United States of America
The United States of America (USA) is a sovereign human nation on Earth. It and its people have a knack for attracting all sorts of weird things, from aliens to dangerous terrorist organizations. It also stands at the forefront of defense against extraordinary phenomena, being the founding country of the Adventure Team, G.I. Joe, Skywatch, the EDC, and M.A.S.K.
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10,000 years ago, the crew of the Axalon, Shockwave and the Dynobots wound up buried in stasis lock in what would one day become the United States. Strange Visitors Spotlight: Shockwave
The Dire Wraiths arrived on Earth at some point during the 1800s, with at least some Wraiths arriving in the early-era United States. Earthfall: Part Three The United States began a railroad project reaching to the west coast. The construction of the railroad awoke a handful of the Eurkarian Autobots and Decepticons before they returned to stasis. Hearts of Steel They reawakened years later to combat the rampage of the Elder Gods before the "Autobots" left for Canada to revive "Optimus Prime" Infestation 2: The Transformers #1
The United States was one of many nations to send ships to the international fleet in the North Atlantic as a response to the Elder God but their ships were destroyed by the fish people. Infestation 2: The Transformers #2
Merklynn arrived on Earth in the United States and claimed his parents emigrated to America at the onset of World War I. The war caused a strong anti-German sentiment to rise in the US. Garrison Kreiger profile In 1941, the US was invaded by Japan via the attack on Pearl Harbor prompting the United States to join World War II. One of their most famous military units was the Screaming Eagles commanded by Sergeant Robert Savage. Sgt. Savage profile
Shortly after the war, spies from Brasnya smuggled IRON Trooper components out of their country and into the US via the United Kingdom before Action Man stopped them. Power and Glory
At some point prior to the 1980s, the US formed the Adventure Team to combat unusual threats, Threat Matrix 1 of 4 but they were disbanded in the '90s following the seeming demise of Mike Power. When Eagles Scream Another organization founded was Skywatch which dealt with aliens specifically the increasingly large number of Cybertronians arriving on Earth. Spotlight: Shockwave
Spotlight: Soundwave
In 2006, the US founded the successor to the Adventure Team, G.I. Joe. Revolutionaries #1 timeline
In 2008, the Decepticons invaded the Earth basing themselves in New York City with their forces destroying a large part of the continental United States. The Transformers: All Hail Megatron After the invasion, the US deployed G.I. Joe to combat the shadowy terrorist organization Cobra. G.I. Joe vol. 1
The Autobots later allied with Skywatch and thus the larger US government before they left to combat Galvatron on Cybertron. When Cybertron was reborn, the Autobots severed all ties with the United States upon returning to their homeworld. Transformers vol. 1
After the wholesale destruction of Nanzhao had resulted in G.I. Joe's existence becoming known to the public, G.I. Joe vol. 2 the United States ordered the team to promote a family friendly atmosphere prompting the creation of groups such as the Admin Force, who performed PSAs to promote G.I. Joe's good message. Nothing Will Ever Be the Same Again! Five years down the line however, Cobra had abandoned its philosophy of violence and G.I. Joe was subsequently called before the United States Senate to justify its continued existence. At the same time, the US deployed the Joes to handle separatist rebels on the Schleteva-Galibi border. G.I. Joe vol. 4 #1 G.I. Joe ultimately proved that Cobra was still plotting for dominance and caused the collapse of the organization. G.I. Joe vol. 4 #8 Despite the success of the mission, the United States ultimately pulled the plug on G.I. Joe's funding. Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude
Sometime afterwards, Skywatch was disbanded and replaced by the multinational Earth Defense Command. Detonation Boulevard As the largest paying nation, the United States received special privileges with all the command staff being American and thereby allowing the President to make decisions on behalf of the entire EDC. New Worlds Order
In response to Optimus Prime's controversial annexation of the Earth, Once Upon a Time on Earth the US President put Joe Colton in command of the EDC, White Light
who brought in old G.I. Joe veterans. White Heat
M.A.S.K. was deployed to act as G.I. Joe's reinforcements against the Cybertronians. M.A.S.K.: Revolution
After the Revolution incident, G.I. Joe severed ties with the US government to become an international peacekeeping team. G.I. Joe vol. 5
External links[edit | edit source]
- United States of America on the TFWiki
- United States of America on Wikipedia