ISAF - GROUND UNITS

ARMOR COMMAND, THE LAND SERVICE BRANCH OF NATO. ONE OF THE THREE UNIFORMED SERVICES. DESIGNATED AS THE ARMY OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL. THE MISSION OF ARMOR COMMAND IS TO FIGHT AND WIN WARS, BY PROVIDING PROMPT, SUSTAINED LAND DOMINANCE, ACROSS THE FULL RANGE OF MILITARY OPERATIONS AND THE SPECTRUM OF CONFLICT, IN SUPPORT OF COMBATANT COMMANDERS. THE BRANCH PARTICIPATES IN CONFLICTS WORLDWIDE AND IS THE MAJOR GROUND-BASED OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE FORCE OF THE UNITED NATIONS. COMPOSED OF DELTA FORCE AND THE UNITED NATIONS FOREIGN LEGION.

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SPARTANS

THIS SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCE OF ISAF, IS PLACED UNDER OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF THE PRIME MINISTER. THE UNIT'S MISSIONS PRIMARILY INVOLVES COUNTERTERRORISM, HOSTAGE RESCUE, DIRECT ACTION, AND SPECIAL RECONNAISSANCE, OFTEN AGAINST HIGH-VALUE TARGETS. THE RANGERS, ALONG-SIDE ITS SEA COMMAND & AIR COMMAND COUNTERPARTS, THE MARINES & AIRBORNE, ARE NATOS TIER ONE SPECIAL MISSION UNITS. TASKED WITH PERFORMING THE MOST COMPLEX, COVERT, AND DANGEROUS MISSIONS DIRECTED BY NATO, THE PRIME MINISTER, AND ITS COUNCILS.

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DELTA FORCE

RANGERS

- ARMORED COMMAND

SELECTED PRIMARILY FROM SEA COMMANDS MARINES, & AIR COMMANDS AIRBORNE UNITS. COMPRISED OF THE ELITE OF THE ELITE, THESE RANGERS HAVE RISEN THROUGH THE 5 TIER TWO RANKS & TRAININGS OF THE UNITED NATIONS FOREIGN LEGION. FROM HERE, MEMBERS CHOOSE FROM THE TWO, TIER ONE PIPELINES, THAT OF AIRBORNE OR MARINES. ONCE THEY HAVE MET THE REQUIRED CRITERIA OF SUCH CHOSEN PIPELINE. THEY BECOME COMBAT APPROVED WITHIN SUCH UNIT. NOW ABLE TO ATTEND THE SELECTION PROCESS FOR THE RANGERS. IF ONE PASSES THIS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT SCREENING, THE SOLDIER WILL THEN RETURN TO THE MARINE OR AIRBORNE PIPELINE THEY PRIORLY DID NOT SELECT OR ATTEND. THE REASON FOR THIS IS SO THAT EACH INDIVIDUAL RANGER MAY EXPERIENCE EVERY ASPECT OF THESE TRAINING & SELECTION COURSES WHICH NATO AND THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL HAS TO OFFER.

AIRBORNE

- AIR COMMAND

AIRBORNE, ONE OF THE THREE SPECIAL TACTICS UNITS OF NATO, AND THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL. THIS TIER ONE UNIT OF AIR COMMAND PROVIDES THE REST OF DELTA FORCE WITH THE INTRICATELY NECESSARY COMBAT SKILLS REQUIRED ON THE MODERN BATTLEFIELD. INCLUDING PARA-RESCUE JUMPERS, COMBAT CONTROLLERS, JOINT TERMINAL ATTACK CONTROLLER, SURGICAL TEAMS, CORPSMAN, SPECIAL RECONNAISSANCE, AND TACTICAL AIR CONTROL PARTY PERSONNEL. AIRBORNE MEMBERS ARE ALSO TRAINED TO CONDUCT CLASSIFIED AND CLANDESTINE OPERATIONS SUCH AS DIRECT ACTION, COUNTER-TERRORISM, COUNTER-INSURGENCY, HOSTAGE RESCUE, AND SPECIAL RECONNAISSANCE. AIRBORNE MEMBERS CONDUCT SOME MISSIONS ON THEIR OWN, BUT ARE MOSTLY KNOWN AS ENABLERS TO, AND FOR THE UNITS OF DELTA FORCE.

MARINES

- SEA COMMAND

THE MARINES, A SPECIAL WARFARE DEVELOPMENT UNIT. AS THE UNITED NATIONS SEA COMMAND COMPONENT OF DELTA FORCE. THE UNIT IS OFTEN REFERRED TO WITHIN DELTA AS TASK FORCE BLUE. MOST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE MARINES IS DESIGNATED AS CLASSIFIED, AND DETAILS OF ITS ACTIVITIES ARE NOT USUALLY COMMENTED ON BY EITHER THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL OR THE PRIME MINISTER. THE MARINES AND ITS ARMOR COMMAND & AIR COMMAND COUNTERPARTS, THE RANGERS AND AIRBORNE, ARE NATOS PRIMARY TIER ONE SPECIAL MISSION UNITS. TASKED WITH PERFORMING COMPLEX, CLASSIFIED, AND DANGEROUS MISSIONS. THE MARINES CONDUCT VARIOUS SPECIALIZED MISSIONS SUCH AS COUNTERTERRORISM, HOSTAGE RESCUE, SPECIAL RECONNAISSANCE, AND DIRECT ACTION (SHORT-DURATION STRIKES OR SMALL-SCALE OFFENSIVE ACTIONS), OFTEN AGAINST HIGH-VALUE TARGETS.

FOREIGN LEGION

ARMORED BRIGADE

HEAVY ARMORED BRIGADE IS FILLED WITH MECHANIZED ARMORED VEHICLES SUCH AS MAIN BATTLE TANKS, ANTI ARMOR AND ARMORED INFANTRY FIGHTING UNITS. THE SEVENTH CORPS. REPRESENT THE BLUNT FORCE OF ISAF ARMORED MOBILE FIREPOWER.

MOBILE CAVALRY

THE LEGIONNAIRE CAVALRY CORPS, A DIVISION OF ISAF COMPOSED OF LAND MOBILE, ARMORED FIREPOWER. SIMILAR TO THE U.S. ARMYS ARMORED SEVENTH CORPS. WHICH IS EQUIPPED WITH ARMORED VEHICLES SUCH AS MAIN BATTLE TANKS, ARMORED MOBILE ARTILLERY, INFANTRY FIGHTING VEHICLES, AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT VEHICLES AND ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS. RANGING IN SIZE AND CAPACITY, DEPENDENT ON THE MISSION.

ARTILLERY DIVISIONS

THE LEGIONNAIRE ARTILLERY CORPS, COMPRISED OF MOBILE FIELD ARTILLERY UNITS. PROVIDE INDIRECT, LONG-RANGE CANNON & ROCKET FIRE SUPPORT FOR THE MAIN AIR-GROUND FIGHTING FORCE. TASKED WITH PROVIDING CONCENTRATED FIREPOWER SUPPORT TO HIGHER COMBINED ARMS FORMATIONS SUCH AS CORPS, COMBATANT COMMANDS OR THEATERS.

EXPEDITIONARY UNITS

THE LEGIONNAIRE EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, SERVES AS A RAPID, FORWARD-DEPLOYED, FLEXIBLE SEA-BASED FIGHTING FORCE. DESIGNED UPON THE APPROACH OF COMBINED ARMS. CONSISTING OF SEA, AIR & LAND BASED COMBAT ASSETS AND INFILTRATION PLATFORMS. EQUIVALENT TO THE United States MARINE CORPS. CAPABLE OF CONDUCTING AIR & AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS TO RESPOND TO CRISIS, CONDUCT LIMITED CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS, INTRODUCE FOLLOW-ON FORCES, AND SUPPORT DESIGNATED SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES. THE SPECIAL WARFARE DIVISIONS OF THE EXPEDITIONARY CORPS INCLUDE: THE FIRST MOUNTAIN DIVISION. THE THIRD ARCTIC DIVISION. THE FIFTH DESERT DIVISION. THE SEVENTH JUNGLE DIVISION. AND THE NINTH AQUATIC DIVISION.

INFANTRY CORPS.

THE LEGIONNAIRE INFANTRY CORPS, THE BACKBONE OF THE LEGION. SIMILAR TO THE CAPABILITIES OF THE AVERAGE UNITED STATES ARMY INFANTRY-MEN. A MILITARY SPECIALIZATION OF COMBAT PERSONNEL WHO ENGAGE IN GROUND COMBAT, DEPLOYED FROM THE SEA. THE INFANTRY CORPS TRAIN EXTENSIVELY IN SMALL, AND BATTALION SIZED UNITS & TACTICS TO CLOSE WITH, & DESTROY ENEMY POSITIONS. THE INFANTRY CORPS SPECIALIZES IN LARGE SCALE AMPHIBIOUS AND AIRBORNE ASSAULTS. PRIDING ITSELF ON ITS ABILITY TO ADAPT TO ALL COMPLEX TERRAINS. THE SPECIAL WARFARE UNITS OF THE INFANTRY CORPS INCLUDE: THE THIRTY FIRST RECON HELO ASSAULT UNIT. THE THIRTY THIRD RAIDERS PARA-ASSAULT UNIT. AND THE THIRTY FIFTH REGIMENT ARMORED ASSAULT UNIT.

PEACEKEEPERS CORPS.

DIPLOMATIC CORPS.

THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS, SHAPING THE INTERNATIONAL LANDSCAPE, CARVED BY DIPLOMATIC DIALOGUE. AS DIPLOMACY IS WHAT CREATES WORLD ORDER. IT IS THE PLATFORM THAT BRINGS WORLD LEADERS TOGETHER IN AN ATTEMPT TO AGREE ON MUTUAL INTEREST, OR RESOLVE INTERNATIONAL CRISIS. IT IS THE COMMON LANGUAGE OF ALL UNITED NATIONS MEMBERS. AN ESTABLISHED METHOD OF POSITIVELY INFLUENCING THE DECISIONS AND BEHAVIOR OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS AND PEOPLES THROUGH DIALOGUE, NEGOTIATION, AND OTHER MEASURES SHORT OF WAR OR VIOLENCE.

ACADEMIC CORPS.

THE ACADEMIC CORPS, AN INITIATIVE THAT ENGAGES INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. SUPPORTING, AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE REALIZATION OF THE ORGANIZATION'S PURPOSES AND PRINCIPLES, INCLUDING THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, ACCESS TO EDUCATION, SUSTAINABILITY AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION. CREATING VIBRANT AND DIVERSE NETWORKS OF STUDENTS, ACADEMICS, SCIENTISTS, RESEARCHERS, THINK TANKS, INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, CONTINUING EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS. COMPOSED OF THOUSANDS OF MEMBER INSTITUTIONS, LOCATED IN COUNTRIES SPANNING ACROSS THE GLOBE. REACHING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN THE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH SECTORS OF THE WORLD. REPRESENTING GLOBAL DIVERSITY OF REGIONS AND THE MATIC WEALTH OF DISCIPLINES.

ECONOMIC CORPS.

THE ECONOMIC CORPS, SERVING AS THE CENTRAL FORUM FOR DISCUSSING INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL ISSUES. FORMULATING POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS ADDRESSED TO MEMBER STATES AND THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM. THE ECONOMIC CORPS HOLDS ANNUAL MEETINGS WITH FINANCE MINISTERS, HEADING KEY COMMITTEES OF THE WORLD BANK AND THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND. ADDITIONALLY, THE ECONOMICS CORPS REVIEWS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. CONVENING YEARLY, UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE UNITED NATIONS, AND THE SOCIAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL.

ENGINEERING CORPS.

THE ENGINEERING CORPS, STRUCTURED ON NATION-BUILDING. A SIGNIFICANT UNDERTAKING, IN WHICH GLOBAL GOVERNMENTS EMPLOY TO DEVELOP POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SECURITY, AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN OTHER COUNTRIES—ESPECIALLY THOSE EMERGING FROM CONFLICT, OR ECONOMIC HARDSHIP. THE WORLD GOVERNMENTS CALL UPON THESE INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTS OF INFRASTRUCTURE, TO SECURE THEIR NATIONS AND THEIR INTERESTS ABROAD. INTEGRATING SEVERAL OTHER INSTRUMENTS OF FOREIGN POLICY—INCLUDING FOREIGN AID, TRADE, AND DIPLOMACY. NATION-BUILDING CAN BE AN ESPECIALLY POWERFUL INTERVENTION, AS IT REQUIRES AMPLE TIME, AND RESOURCES.

AGRICULTURE CORPS.

THE AGRICULTURE CORPS, COMPOSED OF MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS. AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER PRODUCTION AND PROTECTION, CLIMATE, BIODIVERSITY, LAND AND WATER DEPARTMENT, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE, FORESTRY, CORPORATE SERVICES AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT. THE AGRICULTURAL CORPS WORLD FOOD PROGRAM, AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION WITHIN THE UNITED NATIONS THAT PROVIDES FOOD ASSISTANCE WORLDWIDE. IT IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST HUMANITARIAN AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION, AND THE LEADING PROVIDER OF INTERNATIONAL NUTRITION.

MEDICAL CORPS.

THE MEDICAL CORPS, INCLUDES MEDICAL DOCTORS, PUBLIC HEALTH SPECIALISTS & PROFESSIONALS, SCIENTISTS, EPIDEMIOLOGISTS AND OTHER EXPERTS Whom ARE AT WORK ON THE GROUND IN A MULTITUDE OF COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE. THEY ADVISE MINISTRIES OF HEALTH ON TECHNICAL ISSUES AND PROVIDE ASSISTANCE ON PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND CARE SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE HEALTH SECTOR. COVERING ALL AREAS OF THE GLOBAL HEALTHCARE SPECTRUM. FOR INSTANCE, INTERVENING DURING CRISES WHILE RESPONDING TO HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCIES. WORKING TO ESTABLISH INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS, WHICH COUNTRIES MAY FOLLOW TO IDENTIFY DISEASE OUTBREAKS AND TO STOP THEM FROM SPREADING. HELPING PREVENT CHRONIC DISEASES AND TO ACHIEVE THE HEALTH-RELATED SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS.

LOGISTICS CORPS.

THE LOGISTICS CORPS, THE UNITED NATIONS JOINT LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION CORPS, CREATED TO OPTIMIZE AND COMPLEMENT THE LOGISTICS CAPABILITIES OF COOPERATING AGENCIES WITHIN WELL-DEFINED CRISIS AREAS, BENEFITTING THE ONGOING HUMANITARIAN OPERATION. THE LOGISTICS CORPS PROVIDES LOGISTICS SUPPORT AND OPERATIONAL PLANNING, COORDINATION AND MONITORING. HOWEVER, AS A RESULT, THE LOGISTICS CORPS IS NOT DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN POLICY, NOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF HUMANITARIAN NEEDS, NOR PRIORITIES. SIMILARLY, THE LOGISTICS CORPS ALSO PROVIDES THE MILITARIZED BODY OF NATO, WITH THE ENTIRETY OF ITS COMBAT LOGISTIC NEEDS.