Malden Skirmishes

The Malden Skirmishes refer to a series of on-going attack on the Task Force Badger training base in Malden.

Background
A training base on Malden was commissioned by Task Force Badger to train recruits on 18 October 2019, following the disbanding of the old training base on Stratis and the dissolution of the former group of trainers.

Although Malden is not a primary target for the Buhriz Movement, the presence of Task Force Badger's training base on the island makes it a key target for the Movement. The Movement has been reported to aim to "rid the cancer at its roots", eliminating trainees before they can ship out to join Task Force Badger.

Buhriz Movement
While the presence of Buhriz Movement forces on the island was minimal prior to the training base's creation, Malden remains an island where the Buhriz Movement can easily access. Personnel can easily be smuggled through during the day through the international airport, while entire platoons can be brought into Malden overnight via unmarked vessels.

Armed Civilians Amendment
The Armed Civilians Amendment has reportedly made preparations for attacks on the training base as well. These preparations were found during post-attack investigations to have been made in a garage in Larche, involving the attachment of static weapons onto offroads which were subsequently used to attack the base.

Buhriz Movement
Since 2020, attacks on the training base by the Buhriz Movement began increasingly common. The first attack on the training base has been given as 15 November. Subsequent attacks on the base varied in scale, with attacks ranging from the shoot-down of a NATO CH-47 to a full-scale invasion of the Southern end of the island.

Armed Civilians Amendment
Thus far, there has only been one attack by the Armed Civilians Amendment within the vicinity of the training base, in 2021. It is not known what their objective was at the time, however civilians were reportedly executed by operatives of the group.