Armed Forces of the United Republic

The Armed Forces of the United Republic of Sol-Centauri (AFUR) exist for its entire history but during the Coalition Wars grow more centralized as a means of unifying command and control. Initially it is a hodge-podge of allied militaries on Earth and the forces of Mars and Cytherea.

By the end of the Coalition Wars the AFUR consist of the United Republic Department of Defense: the United Republic Surface Force, United Republic Aerospace Force, United Republic Fleet Force; and the Martian Imperial Armed Forces: Imperial Martian Fleet, Imperial Knights, Imperial Office of Intelligence, and Imperial Guards Agency. No major changes are made to the Imperial forces as a result of the integration transition.

The majority of operations are conducted jointly under the auspices of the Joint Chiefs by the Republic Guards, Expeditionary Corps, and Imperial Expeditionary Infantry with support by the Fleet Force and Imperial Martian Fleet. This is largely the same arrangement as before the unification of the forces, but they are now fully consolidated and assimilated.

To assimilate and unify troops from such disparate backgrounds, the services adopt their own new uniforms and blend traditions. At the same time, leadership recognizes the importance of heritage so traditional insignia and special dress uniforms are still authorized. Their goal is to make the integration transition seem as much a natural evolutionary process as possible.

## United Republic Department of Defense

### United Republic Surface Force

The URSF is the groundside operations department of DOD. Its largest standing component is, somewhat ironically, not the Army but the Republic Guards.

#### Department of the Republic Guards

*See: United Republic Guards*

The United Republic Department of the Republic Guards, commonly known as simply the United Republic Guards or the Republic Guards, is formed by integrating the Martian Republic Guards Corps, state guards and militias from across the Republic, with a large number of absorbed security and protection, border guard, intelligence, and military organizations. E.g. United Nations Security Service, capitol police agencies, border patrols, coast guards, and many special operations forces. It is a large organization with a wide range of tasks from presidential protection to strategic intelligence and expeditionary operations.

### United Republic Department of the Army

*See: United Republic Army*

The Army is fully integrated during the Coalition Wars. The primary active duty force comprises Marines, and Rangers. The Regular Army’s Standing Divisions are first and foremost a powerful defensive force. The expeditioners receive the most intensive training, alongside such elites as the Imperial Reconnaissance Knights.

#### Regular Army

The Regular Army maintains a small number of Standing Divisions, which act as primarily defensive forces and train for large-scale conventional warfare.

#### Marine Corps

The Marines are expeditionary warfighters trained in both amphibious actions and air assaults.

#### Mountain Corps

The Mountaineers are experts in alpine warfare and operate similarly to Rangers, in larger units.

#### Ranger Corps

The Rangers are special operations forces trained especially to operate in small units in austere environments.

#### Army Special Warfare Command

Army Special Warfare includes the former Special Forces and similar elite units.

#### Army National Guard

The National Guard forms a large auxiliary force of trained citizen-soldiers, often doctors, first-responders, and other professionals. National Guards regularly deploy alongside Regular Army units during times of war. Most of their missions are to assist local first-responders during emergencies, particularly natural disasters.

#### Army Reserve Component

The Army Reserve comprises veteran soldiers who train regularly but infrequently. In times of crisis or war requiring more service power than the National Guard can immediately provide, they are recalled to active service.

### United Republic Department of the Navy

*See: United Republic Navy*

The United Republic Navy is largely descended from the United Commonwealth States Navy and Coast Guard. The Navy is responsible primarily for rescue operations and counter-piracy. However, it also undertakes expeditionary duties to bolster the Imperial Martian Surface Navy.

#### Navy Numbered Fleets

There have historically been about 16 Numbered Fleets of the URN, though this number varies. The Numbered Fleets are responsible for helping to deploy defensive networks on remote worlds, as well as conducting full-scale amphibious assaults, though these are very rare.

#### Navy Task Fleets

The Task Fleets vary in number and size on a deployment-by-deployment basis. Every world is different and the URN adapts each Task Fleet to reflect this.

#### Navy Support Command

Support Command oversees resupply and repair.

#### Coast Guard

The Coast Guard is primarily a search and rescue force that operates primarily in the Northern Sea. It also deploys as part of security forces.

#### Navy Special Warfare

Navy Special Warfare assimilated units like the Special Boat Service and Navy SEALs.

#### Navy Auxiliary and Reserve

The Navy Auxiliary and Reserve functions similarly to the States Guards and Army Reserve. It comprises both citizen-sailors who deploy rotationally, and veteran sailors.

### United Republic Aerospace Force

*See: United Republic Aerospace Force*

The Aerospace Force is tasked primarily with defense of the Homeworlds, but is also responsible for the aerial transportation of Surface Force elements on the Homeworlds. They primarily field air superiority fighters and batteries of various types of missiles. Air support for expeditionary operations is instead provided by the Fleet.

#### Aerospace Combat Operations Command

Combat Operations Command oversees the Combat Air and Ground Wings, both aerospace interceptors and defensive batteries.

#### Aerospace Transportation Command

Transportation Command is responsible for the transportation of troops and other government officials within the atmosphere of the Homeworlds and to orbital spaceports for embarking onto Fleet vessels.

#### Aerospace Auxiliary Command

##### Aerospace National Guard

The Aerospace National Guards are, like the Army National Guards, citizen-soldiers. These airmen and astronauts serve as an emergency reserve and deploy rotationally.

##### Aerospace Force Reserve

The Aerospace Force Reserve is, like the Army and Navy Reserve forces, composed of veterans, to be recalled to active service during crises that call for more servicepower than the Aerospace National Guard can provide.

### United Republic Fleet Force

*See: United Republic Fleet Force*

The smallest changes come to the Fleet Force which is, by more than a century, the oldest of the unified services, having come into existence with the Solar Federation. Initially called the Solar Fleet Force, during the Coalition Wars the Ardan Armada and Centauri Space Patrol are fully integrated.

Expeditionary operations are undertaken by the Surface Force, but Fleet Force additionally employs Fleet Force Special Warfare which includes Fleet Protection Units, Fleet Intelligence, and the Special Spatial Warfare Group. Fleet Protection Units are specially trained in boarding/counter-boarding operations. Special Spatial Warfare is an elite unit specially trained in microgravity operations.

#### Numbered Fleets

The Numbered Fleets vary in number over time, reaching as many as 60 at the height of the Coalition Wars. They serve as the primary battle and patrol components of the Force.

#### Fleet Auxiliary Vessel Command

Auxiliary Vessel Command oversees operations of auxiliary and support vessels running resupply and repair.

#### Fleet Small Vessel Command

Small Vessel Command’s primary purpose is the transport of troops in smaller vessels for efficiency and secrecy alike. Small Vessel Command supports Fleet Special Warfare

#### Fleet Special Warfare Command

Fleet Special Warfare includes: Fleet Protection Units aboard every vessel, vehicle, craft, and facility of the Fleet Force; Fleet Intelligence; and the Special Spatial Warfare Group.

#### Fleet Reserve Command

Fleet Reserve Command oversees both reservists signed on to train regularly and the partially retired vessels they are to crew during times of crisis.