Infantry (United Earth Federation)

The **Infantry Department**, or commonly known as **Infantry**, is the infantry arm of the United Earth Army. The Infantry Department currently is comprised of thirty-nine infantry regiments.

## Training and Recruitment

### Training

After completing basic training, recruits will be sent to either a Mountain, Motorised, Mechanised or an Airborne Training Centre to complete their advance training course. Each centre is tasked with training recruits for specific requirements.

* Airborne Training Centre: These centres are tasked with training recruits for the airborne units. At an Airborne Training Centre, there are two sections; the Air Assualt Section and Paratrooper Selection Section.
* Mechanised Training Centre: These centres are tasked with training recruits for mechanised or armoured units.
* Motorised Training Centre: These centres are tasked with training recruits for motorised units.
* Mountain Training Centre: These centres are tasked with training recruits for mountain warfare units.

Officers are trained in the Platoon Officer Courses at military academies. It is here where leadership and infantry tactics are taught to new platoon commanders. NCOs and Warrant Officers are also sent on courses at NCO or Warrant Officer Schools

### Recruitment

Infantry regiments can have different recruitment standards. Certain regiments recruit individuals who had completed their advance training course (e.g Iron Infantry Demi-Brigade) or ethnicities (e.g Gurkha Brigade).

## Types of Infantry

UEA Infantry Battalions are categorised into separate formation types:

* **Armoured Infantry**: Equipped with BJX Mastodon Infantry Fighting Vehicles, armoured infantry battalions main responsibilities is to support tank units.
* **Mechanised Infantry**: Equipped with the HJX Armadillo ICV , mechanised infantry battalions, along with light infantry battalions, are the bulk of the UEA.
* **Light Infantry**: Like mechanised infantry battalions, light infantry battalions are the bulk of the UEA. Light infantry formations come in four types:
	+ **Airborne Infantry**: Parachute qualified and capable of night, low-level insertion when deployed on UEAF or Aviation Corps aircraft. The 11th Parachute Division, fifteen LCG's, and four separate brigades are the only units with airborne infantry battalions.
	+ **Air Assault Infantry**: Battalions that are specifically trained to work with Aviation Corps elements to conduct air assault operations, however, all light infantry formations can perform an air assault mission when transported by aviation assets.
	+ **Motorised Infantry**: Light infantry battalions that were equipped with TJX Troika and VJX Tachanka, motorised infantry are used as a rapid reaction ground force.
	+ **Mountain Infantry**: Light infantry battalions that are tasked with conducting mountain warfare operations. Mountain infantry battalions make up of the bulk of all of the UEA's mountain divisions.

## List of infantry regiments

### Militia regiments

Militia regiments are regiments that primarily recruits those who were assigned in the Territorial Army.

* Armoured Rifles
* Gurkha Rifle (militia)
* Light Foot Company
* Machine Gun Corps
* Volunteer Rifle Corps