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“Bunch of glorified Boy Scouts!”
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The Military is a collective group of armed forces aligned to a particular nation. The United States Armed Forces are featured in almost every game of the Grand Theft Auto series, except Grand Theft Auto: London 1969 /1961 , Grand Theft Auto IV and its episodes (which only have military vehicles, no personnel). Other national armed forces have appeared to a lesser extent. Several characters, including protagonists, are ex-military or have had links with military forces.
Five of the six branches of the United States armed forces (the Army/National Guard, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard) have all appeared at least once within the series.
After the player gains six stars in any 3D Universe game, the Army will begin to chase the player. On the ground, two military vehicles are used against the player: the Barracks OL , which is used for pursuit and roadblocks, and the Rhino tank for pursuit. The soldiers themselves are always armed with Carbine Rifles . Because of the limited number of soldiers seen in roadblocks, they are not as lethal as the SWAT or the FBI , as only two spawn near every Barracks OL seen in the corresponding roadblock.
The military seen in the 3D Universe are apparently members of the United States National Guard . The United States Navy makes a brief appearance in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas , where they occupy a naval base in San Fierro , and the United States Air Force itself makes an appearance in the mission N.O.E. . A Recruitment commercial for the military also appears on the radio in the game.
In Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories , the military are deployed to survey Fort Staunton after its destruction . If the player approaches any of them, they will immediately open fire. The military mounted a temporary base in the area, as seen two years later, during the events of Grand Theft Auto Advance . The base was removed shortly before the construction of the Staunton Plaza in 2001, during the events of Grand Theft Auto III, which does not feature any military base in Liberty City.
In the 3D Universe, the military has been dressed in either traditional green fatigues or BDUs featuring the U.S. Woodland camouflage pattern.
- In GTA III, they are shown as wearing simply an olive drab jumpsuit with a matching PASGT helmet and load-bearing vest.
- Troops stationed at Fort Baxter Air Base in GTA Vice City wear the M81 BDU uniforms and patrol caps that were standard-issue during the late 1980s, with what appears to be an ALICE utility belt with no pouches.
- The same seems to carry over into GTA San Andreas, though the utility belt appears to have been replaced with a load-bearing vest resembling the TLBV . Soldiers now don black gloves as well.
- In Liberty City Stories, the uniform is now a hybrid of the looks seen in III and Vice City; soldiers wear BDUs with a utility belt and a PASGT helmet. Interestingly, the texture of the M81 camouflage makes it slightly appear like Flecktarn , a similar woodland camouflage from Germany. The gloves seen in San Andreas also return, now in an olive drab colour.
- In Vice City Stories, there are two sets of uniform observed here.
- The first uniform can be seen on soldiers patrolling Fort Baxter Air Base, which are plain BDUs. African-American soldiers wear matching patrol caps, while Caucasian soldiers wear dark-colored berets with a gold badge.
- A second uniform, likely a surplus one, also exists for Vice City Stories that can be seen in a cutscene for the missions Soldier and Conduct Unbecoming , as well as used by National Guard soldiers sent after the player in a six-star wanted level. This more combat-style outfit uses Vietnam-era OG-107 fatigues with an ALICE harness and an M1 helmet .
- The uniform worn by Corporal Victor Vance , however, is very different from those worn by regular soldiers; who instead wears an untucked tan T-shirt with standard trousers, no patrol cap, and unbloused boots.
So far, none of the outfits seen worn by soldiers in any GTA game are purchasable in any available store, however, camouflage clothing and surplus military equipment is still available to players of some GTA titles. Woodland and urban camouflage trousers and a Vietnam-era combat jacket can be bought in Bincos in GTA San Andreas, however the patterns do not resemble the Army's uniform and no soldier dons these clothes. While the Army Fatigues can be re-unlocked in Vice City Stories, they do not resemble what the other soldiers wear, making Vic Vance stand out. In Grand Theft Auto V, various camouflaged clothes are available for purchase by all three protagonists at either Bincos /Discount Stores , Suburban , or Ammunation , however once again, none of it matches with the military uniforms.
Additional sets of clothing are added in Grand Theft Auto Online , which are of military use or basic clothing with camo patterns, were made available through various DLCs, ranging from single sets, such as hats, vests and pants, to full sets, such as flight suits and Ballistic Equipment . Specialized military gear are also available for the player, such as Night Vision and Thermal Vision goggles. However, none of this gear allows the protagonist to look exactly like the NPC soldiers. The Heists Update added a purely cosmetic gas mask for players to purchase that looks identical to the ones used by combat troops; this gas mask is so far the only item of clothing that is shared between players and the NPC soldiers.
- Members of the military behave as a gang in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories , despite not being an actual gang and will attack the player on sight, regardless if they are on military property or not, unless if the protagonist is wearing the Cop Outfit (or the Army Fatigues in GTA Vice City Stories).
- In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas , Hydras will appear in the air if the player obtains a 4-star wanted level and is flying an aircraft or the Vortex hovercraft, and will try to shoot them down. Despite being a military vehicle, they will always spawn without a pedestrian piloting them. The only time where the military personnel can pilot these vehicles is the mission Vertical Bird .
- The Military are not featured in Grand Theft Auto IV . This is believed to be because Rockstar planned on making GTA IV realistic unlike San Andreas' over-the-top style. Although the Military reappeared in Grand Theft Auto V , they are not used as law enforcement or sent after the player for crimes except in the mission "The Paleto Score" in which at some point the Army will show up with soldiers and tanks to fight the player, or if the player is in or near the base.
- A commercial for the Military in Grand Theft Auto III was originally intended to air on both the radio stations Head Radio and Lips 106 . However, it was cut from the final release, though it still can be found online[1] .
- A strange thing is that soldiers in the Fort Baxter Air Base never participate in law enforcement activity; if the player is wearing a police uniform or Army fatigues and enters the base with a wanted level, only the law enforcement officers that enter from outside the base will try to kill the player.
- In Grand Theft Auto: Vice City , the soldiers at the Fort Baxter Air Base are considered to be part of the Streetwannabe's gang, and the cops will pursue them as they do with Street Criminals and gangs. Soldiers will not fight back If they are attacked by fist or a melee weapon, but will kill off all the cops that are attacking them if the cops pull out their pistols and shoot at them. This also happens with any law enforcement members in Vice City, except the Army who pursues the player at a six-star wanted level, although this kind of Army will also attack the Soldiers who appear at Fort Baxter.
- In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas , some soldiers from a Barracks OL will drop a Pump Action Shotgun when killed despite not using it in a gunfight.
- Also in GTA San Andreas, they rarely use pistols (just like regular police) instead of M4s, which makes them less dangerous than soldiers that carry their exclusive weapon.
- In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas , one of the three ped models used for members of the Da Nang Boys of San Fierro wears a gray T-shirt with Army insignia.
