The H.C.F. are a highly trained group of soldiers under the direction of Wesker. When they were established is unknown. When Wesker became an operative of the mysterious company, he was hired to acquire the newly discovered t-Veronica virus. H.C.F. was deployed to Rockfort Island on December 27, 1998 to retrieve a sample from Alfred and Alexia Ashford. They used assault planes to bomb the island and damaged much of its facilities. Wesker ordered his men to retrieve Steve's body and were successful in getting a t-Veronica sample from it.