Sierran American Command

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Kingdom of Sierra American Command
Founded 1 March 2004
(20 years, 9 months)
Country  Kingdom of Sierra
Type Unified Combatant Command
Part of Ministry of Defense
Headquarters San Diego, Laguna
Nickname(s) KSAMERICOM
Decorations Streamer JMUA.PNG
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Commanders
Commander General Philip Waldon, SRM
Deputy Commander Lieutenant General Edward Grant, SRAF
Chief of Staff Major General Paul Bettenburg, SRA

The Kingdom of Sierra American Command (KSAMERICOM) is the regional unified combatant command of the Sierran Crown Armed Forces that covers North, Central, and South America, and the Caribbean. It is tasked with defending the homeland of the Kingdom of Sierra, where it provides support for and coordinates with the civilian Government of Sierra, and would be the primary defender of the country in the event of a foreign invasion. American Command also defends the interests of Sierra and promotes security cooperation in the rest of the Western Hemisphere, including with the governments of Superior, Astoria, Manitoba, Brazoria, Alaska, Central America, the Caribbean states, Brazil, and others. The protection of the Nicaragua Canal is also part of its responsibilities.

American Command was established by Prime Minister Matthew Braggs in March 2004, in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, as part of a reorganization of the Sierran Armed Forces into new geographic and functional unified combatant commands to coordinate combined operations across different branches. Since the increase in tensions with the United Commonwealth and the United People's Committees in the late 2010s, the number of active combat forces under the command of AMERICOM have been increased. It has the second-largest area of responsibility of the Sierran unified commands, including the entirety of the Western Hemisphere.

Mission

The stated objectives of the Command are as follows:

  • Maintaining the readiness and capabilities of the Sierran Crown Armed Forces on the territory of the Kingdom of Sierra or its allies in the Western Hemisphere.
  • Providing support to civilian authorities in Sierra or its allies in the region in the event of emergencies and humanitarian disasters.
  • Contingency planning for defending the homeland in the event of a foreign invasion or carrying out military interventions in the Western Hemisphere.

History

Historically, there were several commands in the Western Hemisphere tasked with operations, founded in 1939 in the aftermath of Great War I. The lessons learned by the Joint Chiefs of the Defense Staff in that conflict led to a reorganization of the armed forces to create joint forces commands that would better coordinate operations in another potential war with the United Commonwealth. The predecessors of AMERICOM's modern area of responsibility included the Sierran Alaskan Command, the Pacific Command (mainly covering the Sierran Pacific territories), the Caribbean Command (covering the Nicaragua Canal and a few Sierran territories), and the Home Command (covering federal Sierra and Deseret). In 1968, the Home Command was replaced by the Joint Forces Command, which had responsibility for "maintaining the readiness of the Sierran Crown Armed Forces in the Kingdom of Sierra proper, Hawaii, Guam, and other Sierran Pacific islands to defend the homeland and support out-of-area operations when needed." Alaska had become independent, Caribbean Command had been expanded to include operations in South America, and Pacific Command oversaw Sierran garrisons in allied countries of the Western Pacific, such as Japan, South Vietnam, and Tondo.

The Vietnam War and the Colombia War dominated the military's attention in the 1960s and 1970s, which were followed by the Central American crisis and the Caribbean Wars of the 1980s. By the early 1990s, the Joint Forces Command was seen as redundant as military operations were winding down, and it was formally dissolved in 1995, with its essential duties being taken over by the Joint Chiefs. In 2004, following the September 11 attacks, American Command was established to oversee military operations and the maintenance of military assets in the Western Hemisphere, taking on the role largely given to the previous Joint Forces Command.

Components

Royal Army Forces America

The Sierran First Army and Second Army, together referred to as Royal Army Forces America, are the land force components of AMERICOM, responsible for homeland defense and support for the civilian authorities. First Army and Second Army are both active combat theater armies as well as general mobilization, training, and readiness commands for Reserve and Provincial Guard forces throughout the Kingdom. They are usually commanded by a three-star general (lieutenant general). Since 2015 additional units have reactivated to add combat forces to the First and Second armies. The active units of Royal Army Forces America include the following:

Royal Naval Forces America

The Sierran First Fleet, also called Royal Naval Forces America, is the naval component of AMERICOM, operating in the waters of the Western Hemisphere, but primarily along the Sierran coastline in the Pacific and near its overseas territories in the Caribbean.

  • First Fleet Headquarters – HQ Port of San Diego
    • 1st Carrier Group
    • 4th Carrier Group
    • 10th Destroyer Squadron
    • 15th Destroyer Squadron
    • 29th Destroyer Squadron
    • 1st Amphibious Group
    • 1st Coastal Defense Force
    • 3rd Patrol Squadron
    • 7th Patrol Squadron
    • 9th Patrol Squadron

Royal Air Forces America

Royal Marine Forces America

Special Operations Command America

Special Operations Command America was activated in 2011. Several of the Sierran Special Operations Command (KSSOCOM) formations and facilities are based in Sierra but are not assigned to Special Operations Command America. Currently, its only permanent units are the following:

  • 5th SFG Beret Flash.png 3rd Special Forces Regiment-Airborne – primarily responsible for North and Central America
  • 19sfg.svg 8th Special Forces Regiment-Airborne – primarily responsible for South America
  • Special Boat Team 12.JPG 1st Special Boat Team
  • 1st Special Operations Wing

Doctrine and planning

Commanders

See also

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