American Volunteer Brigades (The Dragon Splits)

Founded and funded by several US businessmen who were members of the Americans for the Liberation of Hong Kong, The American Volunteer Brigades (AVB) currently numbers around 6000 and serves with the militias of the Provisional Government of Hong Kong in defending their Territories from the PRC forces.

History
The idea of US volunteers serving in the Chinese conflict was first brought up by environmentalist Ted Roosevelt V. In January of 2016, Roosevelt made a speech to the press in New York in which he said “For decades China has been exploiting Tibet for its natural resources and in the process, they have caused massive environmental damage that cannot be reversed. The people of Tibet are standing up for themselves and their country and I’m going to support them. If my great-great-grandfather would have been alive today he would had gathered up a new group of Rough Riders and lead them in their fight for their country and their freedom…”

This lead to the discussion of US volunteers among several American political personalities, throughout the early months of 2016 yet it was never truly taken seriously until September. After the Hong Kong Militia forces were able to combat the PLA troops, and they garnered support from the Republic of China turned American public support in favor of Hong Kong.

September 14 The Americans for the Liberation of Hong Kong (ALHK) is founded. They announce that they planned to create the American Volunteer Brigades. The Brigades spokesperson is retired US Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North.

January 8-20. The volunteers start arriving at the Headquarters of the AVB in Las Vegas. These volunteers were given free housing and meals for their stay in “Sin City.”

January 24. The volunteers take an 8-hour bus ride to Los Angeles. They stay one day in Los Angeles before taking a 14-hour flight to Taipei.

February 1. 3000 AVB soldiers arrive in the Port of Hong Kong via a cargo ship.

Currently serving on the Hong Kong/Chinese border, the troops of the 1st American Volunteer Brigade are doing their best to aid the Hong Kong Militias in their struggle for freedom. Back in the states the ALHK plan to send in the 2nd AV Brigade to Hong Kong for the beginning of September.

Membership
The age of the Volunteers is normally around mid-twenties to early-thirties, yet some can be anywhere between their teens and late forties. A one third of the volunteers are veterans from the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Many have suffered from unemployment or missing the feeling of belonging of the military. Yet most have never tasted combat or the horrors of war. Several are Chinese Americans whose families were refugees from the Chinese Civil War, and who hope to take back their family’s native lands. Other volunteers hope to use this for possible political or financial opportunity and some just want a chance at adventure.