America’s Fictional Enemies

by on October 29, 2021 at 12:01 am
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The Island of Aragon is another of America’s fictional battlegrounds. Located in real world Fort Polk, it is home to the Republics of Cortina and Victoria, and the Peoples Democratic Republic of Acadia. Those of you who grew up before the turn of the millennium will probably know who the bad guy is now. All of us knew, growing up, that any nation that used anything like the phrase Peoples Democratic Republic was never for the people, democracy, or a republican government. They were socialists. Whether Communist, Fascist, or other, they were the socialist bad guys that America had to stand against if we were to save the free world. That conventional wisdom rings true on the island of Aragon when American troops run training missions.

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America’s Fictional Enemies

by on October 28, 2021 at 12:01 am
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The Islamic Republic of Attica has many enemies in their neighborhood. First there is the Islamic Congress of Attica that wants to overthrow the government and bring their far more radical version of Islam into power. Then there is the Islamic Brotherhood of Jihad that wants to use Attica as a base for international terror campaigns. And never forget the Ellisian Army that enjoys taking day trips into Attican territory for fun in the sun. And of course there is the previously mentioned Wolf Brigade who spend their time industriously hacking anything they can find. There are many opportunities for American soldiers to learn and perfect procedures in the Attican training environment. All while getting a bit of the American South West sun themselves.

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America’s Fictional Enemies

by on October 27, 2021 at 12:01 am
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White Sands Missile Range in the American South West is home to the fictional Middle Eastern Islamic Republic of Attica. It is part of a bi-annual training scenario that includes transnational terrorists threats, cutting edge electronic and cyberwarfare operations, and a nation desperately trying to regain control of its own borders. Attica seeks closer alignment with the Western Powers, but its security forces desperately need American aid to stabilize it against the various threats that seek to topple it. Based on what I’ve read, the transformational threat they face is the Wolf Brigade, a team of cyberattackers that seek to use various electronic and computer systems to threaten not only Attica but all Western Powers. American soldiers most use the most advanced modern technologies to track the Wolf Brigade down and end, or at least hinder, their terrorist ways.

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America’s Fictional Enemies

by on October 26, 2021 at 12:01 am
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The Decisive Action Training Environment is an impressive fictional training system with a thousand pages of information just in the publicly available document that I have. That one deals with the Caucasus Region, but from what I understand there are now African, European, and Pacific settings, and an Arctic setting is in the works. If they put the same detail into those other settings as the one I’ve been describing lately, I will be impressed. The thing to remember about America’s fictional enemies is that they have to be as real as possible for our soldiers to train against them. And yet they also have to be fake for various reasons. We don’t want to kill people in training if we can avoid it. And sometimes the more thinly-veiled enemies can annoy people we are trying to be friends with. And sometimes, real-life developments simply make the enemy irrelevant.

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America’s Fictional Enemies

by on October 25, 2021 at 12:01 am
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The legacy of the war for Lower Janga is most notable in the various nations that are affected by it. And those who affected it. Donovia fully supported Limaria in their efforts to wrest control of Lower Janga from Atropia, and even brokered the ceasefire between the two nations. And as long as they continue to support Limaria, there is no chance that Atropia can retake control of the region. Gorgas wants closer relations with both nations, and to step away from Donovia, which means they spend most of their time trying NOT to respond to anything to do with Lower Janga. And then there is Ariana. One would expect them to side with their Islamic brothers in Atropia, but Atropia is far too secular and modern for Ariana. So Ariana is not only trying to take Lower Janga for themselves, but also trying to overthrow part or all of Atropia with a far more militant version of Islam.

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