The Coalition of Ordered Governments Army or the COG Army was the main branch of the COG Armed forces and the primary basis for the authoritarian COG society. The COG army was formed prior to the Pendulum Wars, and was the main fighting force against the Union of Independent Republics army during the conflict. Due to the COG's stance on the military and the society centered around it, the war went on for 79 years until the Navy and Air Corps were left deprived of both funding and attention from the COG Defense Select Committee. This went on until Mjr. Victor Hoffman's commandos stormed Aspho Point and turned the tide of the war by stealing the Hammer of Dawn technology. Even though some individuals, such as Adam Fenix and Col. Kimberley Anders, encourage the expansion of the Armed forces,