Enclave Department of the Army

Main article: Enclave

Overview
According to Fallout Bible the Enclave army is composed of hundreds of soldiers armed with advanced versions of Power Armor and guns, that rival the Brotherhood of Steel.
 * It seems the Enclave army consists of 200-900 soldiers (comparable to contemporary US Army battalion with 300 – 1000 soldiers). According to dr. Charles Curling there were thousand inhabitants on the oil rig.
 * Company is probably the highest grade unit organization. It is not certain how much crews had the Enclave companies, however the smallest contemporary US Army company consists of 62 crews.
 * 83 Enclave troops can be encountered on the accessible levels of the oil rig and 30 – at the Camp Navarro, which is faction of 13-57% total Enclave soldiers.

Recruitment

 * External (local) recruitment for lower posts at understaffed Camp Navarro was possible. Its known reasons were desertions and the Enclave dwellers antipathy for the mainland. There were no reconditioning procedures or facilities. Possibly such recruits never visited the oil rig (it was no problem when Chosen One didn't know where the oil rig is). Soldiers in Camp Navarro had to have some identification papers, because officers didn't recognize newly replaced ones. According to one of Navarro technicians some subversives (external recruits probably) were not entitled and not able to pilot vertibirds.
 * Volontaire recruitment on the oil rig for technician positions at Camp Navarro was possible.
 * According to Fallout Bible soldiers loyalty was reinforced by Presidential Directive through various conditioning and testing programs.
 * In the Enclave armed forces served significant number of women - eg. some guards at Camp Navarro or vertibird crew during New Reno flights.

Known ranks in the Enclave

 * Troop, Soldier, Guard, Private; Guards at Camp Navarro were called Soldiers by senior staff,
 * Private First Class - described as pfc-tech, grade X, a soldier in a duty uniform (found at Navarro dialogue files: Cctech.msg)
 * Sergeant, the only appearing NCO position, eg.:
 * Sgt. Bracks - in charge at the Enclave Patrolmen checkpoint 3, destroyed in Mariposa Military Base,
 * Sgt. Dornan - drill Sergeant at Camp Navarro, the only sergeant there (reffered just as a "Sarge" by other personnel), had some insignia on the breastplate (like other military personnel there),
 * Sgt. Granite - leader of the Enclave Control Company squad, had Sergeant's chevrons on his shoulder,
 * on the oil rig: guards were floating "nothing to report Sarge", Curling was going to complain to some Sergeant,
 * Captain, eg. Cap. Pickard, in charge at the Enclave Patrolmen checkpoint 1, destroyed in Mariposa Military Base; the highest rank known the Enclave Patrolman (notice: in the contemporary US Army a Captain typically commands company-size unit, 62 to 190 soldiers),
 * Lieutenant Colonel, eg. Lt. Col. dr. Charles Curling, United States Chemical Corps head, reporting to the Cabinet (notice: in the contemporary US Army a Lieutenant Colonel typically commands a battalion-sized unit, 300 to 1000 soldiers),
 * Colonel, eg. Col. Sanders, CO for Mariposa Military Base excavation, the highest rank known officer, the highest rank known officer present on the field also, subordinated to the CHQ then (notice: in the contemporary US Army a Colonel typically commands brigade-sized units, 3000 to 5000 soldiers).

Undefined ranks Enclave military staff
There are also 2 positions at Camp Navarro with undefined rank:
 * the Base Commander, the superior officer there, a long-serving soldier (refered as "old man" by his door guard, but described as "she" by the game engine); at least Base Commander should have the lowest officer's rank at the Enclave armed forces; under his command was 39 crew outpost, which was not only an ordinary platoon equivalent, but independent unit on the main land also (notice: in contemporary US Army the lowest officers grade is Second Lieutenant, that usually commanding platoon size units; the lowest known officers grade in the Enclave armed forces was Captain; Camp Navarro Base Commander responsibility was greater then ordinary platoon leader),
 * the Quartermaster.

Known pre-war US Armed Forces ranks
The Enclave of the United States of America was legal continuation of the pre-war USA. Known pre-war US Armed Forces ranks were also:
 * Private, eg. Private Dobbs and Private Callow, stored at the Sierra Army Depot,
 * Corporal, eg. Corp. Dixon, serving at the Sierra Army Depot,
 * Sergeant, eg. Sgt. Dennis Allen and Sgt. Platner, serving at the Mariposa Military Base in 2077,
 * Captain, eg. Cap. Roger Maxson, serial number 072389, serving at the Mariposa Military Base in 2077 as security guard (MP) there, an active commanding officer there following the untimely death of Colonel Robert Spindel,
 * Major, eg. Maj. Barnett, serving at the West Tech facility,
 * Colonel, eg. Col. Robert Spindel, in charge at the Mariposa Military Base, or Col. Green, the head of security and operations at the Los Alamos Nuclear Testing Facility (experience level 15 as a ghoul, van Buren character),
 * General, eg. Gen. Clifton, in charge at the Sierra Army Depot in 2077.

Known procedures
Procedures on the oil rig:
 * clearance for some sections,
 * containment procedues.

Procedures at Camp Navarro:

FOB security procedures
FOB security procedures were connected probably with security act 9837-334-27A:
 * FOB is held by Base Commander; his office is off limits to all personnel,
 * a call from base security, when the tanker passkey is suspected to get into wrong hands; then it should be locked up,
 * security detail secures the tanker passkey, after his orders are checked by Base Commander's door guard,
 * the duty officer has to contact Base Commander once FOB is secured,

Alert
Eg. in case of infiltration by intruders. Unknown persons identification papers control.
 * Sound the alarm!
 * Seal the base!
 * Secure all stations!
 * Go code red!
 * Get the backups started.
 * Shut down all classified operations.
 * Secure the system and enable all security passwords.
 * Pointy end with the laser diode goes toward the enemy. Then pull trigger. (technicians and mechanics)

Data protection

 * "need to know" rule, eg. information about the oil rig location or authorisation before obtaining the vertibird plans form maintenance,
 * main computer access restrictions,

Other procedures

 * court martial, eg. in case of treason (disobeying a direct order of a superior officer); it can be changed to immidiate execution during alert,
 * soldier identification papers should be carried at all times (eg. checked by officers during alert).

Presidencial prerogatives
(US Constitution rules reference - if any)
 * Presidential Directives could concern armed forces conditioning and testing programs.
 * Presidential Orders could concern military research.

Main command and Central Headquarters
On the one hand it could be the same thing, on the other hand CHQ could be supportive unit for main command or even it can be all armed forces or supportive units present on the oil rig.
 * Main command – name used on PoseidoNet by the Enclave troop,
 * CHQ – col. Sanders’es holodisc addresse.

Features:
 * Supervised probably by member of the Cabinet possesing Secretary of War powers.
 * Its superior powers concerning United States Chemical Corps are not certain in light of fact, that dr. Curling reported about the Project directly to the Cabinet.
 * Col. Sanders was subjugated to CHQ, when was overseeing the Mariposa Military Base excavation.
 * Usage of PoseidoNet - main command uses the Enclave Vault-Research Control station connected to PoseidoNet, linked with Navarro computer station and Gecko Reactor computer station (notice concerning another big Enclave computers: 3 technicians for the oil rig reactor computer purposes – Atomic Energy Commission, 3 technicians also for Camp Navarro main computer purposes).

Internal security
Internal counterpart for externally used verti-assault squads. Subordinated to main command.

Air forces support
Two kind of specialists are present:
 * Air traffic control (notice: 2 crew in Camp Navarro - military technician and technician in lab coat),
 * Communication (notice: 2 crew in Cacmp Navarro - technicians in lab coats),
 * Maintenance (notice: 3 soldiers-mechanics in Camp Navarro), however vertibird maintenance do not have to be subjugated directly to CHQ (eg. there were verti-assault unit and “flyboys”).
 * military specialists - mechanics and technicians,
 * 1st and 2nd grade technicians, uniformed with lab coats, like US Chemical Corps members.

Engineering
According to Fallout Bible they are called "construction crews". It is not certain, if it is service branch, unit, subunit or civilian part of the Enclave. Its known activities were mainly connected with civil engineering, eg.:
 * preparing Navarro facitity for military and vertibird purposes (area of the Navarro Refinery, prewar Poseidon facility),
 * excavation of Mariposa Military Base.

It is not certain who took care of explosives during Mariposa Military Base excavation, however it was engineering duty.

Reconditioning center
According to Fallout Bible soldiers loyalty was reinforced by Presidential Directive through various conditioning and testing programs. Reconditioning center was mentioned by the President as the right place for the Chosen One wandering through the Executive Office.

US Armed Forces executive branch
Counterpart for prewar US Army and US Marine Corps.

Enclave Control Company
The Enclave Control Company (EC Company) was the only unit responsible for perimeter defense.
 * Part of this company was sgt. Granite squad of 4 experienced troops (200 hp). In Fallout 2 ending part this squad was used as ad hoc support on the oil rig. The squad was equipped with Advanced Power Armors and armed with:
 * Pulse Rifle,
 * Turbo Plasma Rifle,
 * Gatling Laser
 * Plasma Grenades

If the EC Company was responsible for Camp Navarro perimeter defense and was the Enclave basic infantry unit, it can consist also of:
 * sgt. Bracks squad of 9 Enclave Patrolmen, lost in the Mariposa Military Base (one of Enclave Patrolmen KIA at Mariposa Military Base was cap. Pickard also). They were equipped with Advanced Power Armors and armed with:
 * Cattle Prods,
 * energy pistols,
 * Plasma Grenades (and probably Plasma Rifles and Laser Rifles also - supermutants equipment).
 * light teams of 4 experienced troops called Enclave Patrols (150 hp), encountered on Navarro perimeter; more rare but still possible were 8 troop squads - 2 light teams in fact; light teams were equipped with Advanced Power Armors and armed with advanced one hand weapons, like:
 * Pulse Pistol,
 * Plasma Pistol,
 * Gauss Pistol,
 * H&K G11.

According to Fallout Bible Melchior, miner form Redding, was kidnapped to work during Mariposa Military Base excavations by the "Enclave patrol" (according his son he went away with some man dressed in metal clothes), however slave workers there were caught by units called "assault squads".

Verti-assault unit
Highly mobile long range assault unit. Because of security purposes the Enclave main command can send verti-assault squad even to as distant place as Gecko. Verti-assault unit is at least platoon size and consisted of at least 2 squads. It was stationed on the oil rig and was absent in Navarro. Its troops are equipped with: Known verti-assault operations were connected with the Project (providing FEV Curling-13 test objects). It was: It is certain, that verti-assault unit uses at least one aircraft and consists at least of two squads, however one squad = one vertibird rule is possible also. Verti-assault unit should consist of at least 14 crews: CO, his sergeant and two six troop squads.
 * miniguns with cartridge cases - Rockwell: CZ53 Personal Minigun or Avenger Minigun (according to Fallout 2 intro),
 * plasma weapons (according to the Enclave main command), similar to Navarro outdoor guards, who were wielding Plasma Rifles.
 * seizing of Vault 13 - at least 2 verti-assault squads present according to  Fallout Bible and at least 1 vertibird and 6 troops with 3 miniguns present according to Fallout 2 intro,
 * destruction of Arroyo - at least 2 vertibirds present according to Hakunin.

The oil rig guard unit
Guard unit particularly provides security for Test Subject Holding Level (Detention Cells). This unit is located at separate barracks on the docks level (Entry Levels). All guards are equipped with Power or Advanced Power Armors. Guard unit consisted of at least three teams – Bravo and Gamma were referred at floating texts, so Alfa team should be present also.
 * Guard Barracks Level - 22 guards:
 * bedroom - squad of 8 less experienced guards (150 hp) equipped with Power Armors and Gauss weapons and 2 troops equipped with Advanced Power Armors (200 hp),
 * storage crew and gym – 2 guards equipped with Power Armors and Super Sledgehammers, a guard equipped with Power Armors and Power Fist (140 hp),
 * armory, boots room and other rooms – 9 guards (200hp) equipped with Advanced Power Armors and mainly big energy weapons,
 * 7 security bots,
 * Detention Cells Level - 8 guards (200 hp) equipped with Advanced Power Armors, 6 bots,
 * total 24 bots in the known parts of the Enclave, including 13 bots present on Guard Barracks and Detention Cells Levels.
 * 2 dead unarmed Enclave Guards at crashed vertibird at Klamath canyon (Jul 2241), one of them – burned, accompanied by damaged Mr. Handy.

Vertibird unit
Aka “flyboys”. Hypothetical transport unit with other then verti-assault duties.
 * There are 3 undestroyed aircrafts encountered in ‘’Fallout 2’’- 2 at Camp Navarro and 1 in New Reno.
 * One of vertibirds in Navarro is probably inoperable [notice: according to the Enclave main command inoperable is something called “unit three”].
 * Total vertibirds number is unknown:
 * it should be enough to transport even 1000 Vault 13 dwellers from Vault 13 to the oil rig during in a short time and to keep stand-by at least one verti-assault squad,
 * there is not enough aircrafts to propel FEV over the mainland (Chosen One’s conclusion),
 * the vertibird number should be adequate to needs and maintenence possiblities of a few hundreds soldiers army.
 * Navarro vertibirds purpose is unknown - there is no Mr Handy bots and there is no verti-assault squad.
 * Vertibird range is at least 175 miles distance between the oil rig and Navarro. Accessible are Klamath, Redding, Gecko, New Reno and Vault 13 also. Other transport issues were:
 * service for Mariposa Military Base excavations,
 * emptying of Arroyo,
 * deathclaws transfer to Vault 13,
 * transport provided to Secret Service – huge Horrigan and 2 or 5 other agents (3 known events),
 * barter with Salvatore family, possible everyday, performed by vertibird crew consisted of 2 women soldiers equipped with Pancor Jackhammer and unarmed Mr Handy. According to Chosen One New Reno run is not pleasant duty - probably because Enclavers don't like the mainland (according to floating texts).

Camp Navarro
See also: Navarro
 * Called Camp Navarro according to drill sergeant Dornan. Called a base by all senior staff during an alert. Matt, Brotherhood of Steel member present in San Francisco, called it a base also.
 * Established as a stopover point for the maintenance and refueling of vertibirds. Air Traffic Control and Communication Center were present there.
 * Commanded by unknown rank officer called Base Commander, who was responsible for security of tanker staying in San Francisco docks also (holds a tanker FOB).
 * There were total 40 crew, including 30 troops. Not fully staffed Navarro guard unit (platoon equivalent) consisted of:
 * outdoor squad of 11 guards equipped with Advanced Power Armors and Plasma Rifles, led by drill sergeant Dornan,
 * indoor squad of 10 guards equipped with Combat Armors (including Commander's door guard and Snookie, deathclaw's door guard).

According to dialouge with sergeant Dornan:
 * There should be another base, where the new Navarro replacements sholud be equipped with Power Armors. Some bureaucracy reference concerning this base ("paper-shuffling jackasses") is not certain - it can't be the oil rig, because the only possible mean of transport is vertibird arriving to Navarro.
 * Yearly Navarro guard payments were probably 49 currency units - Advanced Power Armor Mk II is worth 25000 c.u., wich is equal to 510 years guard's payments (counted without interest).

According to Fallout Bible no one knows what happened to Navarro after Fallout 2 - with the destruction of the Enclave, the base may not have been able to maintain itself for more than a few months before needing to move on or change its operations. It's unlikely that the Brotherhood of Steel seized it after the events in Fallout 2, because they didn't have a strong military presence up North at the end of this game. They would have been interested in taking it, however - although they would have suffered serious casualties.

US Chemical Corps
US Chemical Corps (USCC) was US Armed Forces service branch. Its members were the Enclave's scientific staff. It was commanded by Lt. Col. dr. Charles Curling. Its dependence is not certain in light of fact, that dr. Curling reported about the Project directly to the Cabinet. There were 16 generic USCC members present on the Test Subject Holding Level and Research and Development Project Area and at least one generic civilian wearing lab coat on the Guard Barrracks Level, dr. Schreber at Navarro and deserted dr. Henry in Shady Sands. US Chemical Corps known works were:
 * the Project – creation FEV Curling-13 lethal virus; human samples were obtained from the Vault behavioral project; probably it was also purpose of chems exchange with the mainland,
 * Horrigan experiment – FEV inoculated object features are 999 hp, chemically increased intelligence and ultimate weapons (Plasma Gun with burst of 3 x 30-70 dmg and uncharged knife causing 15-30 dmg); after a few horrifically successful field tests, Horrigan becomes the Enclave's solution to numerous sticky problems - he became Secret Service agent once again,
 * deathclaw experiment – since 2235 the Enclave has experimented on deathclaws, attempting to create special fighting units for waging war in hostile environments, animal handlers were used there; deathclaw pack at Vault 13 consisted of 7 mature and 2 immature deathclaws, 12 egg shells were present there also; one deathclaw was tested in Navarro (Xarn);
 * Goris development: 134->187 hp, 1-30 -> 1-47 dmg, IN 5->8,
 * other intelligent deathclaws features: hp amount, dmg: Thearn, Valdis - claw 3-4, Gruthar, Dar, Xarn - claw 5-10 dmg,
 * cyber-genetics experiments concerning K-9 and Robodog units, performed by dr. Schreber and dr. Henry:
 * inexperienced K-9 statistics: 127 hp, 16 dmg, 14 AP,
 * inexperienced Robodog statistics: 100 hp, 16 dmg, 9 AP,
 * according to Fallout Bible:
 * it is possible that the wannamingos were old Enclave experiments or even experiments from before the Great War,
 * in 2198 the Enclave worked on various new technologies, including Power Armor variations; none of these were much of an improvement over the conventional old school Power Armor, and some were actually worse; in 2215 under Presidential Order, the Enclave scientists begin to work on an upgraded version of Power Armor; many prototypes are developed and tested; in 2220 the Enclave scientists develop a reliable version of the Mark II Power Armor (according to sgt. Dornan - Mark II Power Combat Armor).

Navy issues

 * Despite of fact, that Pacific Fleet was directed there before the War, the oil rig should have own defending naval task force, similar to contemporary aircraft carriers task forces.
 * Chinese fleet remnants are possible also, the example is submarine present in San Francisco.

External defenses
Guns connected with naval IFF system, mentioned by tanker captain - air defense and anti-naval defense were possible, probably similar to another known turrets, like:
 * 5 mm JHP dual miniguns at Sierra Army Depot and .223 dual heavy miniguns inside the oil rig (eg. used for close airdefense),
 * plasma turrets at Navarro,
 * heavy laser turrets in the Vault City.

Naval facilities

 * naval IFF system,
 * empty docking place for PMV Valdez on the oil rig, empty, huge docking area prepared for tankers fleet, no sailors encountered on the oil rig,
 * no coast & docking facilities in Camp Navarro (however it didn't have to be established right in the place of the pre-war Poseidon refinery).

Emergency Defensive Systems
It is not certain what part of US Armed Forces or who, besides the President, is in charge with Emergency Defensive Systems. It is possible, that this is one large defensive system together with the oil rig external defenses. At least 15 security turrets, that wielding heavy dual .223 miniguns with 800 pieces of ammunition, are possible to encounter on the known oil rig levels. It is part of counterinsurgency procedure, controlled by the President and accessible from Data Plex 2000 SmarTerminal at the Entry Level. Possible security level turrets status is:
 * Armed Alert
 * Normal
 * Deactivated Maintenance

Security override options controlled by the President are:
 * Counter Insurgency – in the event of armed rebellion, Presidential Security keycard allows defensive systems to be turned on all, previously loyal, but now threatening units within an area. Defensive systems are programmed to attack most dangerous foe first. Operational - Entry levels only.
 * Emergency Defensive System Shutdown – temporarily shuts down active security systems on a level by level basis. Shutdown starts deep diagnostic.

Example of field operation - Mariposa Military Base excavation
According to Fallout Bibile on July-August 2236 the Enclave scientists and chemical corps scour the remains of Mariposa, while assault squads comb the desert for slaves they can use to mine the Military Base.
 * Purpose: FEV search for the Project.
 * CO - col. Sanders, the highest rank known Enclave officer.
 * Small temporary camp located outside the base.
 * Joint task force:
 * troops - it is not certain what unit were Enclave Patrolmen and Enclave patrol part of, however the most probably is Enclave Control Company. It is possible also, that assault squads, hunting for slave workforce and Enclave patrol, that captured Melchior are the same thing.
 * Enclave Patrolmen - at least one squad, lost during battle against mutated slave miners; supermutants suffered heavy casualties, but 27 of them survived, while 10 the Enclave Patrolmen was KIA:
 * one Patrolman on the 4th level,
 * sgt. Bracks'es and two Patrolmen on the 3rd level (checkpoint 3),
 * three Patrolmen on the 2nd level (checkpoint 2),
 * cap. Pickard's and two Patrolmen on the 1st level (checkpoint 1);
 * Assault squads combed the desert for slaves to mine the Military Base. One of them included soldier Frank Horrigan, recently removed from Secret Service after some undocumented psychotic blunder. It is not certain, if it were verti-assault squads.
 * Enclave patrol captured Melchior, a miner from Redding.
 * scientists team of US Chemical Corps aka "pencil necks" (however according to Fallout Bible Enclave scientists were independent form USCC),
 * construction crews,
 * vertibird transport.

Inconsistencies at Fallout Bible:
 * single squad was left behind to wipe out the mutated miners, while according to the Enclave holodiscs found at Mariposa Military Base lost squad was divided into 3 checkpoints, the mutants attack was sudden and cap. Pickard was going just to hold them at his position as long as he could,
 * Mariposa Military Base was sealed in Jan 2237, while according to Mariposa Military Base 1st level entry information - the battle against the Enclave Patrolmen has occured recently.

US Secret Service activities
Duty, honor, courage, Semper Fidelis (Horrigan's last words)

Formally not a part of US Armed Forces, this law enforcement agency strongly cooperates with it. Before the War Secret Service was the part of the United States Department of Treasury. Secret Service duties were protecting of state secrets and the President’s protection.

The most notorious Secret Service agent was Frank Horrigan, sinister US Chemical Corps experiment. During simple assassinations Horrigan was accompanied by 2 agents or troops equipped with Advanced Power Armors and miniguns. During deathclaws' community extermination at Vault 13 he was by accompanied 5 such people. Sgt. Granite and probably his squad members also took part in some assassinations or tortures performed by Horrigan. It is significant, that Horrigan and his 5 agents don’t hesitate to enter Shi’s part of San Francisco.

Execution committed on “farmers” family at the beginning of September 2241 confirms protecting of state secrets duty. Initially Horrigan was going to arrest them, he didn’t harm witnessing Chosen One also. The Enclave could be deserted without such severe consequences, eg. by dr. Henry or A. Ron. Meyers, tanker captain, who was lesser technician in Navarro. According to Fallout Bible Camp Navarro had plenty deserters.

According to Fallout Bible Horrigan was present during Vault 13 seizing also.