Earth Federation Forces

The Earth Federation Forces (abbreviated as E.F.F.) are the military branch of the Earth Federation government in the Universal Century timeline.

## Overview

By the 0010s, the Federation recognized the growing need for an armed service branch that can deal with the major land wars that had been plaguing earth's surface for the past 70 years (Especially the African Conflicts); a problem which initially warranted the creation of the Earth Federation government to begin with, as well as to counter any threats from separatist from inside the colonies who wished to cause havoc. The Earth Federation Forces (EFF) was formally established in U.C. 0020, and organized into four groups: the Ground Force, which handled all military matters on the Earth's surface; the Air Force, tasked with providing air cover for ground forces and air superiority during land operations; the Naval Force, in charge of providing sea-based cover for all other EFF branches, and to counter any and all threats on the Earth's seas; and the Space Force, operating in and providing power projection from Earth orbit and space.

The military central command for the Earth Federation Forces is Jaburo, a large, heavily fortified underground base located around the Amazon river. Throughout the Solar Century, the Space Force operated from their headquarters at Luna II.

## Branches

### Earth Federation Ground Force (E.F.G.F.)

Also known as the Earth Federation Army (E.F. Army). The command of the Earth Federation Ground Force is highly centralized. All important decisions, such as staff management and supplies distribution, were all managed by the general headquarters at Jaburo.

### Earth Federation Navy

The EFF's naval forces were extremely weak and mostly consisted of obsolete ships. Including the Queen-Elizabeth and Gerald R. Ford Class of aircraft carriers, as well as the Arleigh Burke and Zumwalt class destroyers.

### Earth Federation Air Force

In the U.C. 0050s, as the Federation began expanding its military might to space, the purview of the air force also expanded to space. As such, the Federation began developing space fighters (such as the FF-S3 Saberfish), high-altitude fighters (such as the FF-6 TIN Cod), and eventually, general-purpose fighters that can function both in space and on Earth (such as the FF-4 Toriares).

### Earth Federation Space Force (E.F.S.F.)

The EFSF was created to counter the perceived military threat from the then-Republic of Munzo, which had broken away from the Federation and declared independence. This branch is listed under the other three branches and was commanded by generals appointed by them; for example, General Revil was a Lieutenant General of the EFGF.

When it was originally created, the Federation's Space Force followed the "Big Gun" ship philosophy, embodying powerful guns to destroy its enemies.

## Major Military Bases

### Earth

* **Jaburo**

The headquarters of the Earth Federation Forces prior to and during the One Year War. During the Gryps War, it was destroyed by the Titans using a nuclear bomb.

* **California Base**

A series of Federation strongholds along the North American western seaboard

* **Belfast**

The location of a Federation naval base which serves as the headquarters for the Federation's North Atlantic Fleet.

* **New Guinea**

* **Kilimanjaro Base**

* **Torrington Base**

A base located in eastern Australia, the base was seemingly unremarkable and of low strategic value, but actually possesses a secret nuclear storage facility.

### Space

* **Luna II**

A military base converted from a mining asteroid, Luna II was located in L3, near Side 7.