ORGANIZATION

ORGANIZATION

All right, sweethearts, you're a team and there's nothin' to worry about. We come here, and we gonna conquer, and we gonna kick some, is that understood? That's what we gonna do, sweethearts, we are going to go and get some. All right, people, on the ready line!”

—MASTER SGT. AL APONE, 2ND BATTALION BRAVO TEAM

Ok, Marine—time to learn your ABCs, USMCs, UAACs, and all the other sets of initials that come with that uniform. You've got to know who’s who, who’s in charge, and who is just some milktoast CO who’s throwing weight around he doesn't have. Oh, and that’s right—you better pay attention, because there’s gonna be a test later—it’s called throwing you into the thick of it on the ready line.

UNITED STATES COLONIAL MARINE CORPS

EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE, FORCE PROJECTION, RECOINNASSANCE, INTERPLANETARY STRIKE

The elite fighting force of the United Americas, the United States Colonial Marine Corps is the primary UA force on the Outer Rim and Frontier. The colonial marines maintain an advanced state of readiness at all times in order to provide rapid deployment to any and all commitments within their theaters of operation and beyond.

While the USCMC works in sync with the United States Aerospace Force (USASF) and sometimes in tandem with the Latin American Colonial Navy (LACN) and the Outer Rim Defense Fleet (ORDF), they are the only US military branch capable of deploying an independent dedicated task force without support from another branch. Unfortunately, the USCMC suffered severe losses at the onset of the Border Bombings—several Battalions and their accompanying starships.

OPERATIONAL THEATERS

The United States Colonial Marine Corps is divided into three main Marine Space Forces (MSF) composed of calculated combat, support, and service elements that, when combined, are capable of executing both decisive orbital assault missions and sustained surface operations. Each MSF provides security for a designated operating theater, but in truth these areas often overlap—marines don’t care whose backyard the fight is in, they’re ready to hop fences as needed. In 2180 the divisions were restructured to account for the rapid expansion of the Frontier, deviating from their traditional operational territories. > MARINE SPACE FORCE, SOL: Core Systems. Equipped with a second division that specifically protects the Sol system itself, MSF SOL has a major base at Rigel Kentaurus and is responsible for operations throughout the core systems, including maintaining the blockade of the ICSC border. T MARINE SPACE FORCE, ERIDANI: Outer Veil, Rimward Frontier. This division operates along the Anglo-Japanese arm, the Tartarus Sector, and as deep into the Far Reach of the American Arm as Alpha Caeli. MSF ERIDANI also operates the only USCMC base within UPP space at 52 Tau Ceti. > MARINE SPACE FORCE, HERCULIS: Outer Rim, Coreward Frontier. Under siege from both the UPP and the perpetrators of the enigmatic Border Bombings, MSF Herculis protects the American Corridor, Advance, and the hotly contented Borderline Region—as well as the Coreward American Arm. Recently, reserves have been activated and sent to Herculis to augment their forces.