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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' capabilities have been greatly reduced. 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 significantly 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 withdrew its presence from Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

By 2017, civil unrest grew in the United States to the point where the President was forced to declare martial law on October 29, 2017. The military was deployed to major urban centers to distribute aid and to help restore order.[2] However, their efforts were ineffective in which by 2019; multiple cities had fallen into outright anarchy and under the control of warring gangs in which they overwhelmed the National Guard, who were overstretched and ill-equipped to deal with gang warfare. This forced the President to deploy regular military personnel into the hardest-hit cities to restore order and thereby violating the Posse Comitatus Act.[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] Despite criticisms towards Operation Vital Archer, many Americans grew dependent on the military for basic needs and semblance of order. The military continued to serve under martial law even during the outbreak of the H5N1 avian influenza virus.[5]

On January 15, 2025, the Greater Korean Republic launched a surprise invasion of the United States. As a preliminary step, the Koreans detonated a thermonuclear weapon over Kansas which unleashed a massive electromagnetic pulse that crippled the nation's electrical infrastructure, including roughly 75% of all military defenses and 99% of major communications systems.[6] Owing to the swiftness of the unexpected attack, U.S. military forces were caught off guard and left disorganized. On January 25, the Korean People's Army invaded the mainland and American forces were overwhelmed and pushed back across the Mississippi River and even the Canadian border.[6]

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 occupation forces, raiding installations, HVI/T capture/assassinations, etc.[7] Captured soldiers were usually either admitted into labor camps or killed, while some who escaped imprisonment and death either attempted to blend in with the civilian population or joined the Resistance.

In 2027, the U.S. military regrouped and launched a successful counteroffensive on the American west coast in which they retook the cities of San Francisco and San Diego. They are currently retaking the rest of the occupied United States from the KPA while waiting for military support from the European Union.[8]

Service Branches[]

The United States Armed Forces consists 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 Ground Forces do 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 is represented by the U.S. Navy SEALs and 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne). SEAL Team One is mentioned in Golden Gate where they successfully secured Alcatraz Island during the Battle of San Francisco while the 160th SOAR's AH-700 helicopters participated in the critical assault on the Golden Gate 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. Large capital ships have become to be regarded as redundant, expensive and inflexible, in which the Navy decommissioned aircraft carriers such as the USS John C. Stennis and USS Theodore Roosevelt in 2015.[9] By 2016, the Navy consolidated the U.S Pacific Fleet to Pearl Harbor and refocused its mission on policing rampant piracy and drug smuggling in the west coast of North America.[10]

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.

U.S. Air Force[]

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[]

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U.S. Army AH-64 Apache attacks a KPA position.

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. The National Guard had been used in reinforcing southern state borders to curb the influx of thousands of refugees from the northern states during the Winter of 2016-2017.[11] The National Guard was deployed to distribute aid and restore order after martial law was enacted, such as repairing the aging transcontinental highway system.[2][12] However, the National Guard was criticized for its perceived ineffectiveness, especially in dealing with warring gangs that began to taken over urban centers and fight the Guard.[3]

Many of their forces have since 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 California 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 collapse of the financial system, America's military simply did not have enough funding to re-modernize all their forces. Therefore, much of the U.S. Armed Forces equipment has essentially remained the same 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. 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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