Qvaitican Defense Forces

The Qvaitican Defense Forces (QDF) are the military forces of the Arctic Republic of Qvait. They consist of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard. Qvait has a strong tradition of civilian control of the military. The President of Qvait is the military's overall head, and helps form military policy with the Department of Defense, a federal executive department, acting as the principal organ by which military policy is carried out. The Department of Defense is headed by the Secretary of Defense, who is a civilian and Cabinet member. The Defense Secretary is second in the military's chain of command, just below the President, and serves as the principal assistant to the President in all Department of Defense-related matters. To coordinate military action with diplomacy, the President has an advisory National Security Council headed by a National Security Adviser. Both the President and Secretary of Defense are advised by a seven-member Joint Chiefs of Staff, which includes the head of each of the Defense Department's service branches as well as the chief of the National Guard Bureau. Leadership is provided by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.