Arstotzkan High Command
Arstotzkan High Command is the highest ranking military council in the Arstotzkan Union. Tasked with commanding the PAFAU. Arstotzkan High Command was created out of the remains of the Arstotzkan Union International Defense and Military Command Council (AUIDMCC) . After the Military Expenditure Reduction Initiative, the AUIDMCC was deemed as to large a body to command by the National Government and was made defunct on 12 September 2020. Arstotzkan High Command was created to take the place of the Council. Instead of it basing its efforts on War Command, Arstotzkan High Command would act under the direction of the Office of the Presidency in making sure that no wars would take place. This is part of its motto, Datis mandatis ut ad pacem et libertatem (English: Commanding for Peace and Freedom).
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 14 September 2020 |
| Preceding agency | |
| Jurisdiction | People's Armed Forces of the Arstotzkan Union |
| Employees | 6 |
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| Parent department | Office of the Presidency of the Arstotzkan Union |
Establishment
Arstotzkan High Command was established after the AUIDMCC was made defunct. The AUIDMCC was established on July 19, 2020. Only the President knew about this Council. In September, when the MERI was brought to the National Assembly, they decided that the nation and Defense Force required a Commanding Council. The AUIDMCC was ruled out and was shutdown under the supposed order of the MERI. Arstotzkan High Command was created on the September 14th 2020 and held its first meeting on the Discord VoIP platform on September 29, 2020. Arstotzkan High Command played a major role in the Arstotzkan - Confederate War as they established the first War Council (now the Arstotzkan Executive War Council, see below) and helped guide the President until January 7, 2021, when First President Ethan Brinkman, temporarily resigned and allow for then Vice President, Zion Orsmby to take and lead Arstotzkan High Command on February 4, 2021, however Ethan Brinkman would remain as the Supreme Commanding General for Arstotzkan High Command. However an Executive Order in 2022 changed this and for the first time in the agency's history Second President Peter Gedye became the Supreme Commanding General of High Command.
As of May 2021, Arstotzkan High Command operates 6 Departments for the operation of the Different areas of Defense of the Arstotzkan Union, they are:
Site Protection Defense Division (SPDD)
The Site Protection Defense Division is a division of Arstotzkan High Command, tasked with the deployment of PAFAU troops to Arstotzkan Defended Sites, located across New Zealand. An Arstotzkan Defended Site is not similar to a territory in the fact that the Arstotzkan Federal Government holds limited control over the site and are in part still property of New Zealand. The Site Protection Defense Division is, in the eyes of the Constitution "under the joint command of the Arstotzkan Federal Government and New Zealand Government". General of the Armed Forces Ethan Brinkman is the Division Commander, and the head office is located at the Angliyskiy Territory.
Arstotzkan Executive War Council
The Arstotzkan Executive War Council is the main council in Arstotzkan High Command. The council was created after a need to reduce executive power on declaring wars after the Arstotzkan Wars (2019–2020) and the Arstotzkan - Confederate War. It was created with the rectification of the Wars and Conflicts Act 2021. Under Article 5 of the Wars and Conflicts Act 2021, the Council is comprised of:
First President of the Arstotzkan Union (with PAFAU Rank of General of the Armed Forces [O-7])
Second President of the Arstotzkan Union (with PAFAU Rank of General [O-6])
Vice President of the Arstotzkan Union (with PAFAU Rank of Lieutenant General [O-5])
Supreme Commanding General of Arstotzkan High Command
Chairman Speaker of the Arstotzkan Federal Congress
First General Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Office of the Presidency
Chief Justice of the Supreme Federal Court of the Arstotzkan Union
Chairman of the Federal Judicial Council
Department of Intelligence and National Security (DINS)
The Department of Intelligence and National Security (DINS) is the co-head of the main intelligence agency in the Arstotzkan Union, the State Committee for National Security and Intelligence. The Department was originally the Department of Intelligence (DOI) however during the Federalization of the Arstotzkan Union, the AUSIS (Arstotzkan Union Security Intelligence Service) became the ASNSA, and the NIB (National Intelligence Bureau) became the AFIA and so the Department of Intelligence incorporated National Security operations into it.
Department of National Defense (DND)
The Department of National Defense is the answer to the loss of the former Ministry of Defense. Originally the Department of National Defense was apart of the Arstotzkan Federal Government however it was changed and placed into Arstotzkan High Command. The duty of the Department of National Defense is preform all actions involved with the command and enforcement of procedures of the People's Armed Forces of the Arstotzkan Union. It also works to uphold the security of the PAFAU.