Californian Empire Ground Forces

Californian Empire Ground Forces
Active	1999 — present
Country	Californian Empire
Allegiance	Californian Empire Armed Forces
Branch	Army
Size	43.2 million (active), 1.626 million (reserve)
Nickname(s)	Soldiers, Grunts, GIs, Ground Pounder, Bullet catcher (pejorative)
Motto(s)	"Fortitudo et Honoris" (Strength and Honour)
	Black, Gold and White

The Californian Empire Ground Forces or CEGF, is also commonly referred to as the "Californian Empire Army". Officially however, while the CEGF is the army of the Californian Empire, the official name and acronym is more favored instead of "CEA" which helps avoid confusion with the Californian Empire Air Force and their respective acronym, CEAF.

Overview

The Californian Empire Ground Forces is the largest and by most standards the oldest established branch of the armed forces of the Californian Empire. Like all armies, it has the primary responsibility for land-based military operations. The modern army, had its roots in the Californian Ground Self-Defense Forces (CGSDF) which was formed on August 5, 2001, before the establishment of the Californian Sovereign Democratic-Socialist Federation, to meet the demands of the protection of the then Californian Republic. Parliament created the Californian Empire Ground Forces on September 18, 2021 after the Second American Civil War to replace the disbanded Californian Self-Defense Forces. The CEGF considers itself to be descended from the Californian Self-Defense Forces, and thus dates its inception from the origins of that force.

Control and operation of the Army is administered by the Department of the Army, one of the three service departments of the Department of Defense. The civilian head is the Secretary of the Army and the highest ranking military officer in the department is the Chief of Staff, unless the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff or Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are Army officers. As of November 21, 2293 the Regular Army reported a strength of 44,826,000 soldiers. By the end of 2293, the Californian Army National Guard (CARNG) reported 1,026,000 and the Californian Empire Ground Forces Reserve (CAGFR) reported 600,000, putting the approximate combined component strength total at 44,826,000.

Structure

• 216 active infantry divisions of 200,000 troops (43.2 million), and 20 reserve divisions of 81,300 (1.626 million) .019 (1.86%) of 2.41 billion population.

• Total: 44,826,000 Personnel.

History of the Californian Empire Ground Forces

Early Beginnings (1997-2001)

Preceding the State of California's independence from the United States of America on November 19, 1999 the Californian Empire Army although a de facto military force was effectively created May 1, 1997 and was not recognized as an official branch of California's Armed Forces until the War for Independence against the United States in 2001.

By the year 2001 the then Californian Republic (now Californian Empire), passed the National Security Act of 2001 creating the Department of Defense headquartered in San Jose, California. The Department of Defense, which was composed of six branches the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marines, Navy and a newly created Space Defense Force. Prior to California's independence in 1999, all of the states military functions were that of the State Militias and State Defense Forces which were maintained at the national level by the Federal Government.

In early 1997 when California's drive for independence from the United States was still in its infant stages the State of California under the leadership of then de facto president Sandra M. Devnostraeva began the initiative that eventually created the precursor to the Californian Empire Army, known as the Californian Republican Army (CRA). The CRA existence from May 1997 to September 2001 marked a new era for California's internal and foreign policies and allowed the fledgling nation the ability to defend itself from foreign threats. The main intention for the creation of the CRA was to defend the Californian Republic from a possible invasion from American forces in an attempt to force California back into the United States of America, many proponents of the CRA after the state's independence were largely members of the United States Armed Forces that did not wish to be sent to Europe to defend the allies of the United States in NATO who were fighting against the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia & Bulgaria (often termed as Balkania), and the nations of the Warsaw Pact in the conflict that came to be known as World War III.

During the United States involvement in World War III, the United States President Arnold Albert Gore Jr. allowed the peaceful secession of California from the United States of America under the Los Angeles-St. Louis Accord, under the accord all states that wanted to leave the United States to join in confederation with California peacefully were allowed to do so without any interference from the United States Armed Forces. During this time the CRA played a role in keeping the peace and maintaining civil order in the states of Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Alaska and Hawaii when those states decided to join California under the provisions of the Los Angeles-St. Louis Accord.

Up until 2001 when the Californian Republic grew to include Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Colorado, Wyoming, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Kansas, and Arkansas the CRA also grew in size absorbing former U.S. military installations within its borders along with most of the military personnel that had stayed and swore an oath of allegiance to their new nation. The Californian Republic retained the same borders from 2002 until 2009, during which time American foreign policy concerning California was that of a mutual pertnership and for the preservation of peace between the two nations.

However during the 2008 U.S. Presidential Elections that Republican Senator David Germaine Maddox won the presidency, unlike the president before him President Maddox maintained a attitude of apprehension and hostility towards the Californian Republic and made the promise that under his presidency that he would reacquire the former American states that had seceded to form the Californian Empire.

It was during this time that American forces were in Europe that domestic policies in the United States had begun to take a toll on the American people and during this time a growing number of the politicians in both houses of Congress sought to rectify the problem through an impeachment of the United States President David Germaine Maddox. However before an impeachment could be made an amendment to the Twenty-Second Amendment of the United States Constitution was made allowing the President of the United States a limitless number of presidential terms.

Finally armed conflict between the United States and the Californian Empire came in October of 2011 when President Maddox after spending three years blatantly building up American military forces for an assault against California to force those states back into the American Union at all costs.

Special Operations Forces

Prior to the war against the United States the Californian Special Operations Command (SOCOM) had began looking into development of Special Operations Forces for specialized conflicts in the near future, looking mainly into Assymetric Warfare, Unconventional Warfare, Low-Intensity Operations and Urban Combat.

Similar to the U.S. Navy's Sea, Air, Land (SEAL) forces, the Californian Military's Special Operations Forces are divided into Specialized Combat Forces which are trained in particular arenas of combat expertise ranging from Foreign Internal Defense, Urban Combat, Counter-Terrorism, Direct Action, Special Reconnaissance Operations, Unconventional Warfare, as well as Low-Intensity Operations.

Specialized Urban Military Ops Team

During this time the Californian Armed Forces created several specialized military groups, one of the more famous for its role in bringing the Californian-American War to a close being the Specialized Urban Military Ops (SUMO). Created for the sole purpose of fighting military operations on urban terrain or MOUT, the Specialized Urban Military Ops excelled in combat operations dealing with combatants entrenched in heavily populated urban areas.

During the Californian-American War when the tide of battle had turned and California's Armed Forces were repelling American forces and begining to advance east, Special Ops called on the SUMO team when American forces retreated into heavily populated cities and entrenched themselves. Entering the critical stage of combat the Specialized Urban Military Ops team was called in during the Californian Offensive of 2013 when Californian armed forces had the United States military on the retreat, after entrenching themselves in Kansas City, Jefferson, St. Louis, Omaha, Sioux Falls, Cedar Rapids, and Minneapolis-St. Paul the Californian Empire Army sent in the SUMO teams to combat the American forces within these cities.

Special Activities Division (SAD)

During years of the Californian-American War the Special Operations Commmand (SOCOM) created the Special Activites Division to keep the upper hand during the conflict and prevent an American victory by any means necessary. Trained in Counter-Terrorism, Sabotage, Guerilla Warfare, and Assassination among other methods, the Special Activities Group came into use during the final stages of the Californian-American War primarily against the upper echelon of the United States Military to weaken their chain of command and in doing so effectively maintain an advantage against the United States Armed Forces.

Units of the Californian Empire Ground Forces

Air Defense

• MIM-115 Patriot II ADM
• MIM-121 Nike II ADM
• MIM-132 Hellhound ADM
• AIM-91 Stiletto SAM
• 75-mm Paladin II
• 30-mm Vulcan ADS

Artillery

• 135-mm M121
• 170-mm M125
• 205-mm M129
• 240-mm M133
• 275-mm M137

Mobile Missile Launch Systems

• M305 Dagger MMLS
• M315 Dagger II MMLS

Tanks

• M1A2 Abrams MBT
• M1A3 Kodiak MBT
• M1A4 Juggernaut MBT
• M1A5 Vendetta MBT

Armored/Infantry Fighting Vehicles

• Wolverine AFV