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Union Armed Forces

The Union Armed Forces are the most advanced fighting force in the world and one of the best trained. Composed of four branches, It has a rich history going back to the American Revolution. Here are the branches that make up the Union Armed Forces

Union Army: 1.150 Active personnel, 319,544 Reserve and National Guard personnel

Equipment:

M1A3/140mm Thumper MBT: 600 In service

M1A3 MBT: 4,000 in service with both Army and Marines (8,000 in total. Replacing M1A2 MBT)

M1A2 MBT: 4,000 In service with the Army and Marine Corps. Number to be lowered by sale to friendly nations (2,000 recycled at Detroit Tank Factory)

M1A1 MBT: 6,100 in storage

M777 howitzer: 400 in service with the Army and Marine Corps

M155 howitzer: 2,500 in warehouses around the nation

M6 Light Tank: 200 in service (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M8_Armored_Gun_System)

B4S4-SK Basilisk Howitzer: 500 in service with the Army (bought from The elysium republic)

M270 MLRS: 3,700 made, 1,700 in service with the Army

Boeing AH-64 Apache: 1,500 in service with Army

High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV): 281,000 (140,000 in warehouses around the nation)

M1128 Mobile Gun System: 3,000 in service with the Army ( 1,500 in warehouses around the nation)

M2 Bradley: 6,000 in service with the Army ( 1,500 in warehouses)

M3 Bradley: 2,000 in service with the Army

M104 Wolverine: 500 in service with the Army

M60 Patton: 5,000 in reserve with only 2,500 being used by the Army and Marines (all current M60 Patton MBT, all variants, are now either in museums, parks, or used as targets)

M113 Armored Personnel Carrier: 6,000 in service (to be replaced upon delivery of the M212 Grizzly Armored Personnel Carrier)

M212 Grizzly Armored Personnel Carrier: 800 in serivice (based of the Namer APC in use with the IDF: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namer)

Union Navy: 385,561 active duty personnel, 305,117 reserve personnel

List of ships currently in the Union Navy:

Montana Class Battleship: 6 in service

Illinois Class Strike Command Battleship: 2 in service

Iowa Class Battleship: 5 in service

South Dakota Class guided Missile Battleship: 2 in service

Liberty Class Railgun Arsenal Warship: 10 in service

Alaska Class Guided Missile Battlecruiser: 6 in service

Farragut Class Guided Missile Destroyer: 43 in service (out or 50 planned) Based on the Zumwalt Class DDG

Mount Whitney Class Command Ship: 2 in service, attached to 2nd Fleet

Ohio Class SSN: 26

Seawolf Class SSNB: 38 in service [role switch with the RL Ohio Class SSBN/SSGN]

Preston Class Carrier: 13 [based off the Gerald Ford Class CVN]

Gettysburg Class Assault Ship: 12 in service [based off the San Antonio Class]

Olin Class Fleet Resupply Ship: 11 [based off Supply-class fast combat support ships, number increased to supply major fleet asset]

Fremont Class Mobile Dry-Dock: 2

Owens Class Fleet Tugs: 7 [based off the Powhatan class]

Jonathon Johnston Class Fleet Oiler: 40 in service

USS Constitution (three-masted heavy frigate) in service since 1798

3 Mercy Class Hospital ships: Lead ship Mercy attached to Atlantic Fleet

Ticonderoga-class Guided Missile Cruisers: 12

Jameson Class Frigate: 20

Freedom Class Littoral Combat Ship: 22 in service

Seattle Class Intelligence Cruiser: 8 in service

Panama Class Offshore Patrol Vessel: 24 in service

Buffalo Class Light Missile Cruiser: 20

Des Moines Class Missile Cruiser: 20 in service

Puerto Rico Class Missile Cruiser:1 in service

Georgia Class Missile Battleship: 1 in service

Disclaimer: Auxiliaries not listed

Union Navy Reserve Fleet Locations:

James River Naval Reserve Fleet

Beaumont Reserve Fleet

Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet

The list of ships in reserve as follows:

USS Ranger, CVN-61 (to be turned into museum)

USS Kitty Hawk CVN-59

USS Yorktown CVN-67 (to be turned into museum)

USS Newport News CA-148 (scrapped)

USS Salem CA-139 (to be turned into museum)

USS Thomas S. Gates CG-51 (sold to Tursiops)

USS Vincennes CG-49 (Sold to Tursiops)

Brooke-class frigates: 8 (sold)

This completes the list of the Union Naval reserve Fleets. Each ship here, save for newer one like the battleships are either to be scrapped or sold to allied nations

List of Naval and Air Stations of the Union Navy

State of California

Military Ocean Terminal Concord
NAWS China Lake
NB San Diego
NB Coronado
NAB Coronado
NAS North Island
Outlying Field Imperial Beach
NALF San Clemente Island
NB Point Loma
Naval Medical Center San Diego
NAF El Centro (website)
NAS Lemoore (website)
Naval Support Activity Monterey
NWS Seal Beach
NB Ventura County
NAS Point Mugu
NCBC Port Hueneme
NOLF San Nicolas Island

State of Connecticut

NSB New London

Washington, D.C

United States Naval Observatory
Naval Support Facility Anacostia
Washington Navy Yard

State of Florida

Corry Station NTTC
NAS Jacksonville
NAS Key West
NS Mayport
NSA Orlando
NSA Panama City
NAS Pensacola
NAS Whiting Field
Pine Castle Bombing Range

State of Georgia

NSB Kings Bay

State of Guam

NB Guam (closed)

State of Hawaii

Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Pacific
Pacific Missile Range Facility
NB Pearl Harbor
NSGA Kunia

State of Illinois

NS Great Lakes (training purposes)

State of Indiana

NSWC Crane Division/NSA Crane
Heslar Naval Armory

State of Louisiana

NASJRB New Orleans
Naval Support Activity New Orleans

State of Maine

Portsmouth NSY

State of Maryland

Indian Head NSWC
National Naval Medical Center
Navy Information Operations Command Maryland
Naval Support Facility Thurmont
NSWC Carderock Division
NAS Patuxent River
United States Naval Academy, Annapolis
NSS Annapolis

State of Mississippi

Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport
NAS Meridian

State of Nevada

NAS Fallon

State of New Jersey

NWS Earle (website)
Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst (part of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JB MDL)

State of New Mexico

Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, White Sands Detachment

State of New York

Naval Support Facility Saratoga Springs

State of North Dakota

Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Atlantic Detachment LaMoure

State of Pennsylvania

Naval Support Activity Mechanicsburg
Naval Support Activity Philadelphia
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard

State of Rhode Island

NS Newport

State of South Carolina

Naval Support Activity Charleston
USNH Beaufort

State of Tennessee

NSA Mid-South

State of Texas

NAS Corpus Christi
NASJRB Fort Worth
NAS Kingsville
METC Fort Sam Houston, TX

State of Virginia

The Pentagon
NAS Oceana
Navy and Marine Corps Intelligence Training Center Dam Neck, Virginia
NAB Little Creek (website)
Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Virginia (NMCP)
Norfolk Naval Shipyard
NSGA Chesapeake
NS Norfolk
NSWC Dahlgren Division
NWS Yorktown
Training Support Center Hampton Roads
Wallops Island ASCS

State of Washington

NS Everett
NB Kitsap
Bangor Annex
Bremerton Naval Shipyard
Puget Sound NSY
NAS Whidbey Island

State of West Virginia

Navy Information Operations Command Sugar Grove

State of Puerto Rico

Roosevelt Roads Naval Station

Union Air Force: 414,854 active personnel, 1,200,022 civilian personnel, 210,400 reserve personnel, and 205,700 air guard personnel

Equipment: Ground attack

A-20 Avenger
AC-130J Ghostrider
AC-130U Spooky II
AC-130W Stinger II

Strategic bombers

B-1B Lancer
B-2A Spirit
B-52H Stratofortress
B-70 Aurora

Cargo transport

C-5A, C-5B, C-5C and C-5M Galaxy
C-12C, C-12D, C-12F and C-12J Huron
C-17A Globemaster III
C-27J Spartan
C-130H, LC-130H, and WC-130H Hercules
C-130J and C-130J-30 Super Hercules
C-145A Skytruck
C-146A Wolfhound
CV-22B Osprey
C-141 Star-Lifter

Special electronic missions

EC-130H Compass Call
EC-130J Commando Solo
E-3B, E-3C and E-3G Sentry
E-4B "Nightwatch"
E-8C JSTARS
E-9A Widget
E-11A

Fighter

F-15C and F-15D Eagle
F-15E Strike Eagle
F-16C and F-16D Fighting Falcon
F-22A Raptor
F-14 Tomcat
F-35 Black Jack
MiG-29K Fulcrum fighter (5 for training purposes)
MiG-29M Fulcrum fighter (5 for training purposes)
Mi-24 Hind attack helicopter (5 for training purposes)

Search and rescue

HC-130N and HC-130P Combat King
HC-130J Combat King II
HH-60G and HH-60U Pave Hawk

Tanker

KC-10A Extender
KC-46A Pegasus
KC-135R and KC-135T Stratotanker

Multi-mission

MC-130H Combat Talon II
MC-130J Commando II
MC-130P Combat Shadow
MC-12W Liberty

Multi-mission Remote Piloted Aircraft

MQ-1B Predator
MQ-9B Reaper

Reconnaissance

RC-26B
RC-135S Cobra Ball
RC-135U Combat Sent
RC-135V and RC-135W Rivet Joint
U-2S "Dragon Lady"
SR-71 Black Bird

Trainer

T-1A Jayhawk
T-6A Texan II
T-38A, T-38B, T-38C and AT-38B Talon
Diamond T-52A

Utility

U-28A
UH-1N Iroquois
UV-18B Twin Otter

VIP staff transport

VC-25A (two used as Air Force One)
C-20A, C20B, C20C, C-20G and C20H
C-21A Learjet
C-32A and C-32B
C-37A and C-37B
C-38A Courier
C-40B and C-40C

Weather reconnaissance

WC-130J Hurricane Hunter
WC-135C and WC-135W Constant Phoenix

Unmanned Combat Aircraft

Boeing F-45 Phantom Ray Stealth UCAV

Ballistic Missile

LGM-30G Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

N2 MIRV Intercontinental Ballistic Missile ( 10,000 in stock and to be based around the nation. )

Undesignated foreign aircraft used by Special Operations Squadrons

CN-235-100 (427th Special Operations Squadron)

Air Force Military Command Regions:

Eastern Air Space Region ( covers the air space approaches to the Eastern Sea Board )

Southern-Mid-Western Air Space Region ( covers the Air Space approaches of the Mid Western States and the Southern States )

Rockie Mountain-Pacific Region Air Space ( covers the Air Space approaches to the Rockie Mountain States and the States and Out-lying Territories of the Pacific )

Major Air Force Command Bases

Cheyenne Mountain Complex ( NORAD)

Air Combat Command ( Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia )

Pacific Air Forces ( Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii )

Air Force Special Operations Command ( Hurlburt Field, Florida )

Air Education and Training Command ( Joint Base San Antonio/Randolph Air Force Base, Texas )

Air Mobility Command ( Scott Air Force Base, Illinois )

Air Force Global Strike Command ( Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana )

Air Force Materiel Command ( Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio )

Air Force Reserve Command ( Robins Air Force Base, Georgia )

Air Force Space Command ( Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado )

Alaskan Air Command ( Elmendorf AFB, Alaska )

Union Marine Corps: 250,000 active and 100,000 reserve.

Equipment: AAV-P7/A1: 6,000 in service

Cobra Attack Helicopter: 1,116

Wheeled vehicles

Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV): 200,000

M1151
Inventory: 19,598

M1123 troop/cargo/MRC radio truck

M1097A2 heavy cargo truck

M1043A2 armament carrier

M1045A2 TOW carrier

M1035A2 2-litter ambulance

M997A2 4-litter ambulance

ECV fleet (2006–present):

M1114 armament carrier

M1151 armament carrier

M1152(A1) heavy cargo truck

M1165 troop/cargo/MRC radio truck

M1167A1 TOW carrier

Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement

MK-23/MK-25/AMK-23/AMK-25 cargo/troop/towing

MK-27/MK-28/AMK-27/AMK-28 extended bed cargo/troop/towing

MK-29/MK-30/AMK-29/AMK-30 dump truck

MK-31/MK-32/AMK-31/AMK-32 tractor

MK-36/AMK-36 wrecker

MK-37 HIMARS resupply truck w/crane

MK48 Front Power Unit

MK14 flatbed trailer

MK15 wrecker

MK16 tractor

MK17 dropside w/crane (flatbed with troop seats)

MK18 self-loader (containers, ribbon bridges, river boats)

Light Armored Vehicle

LAV-25 armament-reconnaissance vehicle

Inventory: 401

LAV-AT anti-tank TOW carrier.[4]

Inventory: 95

LAV-M mortar carrier

Inventory: 50

LAV-R recovery

Inventory: 45

LAV-C2 command and control

Inventory: 50

LAV-L logistics cargo carrier

Inventory: 94

LAV-MEWSS electronic warfare

M1A1 main battle tank

Inventory: 403

M88A2 upgrade

Inventory: 69

Amphibious Assault Vehicle-7

Inventory: 1,311

AAVP-7A1 armored personnel carrier

AAVC-7A1 armored command and control

AAVR-7A1 armored recovery

Support/Engineer

Interim Fast Attack Vehicle IFAV

A/S32P-19A firefighting truck

Airfield refueler truck

M970 semi-trailer refueler

M93 Fox Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical reconnaissance vehicle

Z-Backscatter imaging reconnaissance van

M9 ACE Excavator, Combat

Kalmar Rough Terrain Container Handler

Terex MAC-50 50 Ton

LRT Crane, Rough Terrain, Hydraulic, Light

120-M Grader, Road, Motorized

621-B/G Scraper-Tractor, Wheeled (621B In process of being replaced by 621G)

1067602 Sweeper, Runway, Crosswind-J

MC1150E/MC1155E Tractor (Slated for replacement)

T-5Caterpillar D9 bulldozer

John Deere 850J Medium Crawler Tractor MCT

CAT420EIT Loader Backhoe

MMV Container Forklift, Extended Boom

TX51-19M and D Rough Terrain Forklift

John Deere TRAM 624KR Tractor, Rubber Tired, Articulated Steering, Multi-purpose vehicle

M60A1 AVLB Armored Vehicle Launched Bridge

Assault Breacher Vehicles

CAT 277B/C MTL Multi Terrain Loader w/attachments

Aircraft

F/A-28 Tiger Hornet

F/A-18 Hornet

F/A-18D

F/A-18A/C/CN fighter/attack

Inventory: 168

F/A-18B/D fighter/attack

Inventory: 72

AV-8 Harrier

AV-8B Harrier II fighter/attack

Inventory: 160

TAV-8 Harrier trainer

Inventory: 15

EA-6 Prowler

EA-6B Prowler

EA-6B Prowler electronic warfare

Inventory: 20

KC-130 Hercules/Super Hercules

KC-130J Hercules

KC-130J Super Hercules refueler/transport

Inventory: 46

KC-130T (Reserve) Hercules refueler/transport

Inventory: 24

AH-1 Cobra

AH-1W SuperCobra
Inventory: 147

AH-1W SuperCobra helicopter gunship

AH-1Z Viper helicopter gunship

UH-1 Iroquois

UH-1Y Venom

CH-46 Sea Knight

CH-46E Sea Knight

CH-46E Sea Knight ("Phrog") cargo/passenger helicopter - being replaced by MV-22

Inventory: 239

CH-53E Super Stallion

CH-53E Super Stallion
CH-53E Super Stallion upgraded cargo/passenger helicopter[6]
Inventory: 160

CH-53D Sea Stallion cargo/passenger helicopter - replaced by MV-22, some retained for training[7]

Inventory: 54 (Active) 18 (Reserve)

MV-22 Osprey

MV-22B Osprey

MV-22B Osprey cargo/passenger tiltrotor

Inventory : 348

Unmanned aerial vehicles

Boeing F-45 Phantom Ray Stealth UCAV
ScanEagle UAV

Wasp reconnaissance

AeroVironment Switchblade attack

RQ-7 Shadow reconnaissance

RQ-11 Raven reconnaissance

RQ-14 Dragon Eye reconnaissance

RQ-20 Puma reconnaissance

T-20 reconnaissance

ScanEagle reconnaissance

RQ-21A Blackjack reconnaissance

Marine One

Union Coast Guard: 10,722 civilian employees, 32,190 active duty personnel, 10,899 selected reservists and 25,156 auxiliaries

Equipment: Polar-class icebreaker: 2

Legend-class cutter: 8

USCGC Eagle (war prize captured from Nazi Germany before the Second Civil War)

Sentinel-class cutter: Planned 58. In service 8

USCG Bay-class icebreaking tug: 9

Fixed-Wing Aircraft:

Lockheed HC-130H Hercules
Lockheed HC-130J Super Hercules
CASA HC-144A Ocean Sentry
Rotary-Wing Aircraft:

Sikorsky HH / MH-60 J/T Jayhawk
Aérospatiale MH-65 C/D/E Dolphin
Fixed-Wing VIP Transport Aircraft assigned to CGAS Washington D.C:

VC-37A Long Range Command and Control Aircraft (2 airframes as of December 2011: CG-01, S/N 653 and CG-02, S/N 638)

The Coast Guard operates about 1,400 boats, defined as any vessel less than 65 feet (20 m) long, which generally operate near shore and on inland waterways.

The Coast Guard boat fleet includes:

Motor Life Boat (MLB): The Coast Guard's 47-foot (14 m) primary heavy-weather boat used for search and rescue as well as law enforcement and homeland security.
Response Boat – Medium (RB-M): A new multi-mission 45-foot (14 m) vessel intended to replace the 41-foot (12 m) utility boat. 170 planned
Special Purpose Craft – Near Shore Lifeboat: Only 2 built. Shallow draft, 42-foot (13 m) lifeboat substituted for the 47-foot (14 m) Motor Life Boat, based at Chatham, Massachusetts[71]
Long Range Interceptor (LRI): A 36-foot (11 m) high-speed launch that can be launched from the stern ramps of the larger Deepwater cutters.
Aids to Navigation Boats (TANB/BUSL/ANB/ANB): Various designs ranging from 26 to 55 feet (7.9 to 16.8 m) used to maintain aids to navigation.
Special Purpose Craft – Law Enforcement (SPC-LE): Intended to operate in support of specialized law enforcement missions, utilizing three 300 horsepower (220 kW) Mercury Marine engines. The SPC-LE is 33 feet (10 m) long and capable of speeds in excess of 50 knots (93 km/h; 58 mph) and operations more than 30 miles (48 km) from shore.
Response Boat – Small (RB-S): A 25-foot (7.6 m) high-speed boat, for a variety of missions, including search and rescue, port security and law enforcement duties.
Transportable Port Security Boat (TPSB): A 25-foot (7.6 m) well-armed boat used by Port Security Units for force protection.
SPC-SW Special Purpose Craft, Shallow-water: 24 feet (7.3 m)[clarification needed]
Over-the-Horizon (OTH) boat: A 23-foot (7.0 m) rigid hull inflatable boat used by medium and high endurance cutters and specialized units.
Short Range Prosecutor (SRP): A 23-foot (7.0 m) rigid hull inflatable boat that can be launched from a stern launching ramp on the National Security Cutters

Weapons:

SIG Sauer P229R DAK .40 S&W pistol
Remington M870P 12 gauge shotgun
M16A2 rifle
M4 carbine
M14 Tactical rifle
FN M240 machine gun
M2 heavy machine gun
Units within the Deployable Operations Group also employ specialized weapons including the Mk 18 carbine, Mk 11 precision rifle, and M203 grenade launcher. Marksmen from the Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron and Law Enforcement Detachments use a variant of the Barrett M107 .50-caliber rifle to disable the engines on fleeing boats.

Union Armed Forces Reserve (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines) 608,960

Size: 30,000

Equipment: TBA

Base Locations: TBA

Mission: Classified

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