Earthforce

Earthforce
Base of Operations	Geneva, Earth
Race(s)	Humans
Leader(s)	President of the Earth Alliance (Commander in Chief)
Senior Member(s)	Joint Chiefs of Staff
Other Members	Earthforce Space Corps Earthforce Marine Corps Earthforce Security Earthforce Medical Corps (List of Earthforce Personnel)
Resources	Military Bases: - New Kobe Orbital Shipyard Babylon 4 Babylon 5 Station Io Capital ships: - Explorer class ship Warlock class destroyers Omega class destroyer Nova class dreadnought Hyperion class heavy cruiser Olympus class corvette Fighters: - SA-23E Starfury SA-23J Thunderbolt Badger-class Starfury Stealth Starfury Heavy Starfury Ancillary Vehicles: - Valkyrie Gunship Condor class transport Magnum heavy lifter Condor class transport Invader class breaching pod Aegis orbital defence platform STG-19 Class Crew Shuttle Hestrel Class Atmospheric Shuttle Work pod Earthforce life pod Weapons: - Auricon PPG Assault Rifle Auricon PPG Sniper Rifle Auricon PPG Rifle Auricon PPG Pistol Shock Sticks Morph Gas Other Assets: - Shadow Hybrid (Classified)
Affiliations	Earth Alliance Interplanetary Expeditions

Earthforce is the military branch of the Earth Alliance.

Organization

See: Main Article Earthforce Ranks for details on Earthforce rank structure.

Earthforce is comprised of three separate branches: Fleet, Marines, and Security. Flag officers from all three divisions comprise a Joint Chiefs of Staff who report directly to the President of the Earth Alliance.

Earthforce Space Corps

The Earthforce Space Corps, or simply 'Fleet' is the backbone of Earthforce, encompassing all of the space borne military assets of the Earth Alliance. Fleet officers wear a standard blue uniform with the Earth Alliance Emblem on the left breast over an appropriate stat bar, with a unit patch or flight wings on the right upper shoulder and a divisional badge on the left. Pilot flight uniforms feature the owner's name over the left breast, the divisional patch on the right breast, a unit (wing) patch on the right upper shoulder and the squadron patch on the left upper shoulder. Flight-suits have a large rectangular patch over the left breast that display the pilot's name, rank and flight qualification. The duty uniform of a fleet NCO is the same as that of the officers sans the stat bar and the vertical leather strip on the tunic and in place of the divisional patch on the upper left arm is instead a unit or ship patch.

Earthforce Medical Corps

Though technically separate, the Earthforce Medical Corps, or Medcorps is effective attached to both the Space & Marine Corps and responsible for the medical requirements of all Earthforce personnel. All senior officers must be qualified medical doctors registered through the E.M.A. and as such rarely come from a military background.

Earthforce Security Corps

Earthforce Security is a non-military branch of Earthforce that employs and trains appropriately qualified peace officers from the local population to act as a security force on all Earthforce ground and space stations (starship security being handled by the Marine Corps.) Like any police force, Earthforce Security personnel are required to enforce the civil laws of the Earth Alliance and adhere to the rule of due process. The standard security uniform is light grey, with personnel ranking Sergeant and below the tunic is sans the normal leather strip and displays the Earthforce security badge over the left breast with rank insignia on the epaulettes and the unit patch on the left shoulder. NCO's wear a dark grey Earthforce uniform with a division patch of the left upper arm and a stat bar beneath the EA emblem.

Earthforce Marine Corps

The Earthforce Marine Corps are the ground forces of the Earth Alliance. Marine officers wear a brown Earthforce uniform while NCOs and enlisted wear olive fatigues that display the owner's name over the left breast, rank insignia on the right upper sleeve and the emblem of the Marine Corps printed over the left side of the abdomen.

Enlistment

Enlistment in Earthforce is open to all humans of the Earth Alliance deemed both fit and qualified to serve without prejudice to creed, gender or faith. However telepaths were originally prohibited from service in Earthforce, though following the Telepath War and the dismantling of the Psi Corps new rules were instituted to allow the integration of telepaths and normals.

Normally Earthforce is a strictly professional force with a volunteer only recruiting policy, however during the Earth-Minbari War, a planetary draft was implemented on all Earth Alliance citizens not deemed exempt to compensate for the massive losses suffered at the hands of the Minbari.

Earthforce Divisions

Earthforce Academy

Earthforce's primary facility for officer training.

Earthforce Bio-weapons Division

Specialist division of Earthforce concerned with research and development of biological weapons systems. Has close ties with IPX and "Earthforce New Technologies Division". After the end of the Earth-Minbari War, Earthforce stepped up it's interest in acquiring new weapons technologies, especially ancient advanced organic technology. When the Drakh plague was released on Earth, it was the Bio-weapons Division that determined the plague had been engineered by the shadows. The Bio-weapons Division has been known to have experimented with cybernetics. During the Earth-Minbari War it was called the "Bio-Genetic Warefare" division.

Known Members

• Robert Black
• General Thompson

Earthforce Intelligence Gathering Division

Advance reconnaissance division. Marcus Cole was once assigned to this division during the Earth-Minbari War.

Earthforce Internal Investigations Division

Internal Investigations, or "Eyes" as it's commonly called is the branch of Earthforce that oversees the conduct of members of all other Earthforce branches. It tests the loyalty of Earthforce members if they are suspected of acting against Earth's interests. In 2258, Colonel Ari Ben Zayn lead an investigation regarding the loyality of the Babylon 5 staff, specifically Commander Jeffrey Sinclair.

Known Members

• Colonel Ari Ben Zayn
  • Psi Corps Agent Harriman Gray (an adjunct to Ben Zayn, he is an indirect Member of Eyes)

Earthforce New Technologies Division

Earthforce New Technologies is primarily concerned with the investigation and discovery of advanced technology discovered on alien worlds. Most often from ancient and dead civilisations. Has close ties with IPX and Earthforce Bio-weapons Division. During the Icarus mission, Earthforce New Technologies Division put Doctor Chang under strict orders to keep the true mission objective top secret.

Known Members

• Doctor Morden (PHD xeno-archaeology)

Earthforce Research and Development Division

Division responsible for the development of Earthforce equipment and technology.

Earthforce Special Intelligence Division

An investigation and research organization within Earthforce. Usually responsible for investigating possible new threats to Earth and is the only division of Earthforce to be under the direct authority of the President of the Earth Alliance.

Known Members

Derek Cranston
David Endawi

Citations and Medals

Earthforce Medal of Honour

The Earth Alliance's highest honour. Following Captain Sheridan's successful campaign to topple President Clark, President Susanna Luchenko told Sheridan that half of Earthforce wanted to give him the Medal of Honor, while the other half wanted him take out and shot. She jokingly suggest that doing both, in that order might be a fair compromise.

Known Recipients

• Robert Black - (2248)

Silver Star for Valor

The Silver Star for Valor is awarded to those who demonstrate "great bravery in the face of the enemy."

Known Recipients

• David McIntyre - (During the Earth-Minbari War)
• John Sheridan - (During the Earth-Minbari War)

Battle of the Line Medal

A rare citation awarded only to the two hundred or so survivors of the Battle of the Line.

Known Recipients

• Robert Black
• David McIntyre
• Jeffrey Sinclair