The Admiral recive Intelligence saying that there's barely any Orbital resistance. He decide to send a Task Force to escort the Marines in - He specify that he do indeed want the entire task force to do the escort, now removing the Task Force leaders options to choose how many ships he would like for this mission.

The Task Force Leader begin working on a plan as he organise his "Expeditionary Strike Group", deciding on how the Marines will live and organise themselves onboard his ships. He talk to the Marine Commanders to organise the invasion points for the best effect possible. He then pass on his orders down to the Task Group Commanders.

The Task Group Commander recieve his orders and set up his ships in the formation. As he is in command of around 10-15 Ships he will most likely have 3 MEFs onboard or if they're Escort have no MEF on. He do as told by the Task Force Leader ordered.

Flotilla Leaders integrate their MEF onboard or plan their course of action if they're Escort.

Onboard the Ship the Captain or commander is preparing his men for combat. Maintenance checks must be peak, everything should be clean - all system are being checked multiple times through tests and simulations. He give very specific orders on how the Ship is to maneuver, how to act in different situations and more importantly what the Groups are ment to do.

Groups carry out their checks on the systems and do counter-bording exercises, practise evacuation, target practise and ensure they're at peak condition.

The Sections just listen to the Petty Officer and ensure everything work fine.


There you have a Chain of Command for a Navy.

The Marine General begin planning invasion points, where do he want his marines, what does he want his marines to capture before the Army arrives and so on. He most likely send special forces in first to do Reconnaissnace, Raids and ease the locals. Once he have his war targets he will send his orders down to to the MEFs.

The MEF Commanders recieve the orders and look at the tasks at hand, what is his resistance, how is the terrain - Will he need additional equipment or anything else requested from the Marine General? The MEF command can utilise a small group of Special Forces, Force Recon or his MEFs to Pathfind and make the invasion for the Marine Division an easier task. Once he's decided, he sends his orders to the Marine Expeditionary Units, the Marine Division, The Marine Starfighter Wing and the Marine Logistical Element.

The MEU Colonel recieve his orders and begin organising his reinforced Marine Battalion and make the decision wether he require more armour to complete this task or not. Then he will make a very detailed plan on How to quickly take terrain and pathfind for the Marine Division to Follow Suit. The other MEUs will do the same but in their own zones around the Division Landing Zone.

Marine Division is when the big guns come in, that's the Marine Unit that's far more heavy on firepower and can expand quickly to surround and secure a good area for the Army to roll in with their Armour, walkers, Artillery and all their other stuff. They can sometimes be invading along the MEU and sometimes they wait for the MEUs to do their jobs. The MEU takes up most space onboard the Ships as they usually staff around 21000 men.

Down to the Marine Division Brigades the Commander is ordered to Fight along the Division as a big chunk on the map or to act more independently with a specific mission. It depends from situation to situation.

The Regiment is where the Troops exercise, train and are organised. It's not a fighting unit unless you follow a more European / Small Marine Force template.

Battalions prepare themselves for their very specific tasks to ensure the Mission of the Brigade is Achived. Battalions are independant units without much combined firepower - It's one type of troop with for example 4 Infantry Companies and 1 Support company. Maybe 3 Infantry Companies, 1 Recon Company and 1 Support Company.

Companies have only 1 Task to complete. The Captain is Far behind yet still on the field and move along with his troops to from a distance see the battle. He organise his men with support from a Warrant Officer to see to it that Logistics, Orders, Signals and all the basic needs to complete the tasks are delivered as for making detailed plans on a Tactical Level and less tactical.

Platoons with a "PL", 2nd or 1st Lieutenant is the most basic fighting unit that a person can lead. An Infantry Platoon is dead close to the opposition and are the ones doing the gritty fighting like you see in films. The Platoon Leader organise his platoon in a Tactical Manner, decide how they should march - What formations to keep and is vital for the decision to neutralise the enemy!

The Squad is the most personal unit you can be in, every individual in that squad has a task but nearly the same kind of training in everything. You follow orders from the Squad Leader on how the Squad move, march, carry out its direct missions and do combat.

Individual Soldier, is a person with a weapon marching towards or in enemy terrain. Following the orders from the Squad Leaders or fireteam leader, shout out when he sees something, communicates all the time in command and utilise training and experience to ensure he survives and not the opposition. The Individual Soldier does not make any major decisions but is one of the most important pieces on the field.