The Independent States Allied Forces [ISAF] is an defensive military coalition composed of Union clans with militaries. ISAF is utilized whenever the Union comes under attack or when the Security Council passes a Police Action to combat a target abroad.
History
Initially, the Independent States Allied Forces was not a Union specific coalition. Originally, it was an alliance of multiple groups and clans devoted to containing the troll organization known as Judgement. Judgement, led by the former leaders of the Fallen Republic and the Shadow Paradigm, posed a serious threat to the clanning community. Former enemies joined hands to form ISAF during October 2014 in order to take on the coming threat.
The "original ISAF" was composed of the LittleBigPlanet Union (Mainly its Union Task Force), The Remnants Union, Silentium Contra, and the Axis. ISAF launched several operations to destroy Judgement through the next few months following the beginning of the campaign.
Operation Lunar Storm
The Union Task Force, [UTF] under the command of Ojibogichida-78 at the time, quickly reformed to face the coming threat and contribute to ISAF airstrikes and offensives. With a newly formed four man Gladius Squad and a developing Rapier Squad, the UTF was ready for action. Meanwhile, Silentium Contra was attempting to gain a leadership potential in ISAF by trying to formulate a plan to take on Judgement. However, President M88youngling did not see potential in much of SC's plans and instilled his own strategy, that strategy being the present day Union anti-troll policy. The goal was to starve Judgement of attention, just like any other troll. The rest of the coalition agreed. The Union Task Force dubbed the Operation against Judgement, "Operation Lunar Storm" and began making plans for future offensives.
Operation Arrowhead
While many operations had been conducted by the UTF before this point, Operation Arrowhead was intended to be a joint reporting strike on Judgement in order to hopefully ban their leader and cripple their attempts to publish a Judgement level to support themselves. ISAF organized the Operation to hit an old Fallen Republic Reichstag level for the nazi symbolism. The mission was a complete success, not only destroying the Reichstag, but also taking down a level called "Battle Planet Syria." It is unknown exactly how many non-Union ISAF forces participated in the operation, but the Union interpreted the mission as totally reliant on the UTF and with little help from ISAF. This would shape further affairs with ISAF in the future. This was the first and only joint ISAF operation of the entire campaign.
ISAF Dissolves
After an incident where the Remnants Union and Silentium Contra were outright bullying a member of Judgement, the LBPU decided to cease it's affiliation with ISAF and left the coalition to fight Judgement on its own. Immediately after the LBPU left, ISAF collapsed. It is presumed that this is because the LBPU was the only one capable of doing anything during the entire conflict. The UTF continued to resist Judgement action until the end of the conflict sometime in February 2015.
ISAF is Refounded
The Novus Carta's implementation on April 20th, 2015 brought back ISAF but this time under total Union control. ISAF now served as a joint defense coalition of all Union clans with militaries. This was to account for the lack of interest in the Union Task Forces, however the UTF still existed after this.