Starfleet was not always charged with the defence and protection of United Federation Space. Originally it was simply the exploratory arm of the United Earth in the Enterprise era but we were introduced to the Military Assault Command Operations, also known as MACO which acted as the human marines and worked alongside Starfleet on the Enterprise. This continued into the Romulan War but what became of them and how did they impact the formation of the UFP?

00:00 Early 22nd Century
02:27 United Earth Military
02:53 MACOs and Starfleet
04:14 Romulans
05:39 UFP Formation
08:23 Reassignments
10:06 Balthazar Eddison
10:49 Starfleet's MACOs

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