United States Armed Forces

The **United States Armed Forces** are the are the combined fighting force of the United States of America. They consist of the United States Army, United States Navy, United States Marine Corps, United States Air Force, United States Space Corps and the United States Coast Guard. By the 2070s, the United States Armed Forces was the most powerful military in the world.

## Army

The Army is the land service branch of the armed forces and directly responsible for the internal and external land defense of the nation, as well as fighting wars abroad. It is the second largest branch of the armed forces of the United States behind the US Navy. The United States army is the most powerful military force on the planet. However the government is unwilling to wield them to their advantage as the cost would be too high. Because of this, the US Army is rarely used for anything beyond its immediate sphere of influence within its borders, and or defense proposes.

Of special interest to military buffs and historians is the fairly recent addition of the Army Air Corps, the air wing of the Army. Like the Navy and Marine Corps, the Army now possesses its own air support and air force, no longer relying on the USAF for such things. The advantage of this is that the Army can build aircraft for multi-role purposes and specialize in ground attack, the real mission of air support, without having to rely on the Air Force for this. Many have compared the new Army Air Corps to the old Luftwaffe in function and design.

## Navy

The US Navy is the most modern and powerful branch of the armed forces. It is one of the few navies in the world to operate aircraft carriers and boasts a significant number of capital ships. The Navy maintains an established presence in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and is the the largest and arguably the most powerful navy in the world. It's also maintained the second largest air force in the world behind America own USAF.

## Air Force

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces. The history of the Air Force is closely intertwined with the general history of the Armed Forces. Together with the Army and the Navy, the Air Force was responsible for maintaining the nuclear arsenal of the United States through the Strategic Air Command, as well as aerial warfare in the numerous conflicts the United States was involved in. The USAF maintained a large force of killer satellites, concealed drones, work habitats and massive battle stations in Low Earth Orbit and was considered the most powerful aerial fighting force in the world.

## Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps (USMC) was one of the six branches of the United States Armed Forces. Closely cooperating with the United States Navy for mobility, the Marine Corps are the United States' main overseas expeditionary military branch, and are well-noted for their tenacity and first-strike capabilities in combat.

## **Space Corps**

The United States Space Corps sole purpose is to represent US power in the endless frontier of space. Working closely with the United States Air Force, its primary goals in modern times are orbital reconnaissance, bombardment, and the insertion and support of Orbital Divers. With intercontinental ballistic launch capabilities, a fleet of 160 spacecraft, and four divisions of US Marines from the USMC permanently assigned as Orbital Divers, the USSC is second only to the US Army in terms of budget and manpower.