Military of the Earth Empire

Kuvira's army is a unity movement consisting of infantry soldiers, ex-bandits, and mecha tanks assembled by ex-Zaofu captain, Kuvira. With the Earth Kingdom descending into chaos since Earth Queen Hou-Ting's death in 171 AG, Kuvira sought to reunite the war-torn nation and restore order with military force.

History
After the anarchy in the Earth Kingdom following the assassination of the queen at the hands of Zaheer in 171 AG, Kuvira was appointed as the internationally recognized interim president of the nation and amassed an army with which she embarked on a campaign to end the chaos in the Earth Kingdom. In the process, she recruited Baatar Jr., Bolin, Varrick, and Zhu Li to aid in her cause.

Traversing the Earth Kingdom for years, Kuvira managed to nearly stabilize the nation by 174 AG by having ninety percent of the states under her control. While traveling toward the state of Yi, the army's advance was halted by a bandit-erected blockade. Although troops had been dispersed, Kuvira gave the order to call them back and she took care of the bandits singlehandedly, forcing them to pledge their allegiance to her.



Upon arrival of the army at the capital of Yi, the governor was not pleased to see the military force, even though his state was overrun by bandits. In a private audience, Kuvira offered him the chance to submit to her rule in exchange for the full protection of her army. Dismissing Kuvira's attempt to help as a move to conquer all the states, the governor told the army to leave his state. Before the force retreated to the border, Kuvira gave the governor a day to reconsider her offer and after bandits stole even more supplies from the state despite the efforts of Kai and Opal to help, the governor signed Kuvira's offer and the army returned. Soldiers and mecha tanks swamped the premises and food supplies were handed out to the hungry townspeople. The people cheered for Kuvira and her army while the former declared Yi to be under her protection.

Officers
A regular three-bar chevron indicates a sergeant.
 * Kuvira (leader)
 * Baatar Jr. (Second-in-command - unique three-bar chevron)
 * Varrick (Corporal - two-bar chevron)
 * Bolin (Corporal)
 * Zhu Li (Private - one-bar chevron)

Uniforms


The colors of Kuvira's army are green and metallic gray and the uniforms reflect those. There are small differences depending on the position in the army, but the uniforms are predominantly dark green, with a lighter green front panel on the jacket. A gray belt centers the uniform around the waist. The pants are made from a tight fabric in a shade of olive green and the boots are black and sturdy. Officers don metal shoulder plates and wear their chevrons on the left arm. A sergeant sports two stripes on the cuffs, one at the top, one at the bottom, and an additional trim on the front panel of his jacket while a corporal only sports a single stripe on top of his cuffs.

The foot soldiers wear helmets. A metalbending soldier additionally wears gloves, a face-covering metal mask with green-glasses goggles, and metal bands around the arms and calves, as well as spools with metal cables on their hips and metal shoulder plates. A regular foot soldier merely wears the helmet with a piece of fabric covering the lower half of the face. Mecha tanks pilots are donned in a jumpsuit that is colored in different shades of green and their tanks are colored depending on the rank of its pilot: gray for privates, green for corporals, and black for sergeants.

Trivia

 * The metalbending soldiers were designed to resemble Stormtroopers from the Star Wars franchise.
 * Kuvira's supports are people who support the ideology of the army, don military uniforms and hair cuts, though are not officially a part of the army. They propagated the Great Uniter propaganda, viewing Kuvira as a more adequate leader for the Earth Kingdom than the legitimate Prince Wu.