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The Irish Volunteer Force (IVF) of Erepublik is a guerrilla resistance army that is concerned with protecting the sovereignty of Ireland and other non-imperial states. It was created on 23rd September 2008 with the merger of the eIRB and the IRA.

Organisation
The Irish Volunteer Force is organised hierarchically, with the Army Council at the top headed by the Chief of Staff.

Army Council
The IVF Army Council is a collection of Republican leaders whom act as an executive for the entire organisation. Its leader is the Chief of Staff, but any member of the Council may suggest actions to take. All decisions are voted upon by the Council, with internal actions being passed by simple majority and external actions requiring a 2/3 majority.

Active Service Units
All Irish Volunteer Force members are organised into Active Service Units under the general command of the Chief of Staff and the Army Council. One ASU is assigned per battle area, and the unit may be very small or very large in size. An ASU may also be divided into squads if the Commander sees fit. The membership of an ASU varies in numbers and strength considerably.

Divisions

eIRB
The IRB is a grassroots Republican movement attached to the IVF, and its first division. It consists of many members with varying levels of committment to the organisation. The IRB provides the IVF with a group to draw resources and manpower from, and thus is important to the organisation's continuing operations. The eIRB Division is known as the ASU1 today.

The IRA are the second division of the IVF, and the main guerrilla force unit. It consists of members that are fully committed to the IVF cause, and acts as a paratrooper force as well, although this is not an exclusive role. The IRA are known as the ASU2 today.

Membership

The general membership of the IVF varies depending on what action the organisation is carrying out at the time. As a guerrilla force, the IVF does not depend upon a stable, permanent manpower base, although it does have a core number of dedicated people. Members are also not obligated to fight in IVF actions, and may select which actions they wish to participate in as volunteers.

Once committed however, the members are expected to follow the orders of their commanders in warfare.

History of the IVF

Pre-Merger Operations
Involvement in World War 1 (Magyar Campaign)
Deployment
The active ASU unit under the command of irish_rebel moved out to Gyor, Hungary on Sept 1st, and an independent IRB ASU followed on the same day commanded by Igor Thunderbrow, to defend Hungarian sovereignty from Romanian Imperialism.
The name of the operation was the Magyar Campaign

Objectives
The Chief of Staff set out the following key objectives for the Magyar Campaign:
Primary:


Defence of Budapest and Central Hungary
Defence of other key regions surrounding Central Hungary.
Secondary


Defence of other Hungarian regions.
Rally support in Ireland for the Hungarian cause.
Post-Merger Campaigns
Boer Campaign

Soon after the end of World War I, the IRA's assistance was requested by the South African Independence League to aid them against Croatian political occupiers. The IRA Army Council pledged its support for S.A.I.L. and Azandicas, and supplied them with the Notes on Guerrilla Resistance in Erepublik as well as advising them on other issues.

Re-emergence
The IVF reformed on April 17 2009, with the return of Brian Boru from exile.
Recruitment restarted well, due to peaked Irish interest in international affairs and increasing militarism of Irish republicans. The IVF gained rapid amounts of recruits, among them, ImperatorI, was immediately promoted to commander of ASU1 Ard-Ríanna.




First Training Campaign
IVF forces were sent abroad to train from May 1. Most were sent to Romania, others came via Spain and Indonesia. The objective of this campaign was to build up IVF military strength and activity via exploiting Romania's military situation.

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