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Distribution of U.S. military forces in the Asia-Pacific, 2011-12.

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Operation Shadow Wolf ORBAT

During late 1985, following the London Incident, relations between Britain and the United States go from Very Good to Really Terrible. The illegal seizure of power inside Britain by radicals is met by threats made against US military interests within the country. Loyalties among the British Armed Forces are torn but the Americans form a force ready to go and fight everyone in their way if necessary. Diplomatic talks - such as they are - continue while the Americans ready an invasion force, though one with the stated goal of protecting their own bases, personnel and stored weapons.


JOINT TASK FORCE BRITAIN - US XVIII Airborne Corps

10TH INFANTRY DIVISION
1st Infantry Brigade
2nd Infantry Brigade
SEATF Plus (attached to division)
Division to be airlifted into USAF bases in East Anglia: RAF Alconbury, RAF Bentwaters, RAF Lakenheath, RAF Mildenhall & RAF Woodbridge.
Paratroopers up from Italy - SEATF, joined by addition parachute training units from the mainland US - will help secure entry by protecting approach routes on the ground but the airlift is planned to be unopposed into US-operated bases where there is the bare minimal British military presence.

24TH INFANTRY DIVISION
1st Infantry Brigade
2nd Infantry Brigade
3rd Infantry Brigade (2nd Brigade, 5th Infantry Division acting as 3rd Brigade)
Division at sea in ships including the Fast Transport Ships. No forced entry planned but it is anticipated that when landing at the already secured Southampton, combat might soon be met when moving north to link up with XVIII Corps elements in the Salisbury Plain / Thames Valley area.

82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION
1st Airborne Brigade
2nd Airborne Brigade
3rd Airborne Brigade
Division to be airlifted into the US-operated RAF Greenham Common where GLCM missile units are though with the 2nd Brigade tasked to make a landing, an opposed one if necessary, at the Boscombe Down air facility too.

101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION
1st Airborne Brigade
2nd Airborne Brigade
3rd Airborne Brigade
Division to be airlifted into the USAF airbases at RAF Fairford & Upper Heyford.

1st & 2nd Ranger Battalions
Assigned to multiple tasks across eastern & southern parts of England.

2nd Marine Regimental Landing Team, 2ND MARINE DIVISION
2 RLT is tasked to secure Holy Loch submarine base on the Clyde.

6th Marine Regimental Landing Team, 2ND MARINE DIVISION
6 RLT will secure RAF St Mawgan in Cornwall.

8th Marine Regimental Landing Team, 2ND MARINE DIVISION
8 RLT has the mission of going up the Solent - heli-lift and assault craft - to take the military port at Marchwood opposite Southampton though also the harbour facilities at the Western Docks (on the edge of, rather than in the middle of) the city ahead of the arrival of ships laden with US Army forces.

This ORBAT is based on Episode 12 of Highschool of the Dead



Sino-Japanese War
Part of World War III
Date: April 15, 2010 - ongoing
Location: Japan, Sea of Japan, Ryukyu Islands

The Sino-Japanese War is an ongoing limited conflict that arose when the U.S. and Russia fired their nuclear weapons on the People's Republic of China and North Korea. It occurred just three days after the Killer Pandemic engulfed the world and turned millions into living corpses that feast on flesh known as "Them." While it is never stated what was the cause of the Killer Pandemic, both the CIA and the FSB/SVR/GRU accused the PRC of developing the virus as a bioweapon and retaliated with nuclear weapons. The Chinese were caught off guard with most of their cities (already infested with "Them") and military bases going up in smoke. Nonetheless the Chinese managed to fire four DF-21D ballistic missiles towards U.S. bases in Japan and the Pacific.

The following ships were present in the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean that formed Japan's nuclear umbrella:
- JS Kongō (DDG-173)
- JS Kirishima (DDG-174)
- USS Shiloh (CG-67)
- USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG-54)

- USS Alabama (SSBN-731) - fired Trident II ICBMs towards the mainland

Of the four DF-21D ballistic missiles, three would be successfully shot down but unfortunately the fourth would never be intercepted because the crew of the USS Curtis Wilbur all turned into Them. Because of this, the missile exploded in the atmosphere thousands of miles away above Japan. It subsequently produced a high-altitude nuclear explosion (HANE) that blanketed the Tokyo Bay Area (which was already also crawling with "Them"), affecting the cities of Tokyo, Kawasaki, Yokosuka, Saitama, and Chiba. It appeared that the Chinese intended to knock-out the Japanese capital despite being abandoned by the Japanese government on the first day of the outbreak as well as the U.S. Navy base in Yokosuka. Parts of Japan were then without electricity, further hampering humanitarian response and JSDF combat abilities to fight the Infected.

Jokes aside, if these nationalist British really attacked the USAF bases in Britain, how long will it take? And what of the meager resistance the USAF airmen and MPs can offer?

Something to consider in this scenario is US and British forces in Germany. There would be a lot of heavy forces there. Maybe the BAOR would declare neutrality or outright mutiny against the fascist/communist regime in London. If not, it's I British Corps v US V & VII Corps in central Germany while the Soviets die of laughter.

It would be quite a fight. Both armies relied upon West German support for their rears but could duke it out alone. The US Army also had its 2nd Armored Division Forward Brigade in the Bremen area too.



And West Berlin too!