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The United States Armed Forces is the federal armed forces of the United States. Once the world's most powerful military, the U.S. Armed Forces had been greatly reduced to defending its nation. They are a playable faction in Homefront multiplayer.

History[]

Due to the burgeoning economic recession in the United States and the emergence of modern asymmetric warfare, the U.S. Department of Defense scaled down the military budget by reducing its reliance on fleets of capital ships and large-theater military conflicts, and instead focused more on Special Operations teams and the use of unmanned vehicles.[1] As the global economy worsened, the U.S. military withdrawn their presence from Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

In 2017, the U.S. President declared America to be under martial law in response to the growing civil disorder caused by the economic crisis.[2] By 2019 the crisis had worsened, with outright anarchy in several cities, forcing the President to consider violating the Posse Comitatus Act and having the U.S. military deploy domestically to restore order.[3] The Pentagon eventually put the military in charge of managing civilian authorities, completely supplanting the police and fire departments in many urban centers under the controversial Operation Vital Archer.[4] The military continued to serve under martial law in response to the outbreak of the H5N1 avian influenza virus.[5]

Because of the global economic collapse and the Korean People's Army's modernization program, the U.S. military was technologically equal with the Koreans, in which the Greater Korean Republic took advantage in attacking and invading the United States in 2025. Owing to the swiftness of the unexpected attack, the Korean usage of a powerful EMP blast that catapulted America's technology back to the 1800s, and the sheer amount of soldiers the GKR had at its disposal (its total forces numbered 25 million by the time of the invasion), the U.S. military were quickly pushed back across the Mississippi River as well as across the Canadian border. Scattered Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine, and National Guard units that remained in the newly-formed New Korean Federation of Occupied America were forced to act autonomously and conducted a guerrilla war alongside the Resistance movement against the Korean Occupational Forces.[6] Captured soldiers were usually either admitted into labor camps or killed, while some of the ones who escaped imprisonment and death either attempted to blend in with the civilian population or joined up the Resistance.

In 2027, the U.S. military regrouped and successfully retook the cities of San Francisco and San Diego in its counter-offensive in the American west coast. They are currently retaking the rest of the occupied United States from the Koreans, now with support from the European Union.

Service Branches[]

The United States Armed Forces consist of five separate branches, the United States Air Force, Coast Guard, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy.

Ground Forces[]

The United States Army and Marine Corps serve all ground combat roles, just as the KPA's Ground Force does for the GKR. Both branches did whatever they could when the KPA invaded in 2025 but were at a severe disadvantage due to the EMP blast and were overwhelmed and forced to retreat. By 2027, U.S. ground forces were completely scattered, until the Battle of San Francisco later that year, where they joined up with Resistance fighters in a desperate effort to retake San Francisco. Many of their arms have been the same ones they have been using for decades, such as the M4, M16, M110, M249, and the PWS Diablo. They also use many of the same advanced drones the KPA Ground Force uses, like the MQ-60 AT Rhino, RQ-10 Parrot, AQ-11 Buzzard, and the MQ50 MG Wolverine. The Ground Forces still use modernized versions of the venerable LAV-25, the M1A3 Abrams, and the HMMWV as part of their arsenal.

United States Special Operations Forces[]

In Homefront, the U.S. Special Operations Forces are represented by the U.S. Navy SEALs. A group of Navy SEALs, SEAL Team One, is mentioned in Golden Gate. They successfully secured Alcatraz Island during the Battle of San Francisco. Additionally, AH-700 helicopters from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment participated in the critical assault on the Bridge, ferrying waves of U.S. reinforcements in the face of Korean air superiority.

U.S. Navy[]

The U.S. Navy is the naval branch of the U.S. Armed Forces. In the years leading up to 2025 the Navy suffered heavy downsizing due to the economic situation including the decommissioning of the USS John C. Stennis and the USS Theodore Roosevelt, and refocused in policing the rampart piracy and drug smuggling that have plagued the west coast of North America.[7][8] Along with the USS John Paul Jones and USS Milius, five destroyers took part in the American counteroffensive in San Diego, where they broke through a Korean naval blockade and secured San Diego Bay. Another one of the ships may have been a nuclear submarine since there was one in the San Francisco Bay during the final chapter, Golden Gate.


U.S. Air Force[]

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US army Apache attacks KPA position.

The U.S. Air Force provides air support for infantry forces using F-22 Raptors, F-35 Lightnings, and UCAVs. Some of their equipment have been seized by the Korean People's Air Force.

Air Cavalry[]

The U.S. Army's Air Cavalry provides close air support with various helicopters. They usually field AH-64 Apache attack helicopters and the AH-700 Scout helicopter.

U.S. National Guard[]

The National Guard was the collective military of the fifty states. he National Guard had been used in reinforcing southern state borders to curb the influx of thousands of refugees from the northern states.[9] The National Guard were deployed to distribute aid and restore order after martial law was enacted, such as repairing the aging transcontinental highway system.[2][10] However, the National Guard was criticized for its perceived ineffectiveness especially in dealing with warring gangs that began to taken over urban centers and fighting the Guard.[3]

Many of their forces have scattered across America, but still conduct attacks against the KPA. They often move from state to state. In Homefront: The Voice of Freedom, Ben Walker joined up with a unit of the National Guard from San Diego. They traveled throughout the country aiding resistance groups. By 2027, several National Guard formations, including the 185th Armor Regiment and the 40th Infantry Division, were still in the fight.

Arms and Equipment[]

Due to the worldwide economic collapse, America's military simply did not have enough funding to re-modernize all their forces. Therefore, much of the U.S. Armed Force's equipment are the same ones they have been using since before the economic downturn, which started in 2007, 20 years before the events of Homefront. Their uniforms bear a modified Universal Camouflage Pattern with a greenish tone to it, contrasting the KPA's reddish-brown uniform. U.S. Armed Forces snipers have ghillie suits that are colored a light yellow, also contrasting the KPA's orange ghillie suits.

Weapons[]

Vehicles[]

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • Strangely, the troops seem to be wearing a different camo from UCP from the United States Army and MARPAT from the United States Marine Corps.

References[]

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