The East Asian Federation Land Self-Defense Force, or FMSDF, is the branch of the East Asian Federation armed forces responsible for ground and land border patrol operations. Like the Federation Naval Self-Defense Force, and unlike the Federation Air Forces, the Land Self-Defense Force is restricted to combat operations inside of territorial boundaries at all times. The primary missions of the Land Self-Defense Force are to patrol the land borders East Asian Federation, provide garrisons for the protection of cities, towns and villages throughout the country, and to serve as a deterrent against external invasion.