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The ROD is establishing our embassy in the Royaume de Dracanie, so we wanted to share some information about this beautiful European country. We will start with the flag and the crest. The Dracanie flag is a dark purple field with a white Nordic cross with very dark green trim. The royal crest of Dracanie is a gray-green shield with diagonal purple and green stripes. The upper left quadrant carries a light gray fleur de lis to represent the French heritage of the Dracanie p

Today the Central-American nation of Panama was rocked by a massive 7.7 earthquake. 1st DHAM immediately began heading toward Panama to offer assistance, even though details about the extent of the damage and casualties are not yet known. Also unknown is the status of the Panama Canal. This is, however, what the SHAM was created for. It will head to the area at top speed and render whatever aid is needed. 1st SHAM had been in Haiti when the earthquake struck – about 800 mil

This morning two recently completed Type 26 destroyers left the shipyard in Saint Catherine to join their sister ships in the harbor. Those five destroyers were joined by four additional Type 26s from shipyards in the Kingdom of Dracanie. The nine vessels were built under an agreement between the ROD and Dracanie that also includes collaboration in regard to intelligence sharing, training, and “operational deployments”. With all nine destroyers at anchor a ceremony was held

Last night, in the Atlantic Ocean near the coast of Spain, Carrier Battle Group 13 “went dark” while underway, confusing observers and those who track the movements of military ships. When asked about the incident, a Navy spokesman confirmed that the move was deliberate. He stated that all transponders and active sensors were silenced, and that electronic emissions were reduced to the point that they were virtually undetectable. No other information was provided.

After three months in the DRC, ROD forces are withdrawing from their bases in Kitona and Kisingani, having turned those medical and logistics facilities over to DRC personnel. A brief handover ceremony was held at Kitona base after a 30-day transition period during which DRC medical and security personnel shadowed and gradually assumed responsibility for the operation. The bulk of the ROD support troops are returning to the ROD by way of Rio de Janiero, where they will have

The ROD will be on vacation for a few weeks. Don't expect any updates to the site until mid-August. We hope everyone has a fun, safe summer!

This morning, the ROD Joint Forces Command activated Cyber Warfare Command (CWC) – a joint command focused on cyber warfare. CWC reports directly to the Joint Forces Staff, and it is manned by personnel from all branches of the ROD military. Its mission is to conduct defensive and offensive operations in cyberspace. It defends ROD and DoD networks and cyber infrastructure from attack. It also conducts attacks of its own against foreign networks and cyber organizations. Army

More ships and aircraft are joining the exercise off the ROD coast, putting new technologies to the test and developing ways to manage the vast amounts of data that unmanned vessels and aircraft generate. This morning the exercise entered a new phase that focuses on UAVs and USVs operating collaboratively, sharing intelligence and targeting data, with human oversight.

This morning the ROD Navy kicked off Operation Helios in the waters surrounding the Home Island. The objective of this operation is to test and refine the use of unmanned systems and develop tools and techniques to manage them. Several vessels and manned aircraft are taking part in the exercise, but the focus is on drones. Of particular interest is the fleet of Sea Hunter unmanned surface vessels that will be out and about. These platforms are capable of carrying weapons, b

This morning a pair of battleships slipped out of port with little fanfare. The Iowa class battleship Cerberus (B-12) and the Montana class battleship Chupacabra (BB-15) were last seen heading south-west. When asked about the ships, Navy officials stated that the ships were on a routine training mission under the command of a new headquarters called Surface Action Group 1.

Observers in the ROD spotted a trio of warships off the east coast of the Home Island yesterday afternoon. The ships were flying the ROD ensign. The Navy has not yet commented on the ships.

Carrier Battle Group 13 put to sea this morning for a scheduled 5-month deployment to the Atlantic and Mediterranean areas of operation. And this deployment is interesting because a battleship is attached to the battlegroup, an arrangement that has not been seen in peace time for many years. Carrier Battle Group 13 consists of the JFK class aircraft carrier Myrmidon (CV-13), the Ticonderoga class cruiser Shepherd (CG-43), three Arleigh Burke class destroyers from DESRON 31:

This morning Phase II is underway for ROD troops in the DRC. The 56th Airlift Squadron has arrived from the ROD carrying additional personnel and equipment, to include a company of paratroopers and personnel from the 42nd Theater Support Battalion. The paratroopers from F Company / 2nd Battalion / 15th Parachute Infantry Regiment have already moved east with support personnel to establish FOB Ngulu near the city of Kisingani in the Tshopo Province. With both bases establish

Operation Okapi is the name given to the ROD’s mission in the DRC to combat the Ebola outbreak. The concept of the operation is to establish an LSA on the coast where supplies and personnel can be staged, and then establish a FOB close to the affected area, but outside of contamination and conflict zones. PHASE I is currently underway. 1st SHAM has ferried the security company, construction survey team, and HQ element by helicopter to the port of Banana on DRC’s west coast.

The Air Force pages are done...sort of. The organization is all there, and there are a few pictures, but I still need to take some more photos to add to the pages to fill them out a little bit.

The Dalmatian Marine Corps pages are complete! The DMC is small but mighty! Next is the Air Force!

The ROD is redirecting 1st SHAM from South America (currently in Venezuela) to west Africa (specifically the Democratic Republic of Congo) to assist with the Ebola outbreak there. SHAM personnel will initially not be treating Ebola patients directly due to the lack of protective equipment. Rather they will establish a forward operating base where medical supplies can be staged and that can accommodate ROD supply aircraft. The affected area is in the north-east of the DRC and

The ROD Army pages are complete! This website will not go into as much detail as previous websites, but we do have a detailed organization and some motivational pictures!

Welcome to the new ROD website! It's still just bare bones, but give me some time and I will add more content. I have never used Wix to build a site before, but so far it seems easy enough. I am definitely not a super tech savvy guy! The ROD has been dormant for a little while, so I don't have naval formations out on patrol or any troops deployed. I am starting from scratch with the patrol schedule, so gradually the current ops map will have more stuff on it.