Talk:United States of America/@comment-24882568-20161222155803/@comment-14850713-20161225160406

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AFOH deploys 3 combined task forces (CTF), composed of units from the 1st Air Fleet and H Force, to escort aerospace and surface transports laden with troops in power armor or NBC gear and supported by organic armor, artillery, air and air defense units.

In Alaska, the 9th Army with 450,000 men in 5 corps of 15 light infantry divisions specially trained in Arctic warfare lands in Anchorage and Fairbanks in the South Central and Interior regions, in Scammon Bay, Bethel and Goodnews Bay in the Southwest, and in Nome and Kotzebue in the Far North. Because of the relatively few nuclear weapons detonated by retreating US forces. the AFOH units are able to fan out rapidly. In a few hours, reconnaissance teams reach the northernmost town of Barrow, the Aleutians all the way to Kiska are occupied by an infantry brigade, and a single battalion secures the isolated state capital of Juneau. A protected enclave to house refugees and treat survivors is established in Anchorage, while the surface element anchors off Kodiak Island.

In the Central Pacific, the 1st Marine Division lands in the outskirts of Honolulu while the 2nd Multi-mission Expeditionary Brigade (MEB) deploys near smoldering Pearl Harbor. The Hawaii Enclave is established and then the escorting CTF links up with the bigger force heading east.

This main body ferries 3 field armies (1st, 4th and 10th, each with 5 corps) with 1,400,000 men in 15 armored and 30 mechanized divisions, and spearheaded by 6 heavy armored cavalry brigades (ACB). The 4th Army lands in the outskirts of devastated Los Angeles, while the 1st and 10th (less X Corps) land in less damaged San Jose. Mechanized units probe deep inland despite being hampered by fires and radiation, gathering and organizing refugees and leading them back to the 2 enclaves being built up. Some battalions in the south reach as far as Las Vegas and Yuma before turning back. X Corps (1 ACB, 1 armored and 2 mechanized divisions) deploys near Portland, which is determined to be the northern limit of the AFOH intervention. In the center, San Jose is turned into the operations hub and main supply point.

The 5 protected enclaves (Anchorage, Hawaii, Los Angeles, Portland and San Jose) are soon bolstered by fixed Mk 16 and Mk 90 Skysweeper rail gun batteries while H Force units patrol the West Coast.