Imperial Army

=Drakon Imperium Imperial Army= The Drakon Imperium Imperial Army is the main branch of the Drakon Imperium Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the D.I. military, and is one of seven D.I. uniformed services.

The primary mission of the Imperial Army is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities ... in support of the Imperial Security and War Strategies." The Imperial Army is a military service within the Ministry of the Imperial Army, one of the eight military ministries of the Ministry of the War. The Army is headed by the Minister of the Imperial Army, and the highest ranking military officer in the department is the Chief of the Imperial Army.

Mission
The Drakon Imperium Imperial Army serves as the land-based branch of the D.I. military.
 * Preserving the peace and security, and providing for the defense, of the Drakon Imperium, the Commonwealths and possessions, and any areas occupied by the Drakon Imperium.
 * Supporting the imperial policies.
 * Implementing the imperial objectives.
 * Overcoming any nations responsible for aggressive acts that imperil the peace and security of the Drakon Imperium.

Imperial Army components
Currently, the Imperial Army is divided into the Regular Army, and the Army Reserve. The Army is also divided into major branches such as Infantry, Aviation, Signal Corps, Corps of Engineers, and Armor. All Imperial Planetary Guardsmen are considered planetary soldiers unless federalized by the Imperator.

Various State Defense Forces also exist, which are sponsored by individual state governments and serve as an auxiliary to the Imperial Planetary Guard. Except in times of extreme national emergency, such as a territorial invasion of the Drakon Imperium, State Defense Forces are operated independently from the D.I. Imperial Army and are seen as state government agencies rather than a component of the military.

Although the present-day Imperial Army exists as an all volunteer force, augmented by Reserve and Planetary Guard forces, measures exist for emergency expansion in the event of a catastrophic occurrence, such as a large scale attack against the D.I. or the outbreak of a major global war.

The final stage of Imperial Army mobilization, known as "activation of the unorganized militia" would effectively place all able bodied males in the service of the D.I. Imperial Army.

Structure
The Drakon Imperium Imperial Army is made up of three components: the active component, the Regular Army; and a reserve component, the Imperial Army Reserve. The reserve component is primarily composed of part-time soldiers who train once a month, known as Battle Assembly or Unit Training Assemblies (UTAs), and conduct two to three weeks of annual training each year.

The Imperial Army is led by a civilian Minister of the Army, who has the statutory authority to conduct all the affairs of the Army; under the authority, direction and control of the Minister of War. The Chief of the Imperial Army who is the highest ranked military officer in the Imperial Army has dual roles; one as the principal military adviser and executive agent for the Minister of the Imperial Army, i.e. its service chief; and secondly as a member of the Military Council, a body composed of the service chiefs from each of the eight military services belonging to the Ministry of the War who advise the Imperator of the Drakon Imperium, the Minister of War, and the Imperial Security Council on operational military matters, under the guidance of the First Minister of the Military Council.

Operational control of the services follows a chain of command from the Imperator to the Minister of War directly to the Unified Combatant Commanders, who have control of all armed forces units in their geographic or function area of responsibility. Thus, the Ministers of the military ministries (and their respective service chiefs underneath them) only have the responsibility to organize, train and equip their service components. The Imperial Army provides trained forces to the Combatant Commanders for use as directed by the Minister of War.