Cuyahoga Valley Regiment

"Semper invicta."

- Regimental motto

The Cuyahoga Valley Regiment (140th Mechanized Infantry), alternatively known as the Purple Bandits, is a regiment-sized infantry formation of the United Nations Space Command Army. It is a prominent, operational unit that is able to trace its roots back to the twenty-first century.

Origins
The 140th Mechanized was formed in 2023 as a supplementary United States National Guard unit. Within months, it underwent a conversion into an operational formation of the United States Army and was granted access to cutting edge equipment, namely M323 armored fighting vehicles and Stryker multirole vehicles. The regiment saw combat for the first time during Operation MINERVA, an attempt by Coalition forces to retake a captured South Africa. Following the eight-month operation's success, the bulk of the Cuyahoga Regiment remained in the region as an occupational force for the remaining years of the Third World War.