User:RelentlessRecusant/Joint Special Operations Task Force 452

Joint Special Operations Task Force 452 (JTF 452) is a multiservice special operations brigade under the command and control of the UNSC Special Operations Command. At full operational capability, JTF 452 conducts the following peacetime operations as directed:

•	Direct action against an enemy force and to destroy his warfighting capability, to disable his means of command or communications, or interdict his maneuver capability •	Deep reconnaissance in the deep battlespace (beyond the Forward Edge of Battle Area) to: (1) determine the strength and positions of enemy forces, (2) to collect geographical and meteorological intelligence to preface surface or airborne assaults, & (3) to establish and secure Landing Zones/Drop Zones for orbital, airborne, or amphibious forces •	Firepower control to provide target acquisition and terminal fire direction to guide friendly supporting fires, such as orbital gunfire, aircraft-carried weapons, and artillery •	Advanced special operations such as hostage rescue, recovery of sensitive personnel and materiel, kidnapping, and coercive interrogation •	Directed assassination of enemy military commanders, political leaders, insurgent leaders, and intelligence agents in order to disable the enemy’s command and control ability, to counter insurgency and terrorism, and to perform counterintelligence •	Clandestine infiltration into inaccessible battlespace by specialized forced entry techniques, such as orbital drop, parachuting, or maritime/amphibious insertion •	Unconventional warfare in alternative battlespaces, such as electronic warfare/cyber warfare, psychological warfare, and civil affairs in order to cultivate support for UNSC forces and to destroy the enemy’s means to communicate and will to resist

During theater warfare, when at full operational capability, JTF 452 additionally conducts:

•	Tactical raids to break through enemy lines, to exploit breakthroughs of enemy lines, to conduct deep offensives beyond the Forward Edge of the Battle, and to support general purpose forces •	Reinforcement of forward-deployed Marine forces •	Rescue of UNSC citizens besieged in the theater of conflict •	Seizure of forward operating positions for the relief and resupply of friendly aircraft and ground forces •	Assassination of enemy politicians and commanders to disable the enemy’s means to command his forces both politically and operationally

Joint Task Force 452 is comprised of special operations officers and operators recruited from all five uniformed services of the UNSC Defense Force (Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Naval Intelligence). The integration of personnel from all services leads to its “joint” designation, indicating that it is a multiservice command. While the UNSC Special Operations Command, headquartered at Asphodel Meadows Naval Special Warfare Center, exercises Total Command over the Joint Task Force, the UNSC Advanced Special Operations Command exercises Operational Command over the Joint Task Force at Arastradero Naval Special Warfare Center in the Outer Rim. Admiral Kawika I. Son, Commander of the Naval Special Warfare Command, retains Total Command over the Joint Task Force and commands the unit from its forward headquarters at Arastradero.

Personnel from various elite special operations forces, such as Marine Force Reconnaissance, Marine Unconventional Warfare Groups, Army Special Operations Groups, Air Force Commandos, Naval Special Warfare Groups, and Naval Intelligence Clandestine Operations Groups, are recruited to Joint Task Force 452. Candidates are assessed for their special operations capability by a rigorous and demanding classified training course hosted by current Joint Task Force personnel. Assignment to the Joint Task Force is temporary and voluntary, although many Special Forces personnel wish to continue service within the Joint Task Force for long rotations should they be accepted.

Operating as the “sharp edge of the sword”, Joint Task Force 452 is the foremost counterterrorism and counterinsurgency cell of the UNSC Special Operations Command. Serving as a contingency strike force and a rapid deployment force, elements of the Joint Task Force are readily mobilized to respond to any planetary crisis, and also participate in ongoing counterinsurgency operations against both Jiralhanae and human insurgents. Joint Task Force operators carry high levels of clearance, and formally “resign” their UNSC commissions in order to join the clandestine unit. Because of the political implications of UNSC military personnel being discovered on undercover missions in sensitive environments, Joint Task Force operators often do not carry any identification or equipment that would incriminate them as UNSC affiliates. The “sanitization” process for Joint Task Force operators is very similar to the sanitization that Naval Intelligence field agents go through.

Altogether, Joint Task Force 452 serves as the anonymous and clandestine counterterrorism and counterinsurgency apparatus of the UNSC. Nameless, undisclosed, and unseen, it prosecutes advanced special operations throughout the galaxy on a regular basis.