization.

A main reason for setting this strong sign was the increasing aggressiveness of the "Mafia State" of Sicily culminating in direct military conflict with what is now the Republic of Spain.

Enlargement Policy[]

The original members of the ADC were mostly remnants of former NATO-allied countries, but as more and more countries apply for membership and observer status, the organization has laid out several guidelines for any future enlargement that might happen. New members have to abide by all of these principals as well as pass a unanimous vote of the current members:

  • Willingness to settle international, ethnic or external territorial disputes by peaceful means, commitment to the rule of law and human rights, and democratic control of armed forces
  • Ability to contribute to the organization's defense and missions
  • Devotion of sufficient resources to armed forces to be able to meet the commitments of membership
  • Security of sensitive information, and safeguards ensuring it
  • Compatibility of domestic legislation with ADC co-operation

Observers, however, are not subjected to such a rigorous screening process, but do have to pass a unanimous vote of the member states. Observers can then later enter the organization through intensified dialogue sessions, providing the aforementioned criteria are met.

Member States[]

The ADC's membership notably includes both unitary nation-states and multinational unions. Each of these unions has a combined military policy and therefore occupies a single seat in the alliance's institutions.

DD1983 Benelux Flag Benelux

Flag of Brittany (Gwenn ha du) Brittany

Flag of Canada Canada

Flag of Cape Verde (1975-1992) Cape Verde

Banniel Keltia Celtic Alliance

Flag of Corsica Corsica

DD1983 Greece Civil Greece

Bandeira galega civil Galicia

DD1983 Nordic Union Official Flag The Nordic Union

Flag of the Outer Lands (Doomsday) Outer Lands and Plymouth

Flag of Portugal 1983Doomsday Portugal

Flag of the Republic of the Rif Rif

Flag of Spain 1983DD Fixed Spain and the Sahara

Flag of Tunisia Tunisia

Observer States[]

Currently, the organization has two observer states. They both gained that status in October, 2011. They are:

Politics[]

The ADC is a natural ally of the ANZ Commonwealth and co-operates intensely with the ANZC military forces. Its nascent incarnation strongly opposed the Sicilian aggressions against the Spanish-Saharan entity Pais del Oro, which went . Additionally the ADC is heavily committed to fight the rising piracy targeted at the precious convoys both between the ADC members as well those coming in from Brazil and other SAC countries.

  • All members of the ADC must up hold the basic principles of the rule of law and liberal democracy
  • All members must have a commitment to eliminating military conflict between each other
  • All members must be committed to improving the conditions of the nations of the Northern hemisphere
  • All members must be committed to the principles of the League of Nations, though they need not be members of the League
  • All members must be committed to assisting and defending other members states from aggression

Political Level The command structure of the ADC is based on the principles of the old NATO alliance with the Atlantic Council being the principal decision-making body within Community. It brings together high-level representatives of each member country to discuss policy or operational questions requiring collective decisions. In sum, it provides a forum for wide-ranging consultation between members on all issues affecting their security.

Strategic level At the strategic level, there will be only one command with operational responsibilities, Atlantic Command Operations commanded by Central Command. It will perform the operational duties undertaken until Doomsday by the Supreme European Allied Command. In addition, a new functional command, Allied Command Transformation, commanded by SACT (the Supreme Allied Commander Transformation) will be established to take responsibility for promoting and overseeing the continuing transformation of the Communities forces and capabilities.

Physical Structure[]

The Headquarters of the ADC has been set up in Punta Delgada on the Azores Islands within the territory controlled by the Portuguese Interim Government. This was the logical location to choose because it being the geographical center of the ADC member states and also the infrastructural preconditions were the best possible due to the airport and seaport being among the largest surviving.

So the military as well as the governmental headquarters are concentrated in Punta Delgada.

All fleet and airborne operations comprising supply convoys and there escorts as well as the military outposts maintained in former UK and Portugal are supervised and controlled by the ADC Central Command.

The Central Command also acts as the connection point to the tightly allied ANZC military forces and steers the Reconnaissance Missions to Continental Europe and Western Africa. In addition a project to secure safe passage through the Strait of Gibraltar is ongoing, and in 2009 ADC forces have assisted the League of Nations in setting up international zones around the Suez Canal and the Bosporus.

Secretary General[]

The Secretary General of the ADC functions as its head of overall operations. The first to hold this position was Admiral Håkan Syrén of Sweden, from the founding of the alliance in 2007 until September of 2011, when his term expired. He was replaced by General Jeremy Mackenzie of the Celtic Alliance, the current holder of the office.

Foreign Relations[]

Almost all members of the Atlantic Defense Community, with the exception of Novgorod, are members of the League of Nations.

ADC and ANZC[]

Since its creation, the ADC has enjoyed a fruitful relationship with its southern ally, the ANZC. They co-operate on a wide variety of issues, as both entities were instrumental in discovering the majority of the survivor states in Europe. The ANZC has supported the ADC's military ventures as well and is currently helping them in their rebuilding efforts in areas directly affected by the Second Sicily War.

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