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If you see someone wearing this jacket, you should be afraid. We are a force not living for ourselves or for now. You have your stories, already making every day the past. We have the future!
Isabelle to Althea about the organization.[src]

The Civic Republic Military, (known by the abbreviation "CRM"), originally the Pennsylvania National Guard, is an organization that serves as a military force within the Civic Republic of Philadelphia, an advanced and authoritarian civilization. They were first introduced in Season 8 of AMC's The Walking Dead. They also appeared in Season 5, 6 and 7 of Fear the Walking Dead, where they are encountered by Morgan's group, particularly Althea, and also appear in World Beyond and The Ones Who Live. The force possesses multiple helicopters that are used as transportation to collect new survivors and search for supplies. They served as the primary antagonistic group for all of World Beyond, all of The Ones Who Live, and an antagonistic force for the entire Television Universe.

Overview[]

The Civic Republic Military is an incredibly powerful force in the apocalypse, consisting of many organized units of soldiers equipped with weapons, training, and many other resources and equipment that almost no one other community or organization has access to, such as helicopters and other vehicles originally recovered from the arsenals of the Pennsylvania National Guard and federal forces. Their mission is to help rebuild civilization back to what it was and stop anyone who threatens that goal. However, though their intentions are noble, the CRM often resorts to extremely brutal methods to neutralize perceived threats, including mass genocide of thousands using poison gas, such as when they wiped out everyone in the Campus Colony and Omaha. When Sergeant Major Barca questioned why the CRM killed the Campus Colony residents, seeing as they were innocent, Lieutenant Colonel Kublek reasons that although they weren't currently a threat, they were going to be. Punishment towards those who go against the CRM is extremely severe; Barca is put into custody at the CRM Health and Welfare Complex and is later used as a test subject for Lyla Belshaw's experiments. Within the CRM, there are many research facilities that are used by the scientists, who are attempting to find a cure for the outbreak. Lyla is shown to have been making progress on slowing down the reanimation process, which eventually will turn into a cure to stopping reanimation altogether. However, sometimes even those who are completely loyal to the CRM can be punished if they are seen as incompetent or someone else is simply better. After Anne finds that Lyla has made little progress in her studies, she lets her die so Leopold can take over her experiments, seeing that he'll be easier to manage since they can use his family as leverage. It is revealed that the civilian government of the Civic Republic are mostly unaware of what their military does outside of its walls, and the CRM intend that it is kept this way; going as far as killing anybody who attempts to inform the government about the CRM’s doings. The civilians within the Civic Republic are also shown to be unaware of the CRM's true nature, but those who are and go against them will face the CRM's merciless brutality.

Pre-Apocalypse[]

Before the outbreak, much of the structure of the Civic Republic Military can be traced back to the Pennsylvania National Guard, which due to the presumed mismanagement by the federal government of the early pandemic, defected and had an armed confrontation with the U.S. Military in the Battle of Philadelphia. Victorious, former federal politicians and legislators of the Pennsylvania General Assembly founded the Civic Republic, and the National Guard served as the main armed branch until the establishment of the CRM.

With more than 18,000 personnel, the Pennsylvania National Guard was the second-largest of all of the state National Guards.

Post-Apocalypse[]

When the Trials began, the Pennsylvania National Guard defended Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from the U.S. Military during Operation Cobalt. With the help of U.S. Air Force pilot Donald Okafor who defected, bombing 4,000 Marines gathered at Lincoln Financial Field to "liquidate" everyone who survived the napalm bombing, the National Guard successfully kept Philadelphia from being bombed, saving hundreds of thousands of lives, although the city still took heavy damage during the outbreak. Eventually, the city was secured from the dead and everyone was left to believe that Philadelphia had suffered the same fate as the other cities targeted during Operation Cobalt.

Subsequently, the Pennsylvania National Guard reorganized into the Civic Republic Military while Philadelphia became known as the Civic Republic of Philadelphia or just the Civic Republic. With the help of advanced equipment, the Civic Republic formed a strong military organization within the community. Although their purpose is still unknown, it involved the rebuilding the future of civilization. The organization came into possession of helicopters that were utilized as a means of long-distance transportation and to scavenge areas for valuable supplies and resources. It is not known how many helicopters any of these communities possess. Shortly after the outbreak, the Civic Republic came into contact with two other military safe-zones in Portland, Oregon and Omaha, Nebraska. Forming the Alliance of the Three, the Civic Republic Military was connected with Portland and Omaha thereafter, with a three-circled figure as their symbol.

Two years into the apocalypse, Lieutenant Colonel Elizabeth Kublek and Major General Beale devised a new initiative called "Project Votus". The project involved scientists developing a means of slowing, if not nearly outright stopping the reanimation process after death using gas. In order to test their work, the CRM started bringing the scientists recently bitten survivors. They would also use outspoken individuals as tests subjects. Eventually, the Civic Republic encountered a large group of survivors situated in a junkyard in Virginia and made an arrangement with their leader, Anne (under the alias "Jadis"). In exchange for her supplying the Civic Republic with either strong survivors or recently infected captives per their request, they would supply her and her people with much-needed resources. Among them were solar panels, a helipad, an apartment disguised as a container, and various canned goods such as applesauce. The grading system this organization used for captured survivors was marking them as an "A", which are survivors recently infected and meant to be used to study the virus, or "B", a strong survivor who is willing to fight, which Anne would assign to the captives herself before delivery. It is not known how many survivors were given to the organization by Anne and her people or what fate befell them after they were taken away, or if the group made similar arrangements with other survivor groups or settlements.

One notable survivor captured by Anne and her people was Heath, a supply runner from the Alexandria Safe-Zone who was separated from his ally, Tara, while on a scouting mission and was taken away by the helicopter group to an unknown fate. Anne would later reveal that she was planning on infecting and trading Gabriel Stokes after he was captured by her lieutenant, Tamiel, though he was rescued by his own group before this could occur. It is highly likely that Anne made a deal with Negan Smith and the Saviors to help fight back against Rick and his people in order to obtain 12 new survivors to be traded to the Civic Republic for supplies. This however never occurred. During the war, Anne also had captured Rick Grimes and Negan Smith, preparing to infect and trade them off as well. Anne was convinced, however, to release both of them.

TV Series[]

Season 8[]

Content
"The Big Scary U"

While traveling to the Heaps to confront Anne and her people to enlist their help in fighting against the Saviors, Rick Grimes spots a black helicopter flying away from the Heaps, presumably after trading supplies for survivors captured and delivered by the Scavengers. After it flies away, Rick continues on his way confused over the helicopter.

"The King, the Widow, and Rick"

Following this presumed exchange, Rick arrives to offer Anne and her people to enlist in the war. Anne refused and had Rick stripped and detained in a container designating him as "A."

"Time for After"

Anne, an artist who finds Rick attractive, takes pictures and sketches of him so that she can sculpt him "after". When brought back out of the container, the Scavengers prepare to have Rick bitten by a leashed Walker. Anne clarifies that Rick getting bitten, turned, and offered to the Civic Republic as an "A" is the "after" she was referring to. However, he manages to fight back, overpower Anne, and convince her and her people to fight in the war.

"Still Gotta Mean Something"

After capturing Negan, Anne plans on trading him to the organization. Her watch beeps. She leaves Negan alone for a moment and returns with a walker tied to a cart. Negan fires at her with a gun he managed to get hold of, and threatens to burn a pile of sentimental photos with a flare that he found in her bag. Her watch beeps again. She rams the walker into Negan and wrestles the flare away. To her dismay, the flare falls in a puddle of water and the flame is snuffed out. A helicopter appears overhead and hovers. Anne runs to get another flare, but by the time she ignites it, the helicopter turns and leaves. As he leaves, Negan attempts to find out about the helicopter, but Anne refuses to explain.

"Wrath"

Anne is invited to live in the Alexandria Safe-Zone and as such, she cuts off contact with the Civic Republic.

Fear the Walking Dead[]

Season 5[]

Content
"Here to Help"

At the plane crash site, a zombified member of the organization is amongst the herd that attacks Morgan's Group. The man goes after Al who is unable to stab him in the head due to his helmet. Al manages to fling him backwards, impaling the man on a pole and records him with her video camera, interested in his black armor.

Al later returns to the crash site, believing that there is a story there. Finding the zombified man still impaled on the pole, Al removes his helmet and puts him down. Searching his body, she discovers maps of the United States and possibly other locations around the world. As Al radios to Morgan that she was right about there being a story, she is tasered from behind and captured by another member of the organization.

"The Hurt That Will Happen"

After returning to the crash site, John Dorie finds no sign of Al or the body of the zombified member of the organization, suggesting that the group removed it after capturing Al. Unaware that Al put the man down, John speculates that the rain allowed him to slip free of the pole he was impaled upon and walk away, possibly followed by Al.

"Skidmark"

While repairing one of their walker traps, Max and Annie spot a member of the organization nearby putting down walkers and quickly hide, complicated by a radio call from Dylan that almost draws the soldier's attention. However, they succeed in hiding until the member is gone.

After talking down Max, Annie, and a group of children, Morgan and Alicia ask them about the organization, having learned from Dylan that the kids saw them when they first arrived and were scared by them. The children agree to lead them to the camp and Max explains that they first saw them a few weeks back and the members had uniforms and weapons. While the children only saw two, there could be more.

As the group gets close to the camp, a helicopter of the organization suddenly takes off and flies away. Annie states that the members had come in the helicopter and when Max wonders why they are leaving, she suggests that they got what they came for.

"The End of Everything"

After being captured by Isabelle, Al witnesses her cremate Beckett's body and escapes briefly to hide her tape of him and Beckett's maps. With Isabelle's helicopter out of fuel, the two women are forced to work together to retrieve fuel for the helicopter with only 72 hours before a retrieval team arrives. Isabelle eventually reveals that she and Beckett were on a supply run for the organization when Beckett went insane after seeing the power plant that melted down and the radioactive walkers, forcing her to kill him.

Isabelle eventually explains that the organization is bigger than them all because it's the future and everyone and everything else is the past. Isabelle states that the organization is about the future and rebuilding what humanity once had and they can't risk being found due to Al's tape. Al eventually leads Isabelle to where she hid the tape and allows her to destroy it. The group's protocol then requires Isabelle to kill Al as their mission means that no one can know anything or even see them. However, Isabelle chooses not to kill Al due to her attraction to Al.

After refueling her helicopter, Isabelle contacts her superiors to assure them that the mission was successfully completed. With Isabelle returning to base and not telling them about her encounter with other people, the organization calls off the retrieval team. To ensure that her brother's story will live on, Al sends the tape with that story with Isabelle. Al subsequently keeps her promise to Isabelle and lies about what she saw and what happened to her.

"Still Standing"

In order to refuel the plane, Al leads June back to CRM's fuel drop that she had visited with Isabelle. The two are able to retrieve enough fuel to get the plane over the mountain if only barely.

"Today and Tomorrow"

While observing Virginia and the Pioneers, Al suspects a connection to CRM from some of things that Virginia says sounding like what Isabelle said about the organization. However, Virginia has no idea what Al is talking about and she concludes that she was wrong about a connection between the two groups.

TV Series[]

Season 9[]

Content
"The Bridge"

About 19 months after cutting off contact with the organization, while on a guard post, Anne spots a CRM helicopter flying above and looks on very nervous.

"Warning Signs"

After fleeing from her allies, Anne returns to the Heaps and retrieves a long-range walkie-talkie. She radios the unknown man from the organization. He asks her if she has an "A or a B". She asks for an extraction for herself and claims she's paid her dues but the man says for their deal to be on she'll need an A, and she promises them one the next day.

"What Comes After"

On the road, Anne's van breaks down and the organization contacts radios to see if she has the "A". She lies and confirms she does, saying they're ready for transport. Abandoning her vehicle, Anne continues on to the meeting spot on foot.

Later, Anne hears panicked radio calls about Rick apparently blowing himself up to stop a herd at the bridge and Anne spots walkers floating down the nearby river. The helicopter arrives to pick up Anne and her supposed "A" and she pulls out her gun but suddenly spots a wounded Rick on the riverbank, still alive. She quickly radios that she has a "B" but he's strong and needs help immediately. She promises it's not a trick and explains she's just trying to save a friend who once saved her. They agree to her deal and lower the helicopter.

Inside the helicopter, Anne assures Rick that he'll be fine and that "they" will save him. Rick falls asleep as the helicopter flies away into the unknown.

Fear the Walking Dead[]

Season 6[]

Content
"Alaska"

Al and Dwight come to a building in Dallas, Texas that has a drop spot for the CRM. Al contemplates signaling Isabelle despite the risk of death, but instead warns her of the building being infested with bubonic plague without revealing her identity. Isabelle offers her supplies in a box that contains beer and antibiotics as a thank you before departing to another drop spot, warning her superiors that the drop site has been burned. Al is able to use the antibiotics to cure the survivors in the building of the plague.

"The Holding"

Amongst the hidden maps in Derek's possession, Al discovers a set of CRM maps identical to the ones that she had found on Beckett. Al is shocked to see them, telling Wes that the Doomsday Cult shouldn't have them. Later, as they pass through a room full of embalmed walkers, Al spots a zombified CRM soldier, presumably where the cult got the maps from. Al checks to see if it's Isabelle, but it is another woman who is put down by Alicia Clark. Seeing the embalming fluid coming out of the soldier's corpse, Al comes up with the idea to use the embalming fluid in the walkers to set the Holding on fire and Al removes a tube of matches from the dead soldier's pocket to help.

After returning to Valley Town and reporting in to Morgan, Al looks over the CRM maps that she had taken from the bunker. Al tells Dwight that she doesn't think that the cult was targeting Nora and her people when they hit the Creative Visionaries Agency but were instead aiming for the CRM drop site on the roof. The maps reveal CRM drop sites all over the region and if the cult manages to hit one of their choppers, they could take out a lot of people. Al decides that she must find Isabelle and CRM and warn them of the threat to them, suggesting that CRM might be able to help them against the cult.

"The Beginning"

Daniel Salazar receives a garbled transmission with coordinates leading to a field where a CRM helicopter lands. The transmission turns out to have been from Al who had sent the helicopter, piloted by Isabelle, to rescue them. Communicating over a radio, Al orders Daniel, Sarah, Wes, Luciana and Jacob not to ask pilot any questions, stating that she is there to help them. The helicopter flies the group to safety as nuclear warheads begin striking the area.

Season 7[]

Content
"Reclamation"

Following Isabelle going AWOL in order to rescue Morgan's Group from the nuclear destruction in Texas, the CRM sends a Reclamation Team to hunt her down and kill her. As Morgan and Al return to Al's SWAT van, the team arrives in a helicopter shortly after Al hears them on the radio. Morgan, Al and Grace are forced to go on the run from the CRM soldiers with Al attempting to keep her friends safe and out of the fight as best as she can.

Al sends Morgan and Grace to refuel the SWAT van using the CRM helicopter's fuel while she lures the Reclamation Team to Fort San Vicente where Al sets up an old cannon to kill them. However, the CRM soldiers are able to capture Morgan and Grace and threaten their lives in order to force Al to admit that Isabelle is hiding out in Beckett's Cabin. As the men try to kill Morgan and Grace, they manage to break free and escape in the SWAT van, only to have the CRM helicopter chase them before pressing on ahead.

Morgan and Grace arrive at the fort alone, but Al's attempt to ambush the Reclamation Team with the cannon fails when a walker accidentally tears out the fuse. While Morgan resets the cannon, Al distracts the CRM soldiers, hiding the cannon behind the SWAT van. Once the soldiers are in position, Al has Grace drive the SWAT van out of the way and Morgan blows up the Reclamation Team with the cannon.

The next day, Al returns to the fort and searches the body of one of the soldiers, who has reanimated despite being blown to pieces, for his maps. Boarding the CRM helicopter, Al poses as a member of the Reclamation Team and learns over the radio that the CRM has tracked Isabelle to where she landed her helicopter. Concerned for her girlfriend's safety, Al flies the CRM helicopter to Beckett's cabin where she warns Isabelle and joins her in finding a new life together, albeit one where they will constantly have to be on the run from the CRM.

World Beyond[]

Season 1[]

Content
"Brave"

The group arrives at the Campus Colony for "Monument Day" with Kublek as the spokesperson. Five helicopters come but only one is shown to the survivors while the remaining are only seen by Hope Bennett. Kublek secretly gives Hope and her sister Iris a coded map to their father's location in New York State as a sign of trust. Despite this, Kublek and her soldiers carry out a massacre in Campus Colony, wiping out more than nine thousand people, although the Bennett sisters, along with Elton, and Silas, had already left the settlement for New York, with security officers Felix and Huck going after them.

"The Tyger and the Lamb"

Barca appears at Elizabeth's apartment, clearly shaken up and struggling from his involvement in the massacre of the Campus Colony community. Elizabeth invites him in and proceeds to turn on all the appliances in her apartment to demonstrate a point - they have energy, manufacturing, agriculture, water, and other functions that represent a successful society, and that everything they do is for the good of the city, stating that they are the "light of the world". She then invites Barca to sit down and enjoy some soup, unbeknownst she had summoned two soldiers to her apartment. After a knock is heard at the door, Barca is ordered to open it, where the soldiers take him in custody to the CRM Health and Welfare Complex. She orders that he will stay there until he is feeling better and will be re-assigned to a position that involves physical labor instead of resuming his role as a Sergeant Major and one of her subordinates.

"Shadow Puppets"

Tony Delmado reveals that his truck used to belong to the CRM, Percy having earlier explained that they had found the vehicle skidded out on some ice the year before with the driver in the process of turning into a zombie. Tony warns Felix that the CRM doesn't mess around and that they are close, Tony having seen their helicopters flying around the area. Tony reveals that, having checked the CRM driver's pockets when they searched the truck, he has found something that points to a refuelling station nearby. Tony and Percy have a routine down to get what they need and avoid the CRM in the process. After Felix promises that his Alliance of the Three patch can get them out of trouble if they run into it, Tony agrees to help the Endlings.

"Truth or Dare"

Tony reveals that he and Percy have possession of one of the CRM's coded maps and have discovered that the key to decoding it is to shine a bright light through the plastic decoder overlays onto the map. The decoders will then cause symbols to appear on the map representing various locations with oil drops representing refueling caches across the country. Using the decoders that Tony found, Iris is finally able to decipher the CRM map that Elizabeth Kublek had given to her and Hope which reveals that the Civic Republic Research Facility is located in Ithaca, New York, taking the form of a DNA strand on the map.

Later, the Endlings raid the CRM refueling station for the supplies that they need in order to reach the research facility. They also retrieve CRM codebooks from a locked cabinet in the depot.

"The Sky Is a Graveyard"

Iris attempts to crack the CRM codebooks without any success.

In a flashback to Huck's two day scouting mission, Elizabeth Kublek and a number of CRM soldiers, including Lieutenant Frank Newton, await her arrival in an abandoned office. Huck is revealed to be a CRM mole whose mission is to protect "the asset."

"The Deepest Cut"

In a flashback, Huck meets with her mother who warns her to speed up her mission to bring "the asset" to the CRM. Elizabeth orders Huck to isolate her from the rest of the Endlings and warns that if Huck can't make that happen, Elizabeth and the CRM will. Huck is surprised as Elizabeth had told her that the CRM didn't want to put any more resources into this which Elizabth confirms, but she states that they want this to succeed which is why Elizabeth had given Hope and Iris the coded map to the research facility.

As the Endlings get to within 120 miles of the research facility, Huck purposefully crashes the truck, injures Felix and does her best to divide the group. However, her strange behavior draws the suspicions of Iris while Elton learns from Percy that it was actually Huck who'd shot him, not Silas. Although Huck apparently succeeds in getting Hope to head off with her on her own, Hope has actually managed to figure out how to decipher the CRM codebooks by comparing the codes from the CRM codebook to longitude and latitude on a map. Hope manages to decipher one of the messages and is alarmed to learn that it says "RAFT EMBED AGENT EN ROUTE TO NY WITH ASSET + FOUR. ALL FOUR EXPENDABLE." As a result, Hope realizes that Huck is actually a double agent for the CRM.

At a roadside near a parked CRM truck, four CRM soldiers chase Will Campbell through the woods, trying to kill him.

"In This Life"

At the research facility, Lyla Belshaw prepares to reveal to Leo Bennett that the CRM will have Hope at the research facility within 24 hours. However, Leo expresses his suspicions about the sudden departure of Dr. Samuel Abbott and the continued absence of Will and Romano. Leo asks for Lyla's help to prove that the CRM are lying to them.

On the road, Hope confronts Huck at gunpoint about her being a CRM agent. Huck eventually admits it, explaining that she had faked the distress messages from Leo. Due to Hope's unique gifts, she is extremely valuable to the CRM, but Huck felt that she needed to make the cross-country journey in order to understand what the CRM is trying to save: civilization and the future. Huck also admits to murdering Tony, justifying it by the fact that, with the CRM Maps and the truck, the Endlings were "two days away from knocking on the CR's door" which would've resulted in the CRM killing everybody. Huck insists that she had tried to split the group up without hurting anyone, but that she was left with no choice in the end.

At the same time, Elton and Percy manage to find Silas and reveal to him that it was actually Huck who killed Tony and shot Percy and that he's innocent. As the three plan to go after their friends, the CRM finds the warehouse where they're at and Silas surrenders himself to them in order to buy Elton and Percy time to escape.

After discovering the supplies that they need at the Red Maple, Iris and Felix repair the CRM truck and track down Hope and Huck. In the confrontation that follows, Huck nearly kills Felix until Hope threatens suicide and willingly agrees to go with Huck. Hope recognizes that the CRM will just keep hunting for her if she runs and Huck directs Iris and Felix to safety five miles north. Privately, Hope tells her sister that it's really the two of them together that are the asset and that with Iris' smarts, bravery, instincts and fight, the CRM has no idea what she can do and that's how they're going to beat them. The CRM thinks that they need Hope to save the world, but they're going to save the world from the CRM together.

Huck takes Hope to a field where they rendezvous with a CRM helicopter and Elizabeth Kublek who Hope is surprised to learn is Huck's mother. Elizabeth worries about the loose ends, specifically the truck and the rest of the Endlings and intends to deal with them despite Huck's reassurances that they are not a threat. Huck is less than pleased, having wanted to send the others home, but Elizabeth tells her that she had to step in to ensure the success of her daughter's mission after the incident back home before Huck left for Omaha put her judgment into question. Elizabeth has ensured that Huck's mission to bring the asset to them was an unmitigated success with no loose ends. Before the three women fly off in the helicopter. Elizabeth tells her daughter that they will have to talk about the Campus Colony as a lot's happened since Huck left.

After leaving Hope and Huck, Iris and Felix encounter Will who had thought them to be dead. Will realizes that Iris and Felix don't know that the Campus Colony has been destroyed.

Season 2[]

Content
"Konsekans"

Six weeks ago, one day after Monument Day, the CRM cuts the fences near Omaha, plants C4 outside of the walls and uses their helicopters to lead a massive herd to the city. Standing on a nearby hillside, Elizabeth Kublek and Frank Newton observe and Frank promises that within 72 hours, once the herd is done with Omaha, they will be able to lead it to the Campus Colony to do the same thing there. Elizabeth reveals new orders from Major General Beale, stating that what the CRM is doing to Omaha and the Campus Colony is "only just the beginning." The CRM blows open Omaha's walls for the herd to overrun the city and Frank kills an escaped survivor.

After reuniting with Felix and Iris, Will reveals that he had become suspicious of the CRM's stonewalling about contacting Omaha and made the mistake of telling them that. As a result, Frank and a squad of CRM soldiers lured Will and Romano out under the guise of a mission to a relay station to try to figure out the communications problem, in reality intending to kill them. Deducing the truth, Will and Romano broke free and killed five CRM soldiers and fled into the nearby woods. However, while Will had escaped, Romano was killed by Frank.

Will then reveals that a few days later, he witnessed CRM helicopters delivering shipping containers full of equipment taken from Omaha and the Campus Colony and overheard the soldiers discussing how both were destroyed by a massive herd, something that Will, Iris and Felix find to be strange. Will leads Felix and Iris to the Perimeter, an artist's colony a few miles away from the Civic Republic Research Facility that has a neutrality deal with the CRM. Having taken in Will following his escape from the CRM, Indira agrees to take in Felix and Iris as well. Although Felix and Iris want to go after the research facility, Will warns them that it's too heavily guarded by the CRM and they need to play a long game against the CRM, planning for not just how to get in, but also how to get Hope and Leo out, where they will go next and how to protect the Perimeter residents from retaliation as well. Iris manages to decipher the rest of the CRM's code books which contain information on supply depots and fuel inventories, but while that information will be useful after they rescue Hope and Leo, it's useless for getting them out.

After picking up Hope and Huck, Elizabeth flies them to the ruins of Albany where she reveals the destruction of Omaha and the Campus Colony, claiming that it was done by an unimaginably large herd of over 100,000 empties and that the CRM had airlifted out what survivors they could to Portland. Unwilling to bring Hope in while her rebellious nature could still prove to be a danger to the CRM, Elizabeth sets her loose in Albany to make the choice between whether she will try to make it on her own or be a part of something bigger working towards building a future. Hope eventually calls Elizabeth and agrees to go with the CRM. Elizabeth tells Hope that it's alright to hate the CRM and that she should, but that the bad things they do must be done and they carry that burden so that others don't have to, so there can still be good in the world and so that maybe some day this won't be all that there is. Elizabeth is willing to offer Iris and Felix a home with them since they don't have one to go back to which she imagines Hope understands very differently now. Elizabeth has the CRM soldiers lead Hope away. Once they're gone, Huck realizes that her mother had wanted to see if Huck would go after Hope, if Hope and the others had changed her. Elizabeth simply states that she's really glad that she was wrong and leaves followed by Huck.

Hope is taken to the research facility where Huck reveals that she lied to Elizabeth that Felix and Iris know nothing about the CRM or the truth about Huck's mission. As long as they don't reveal what they know, Felix and Iris will be safe at the Perimeter if the CRM finds them, and Huck also suggests a solution for what to do with Silas Plaskett to her mother. However, Hope must not tell anyone the truth, including her father, or she potentially risks all of their lives. Hope is later reunited with her father.

Haunted by a nightmare of a CRM helmet being under an empty's face and confused as to why the CRM would cover up the destruction of Omaha and the Campus Colony, Iris discovers a CRM soldier patrolling the woods at night and attacks him. Finally coming to the terrible realization that the CRM had destroyed her home, Iris kills the soldier in revenge.

"Foothold"

Iris and Felix are forced to hide from more patrolling CRM soldiers after Iris kills the soldier. Although this is complicated by a small herd stumbling upon the two, they manage to avoid detection.

Iris later shares her deduction that the CRM had destroyed Omaha and the Campus Colony with Felix and Will, pointing out how far they've been shown to go as proof. Iris suggests that the CRM had wanted something that Omaha and the Campus Colony had, reminding Felix and Will that they had gone to great lengths to get Hope to the research facility. Will admits that the thought had crossed his mind as well that the CRM were responsible.

Later, the CRM searches for their missing soldier under the leadership of Elizabeth Kublek to the point that they visit the Perimeter and search the community, narrowly avoiding finding Iris, Felix and Will. The CRM eventually finds the bodies of the dead soldier and an empty that has been dressed up as Will to make it appear from a distance that Will and the soldier had killed each other. Elizabeth has a recovery team sent to try to recover the bodies even though it's highly likely that they will be washed away before the team arrives. The deception successfully fools the CRM into believing that Will is dead and throws them off the trail of Iris and Felix.

Iris later declares to Felix that the Endlings are now at war with the CRM even if the CRM doesn't know it yet, something that Felix agrees with.

"Exit Wounds"

Hope observes the CRM guarding the research facility. At the same time, a military review board praises the success of Huck's two year mission to Omaha and the Campus Colony and her successful delivery of Hope to them. As such, Huck is restored to active duty at the research facility, although she struggles with the things that she was forced to do and to reconnect with her husband Dennis who's mistake had led to him being taken off of active duty and put in charge of the culling facility while Huck's own attempts to "fix it" had led to her needing to go on the mission to make up for her own error.

Leo becomes frustrated and confronts Huck after he learns that Elizabeth Kublek isn't looking for Iris and Felix and has been recalled to the Civic Republic of Philadelphia. After being convinced by Hope to take her to the Perimeter to see Iris and Felix, Huck borrows a Humvee that Dennis had repaired for the CRM and bluffs her way past Corporal Diane Pierce with orders claiming that she is on a classified mission for her mother.

"Family Is a Four Letter Word"

While taking out a herd at the culling facility, Silas becomes distracted by a CRM helicopter flying overhead.

At the Perimeter, Iris and Felix reveal to Hope and Huck their belief that the CRM was responsible for the destruction of Omaha and the Campus Colony. Later, Will reveals himself to Huck and that they'd had to fake his death because the CRM was trying to kill him and had killed Romano. Will insists that it was because he was getting too close to the truth about Omaha, but Huck believes that the CRM was keeping it a secret until Hope got to the research facility so that Leo wouldn't believe that his family was dead. While Huck refuses to believe the truth, she agrees to keep Will's survival a secret while the revelation of the attempted murder of Will causes Hope to realize the truth. However, she returns to the research facility with Huck while Iris and Felix remain behind at the Perimeter.

Elizabeth Kublek makes an address to both the Civic Republic and Portland about the destruction of Omaha and the Campus Colony. On behalf of Major General Beale, Elizabeth pledges to the citizens of Portland and the Civic Republic that these tragedies will serve as a clarion call for the CRM to stand even more firmly resolved, ready to fight for their survival and the survival of their alliance and for the survival of humankind. However, her evasive answers to Huck about the survivors that the CRM supposedly airlifted out of the two cities causes Huck to begin having doubts about whether or not the CRM was responsible for the destruction of Omaha and the Campus Colony as Iris, Felix and Will had insisted.

In a flashback, a CRM soldier breaks Huck's arm on Elizabeth signal in preparation for Huck's undercover mission to Omaha.

"Quatervois"

According to Dennis Graham and a newspaper article that he reads, the CRM is supposed to fall under civilian oversight soon which was always supposed to happen after ten years as part of the Founding Compact. However, the CRM are pushing for an emergency delay of it. Dennis suggests that they are back at square one after the destruction of Omaha and when Huck asks why the civilian government is pushing for it so hard, Dennis states that there has always been friction between the military and the politicians, but everyone has bought into what they're doing.

Iris, Percy and Elton approach Silas for help with a plan to break Hope and Leo out of the research facility the next day. The three reveal the destruction of Omaha and the Campus Colony and their belief that the CRM was responsible. Silas eventually agrees to help them with their plan.

At the suggestion of Asha, Indira and Dev turn Iris, Felix and Percy, disguised as Elton, over to a CRM patrol. Elizabeth Kublek interrogates them, but their stories and Indira's match up and, with Huck backing up the Endlings not being a threat, Elizabeth allows them in. Having already been informed by Hope of the truth, Leo agrees to their escape plan, although he decides to inform Lyla Belshaw first. However, the escape plan fails when a squad of CRM soldiers led by Corporal Diane Pierce captures Silas.

Due to her growing suspicions of the CRM and their activities, Huck sneaks into her mother's office and breaks into her safe, recovering coded transmissions about something called Project V. Huck reveals to Leo that the transmissions prove that the CRM brought the walkers to Omaha and the Campus Colony and Leo recognizes the code used in the transmissions as the one used for test subjects. Huck doesn't know how it all fits, but some of the people killed in Omaha and the Campus Colony were being used for research, research that Huck thinks is still being done in the research facility. Huck needs Leo's help to figure out what the hell's going on and who's involved so they can stop it.

Later, Lyla is delivered a new test subject - Sergeant Major Barca - by Jadis who reveals that Elizabeth has been called to the Civic Republic indefinitely, leaving Jadis in charge.

"Who Are You?"

In a flashback, a CRM team led by Corporal Diane Pierce accompanies the scientists on a research expedition.

In the present, from the coded transmissions that Huck stole, Leo determines that the CRM used some sort of large-scale chemical weapon on Omaha and the Campus Colony and guesses that the V at the top of the documents refers to a project of some sort at the research facility. At the same time, Jadis reveals to Huck that she has been sent to do a security audit at the facility by Elizabeth Kublek.

Percy manages to hide a message from Iris to Will and Elton in the bumper of a vehicle delivering supplies to the Perimeter where it is recovered by Dev.

After realizing that Lyla is involved, Leo invites her to dinner as a distraction and has Felix and Huck search for answers. The two discover daily trips that Lyla makes to a seemingly-empty area of the facility on Sublevel 7. In order for Felix to get in, Huck blows the research facility's power generator, creating a blackout. Felix discovers that the room is a cold storage with frozen empty test subjects, vials of the deadly gas that the CRM had used and a large stockpile of gas cannisters containing it. However, the backup generator kicks in, trapping Felix in cold storage until Huck manages to reprogram her key card so that she can open the door.

After learning of Indira's illness and receiving a message from Iris that they are going to burn the facility to the ground once they get answers, Will attempts to sneak back in with Dev's help. However, the two are found nearby by a CRM patrol and Dev is killed while Will escapes.

"Blood and Lies"

Lyla Belshaw kills her newest test subject, Sergeant Major Barca, with chlorine gas.

Jadis interrogates Silas, taking an interest in him as a possible future soldier for the CRM. Silas claims to be lost and Dennis backs him up when Dennis arrives after finally being called in by the CRM. Jadis mentions that the CRM has been busy investigating the incursion that long-range security had and the fatality that had resulted from it which had delayed the CRM's interrogation of Silas.

Having detected the theft of the vial, the CRM interrogates both Lyla and Leo with Jadis enlisting Huck's help. Lyla convinces Leo to join her in lying that she was an hour late for dinner the night before so that Lyla can claim that she simply misplaced the vial and protect them both. Approaching Hope and Iris, Lyla offers them all of the answers that they want in exchange for the return of the vial. Taking the two to her secret lab, Lyla reveals Project Votus which Major General Beale and Elizabeth Kublek had come up with eight years before where she studies reanimation as it happens in living test subjects in the hopes of finding a way to stop it. Most of Lyla's test subjects were found already bitten by the CRM in the wild.

Hope demands answers about Omaha and how this ties into the genocide there. Lyla explains that she developed an intra-cerebral injection of algae-derived chemical extracts that showed promise in delaying the time between death and reanimation, but Lyla needed a lot more test subjects to be sure. The CRM told Lyla and Samuel about a secret military operation in which tens of thousands would die. They were assured that this operation was critical to the survival of the human race and that they were being let in on something that almost no one outside of the military knew about and it was their chance to test the formula out in the field. Lyla and Samuel were horrified by it and the Civic Republic's civilian government has no idea what its military does outside of its walls. Samuel threatened to tell the government about it, so they made sure he never would. Iris wonders why 100,000 people would need to die. Lyla admits that she had asked the CRM that, but they had warned her to never ask them that again.

Hope reluctantly reveals the location of the vial, but while Hope and Iris are waiting for it to be safe to leave the lab, CRM soldiers arrive outside of it to search for Lyla. Hope and Iris manage to hide amongst the test subjects long enough for the soldiers to be called off after the CRM finds Lyla. Taken to the interrogation room, Lyla returns the vial to the CRM and reveals that Leo had stolen it with the help of his daughters and Felix. Confident that Leo is too valuable for the CRM to kill, Lyla reveals the truth to him about Project Votus and Jadis agrees to release Leo and Felix and leave Hope and Iris alone if Leo will commit himself to the project which Leo reluctantly accepts.

With Lyla having apparently had a breakthrough with her research due to how long Barca is taking to reanimate, she leads Jadis and Huck to her lab. However, Barca has already reanimated by the time that 7 hours 48 minutes have passed which is rare, but not unusual. With Lyla having failed the CRM too many times and Leo posed to take over her work, Jadis orders Huck to release Barca upon Lyla. Despite Lyla's pleas for her life, Huck cuts Barca free and she and Jadis watch as Barca chases Lyla around before finally biting her in the neck, killing Lyla. Jadis reveals that she intends to frame Lyla's death as a lab accident and that she knew all along that Lyla had been covering up for Leo. As a result, Jadis had used Huck to help her install Leo as Lyla's replacement while testing Huck's loyalty by having her be the one to interrogate Leo and release Barca to kill Lyla. Calling it a productive day, Jadis feels that it's only fair that Huck should be debriefed on the entire scope of the project. Jadis wants Huck to be a part of it as she has earned it. Huck is surprised to learn that there's more and Jadis reveals that the destruction of the Campus Colony and Omaha are all a part of a tactical military operation. What comes next won't be easy, but it will secure their future for centuries to come.

Later, after talking Percy down from killing her in revenge for Huck killing his uncle, Huck reveals to Percy what she had learned from Jadis and he passes it onto the rest of the Endlings: the CRM intends to use the chlorine gas to wipe out Portland and the 87,000 survivors there soon. Having not yet received a full briefing, Huck doesn't know all of the details or exactly when it will happen, just that it's soon. There's no way to warn Portland of the CRM's plans as a wire would be intercepted and Portland is months away on foot. Hope decides that the Endlings must destroy not only the gas, but the research facility too and take with them the scientists and all of their research and keep the research going somehow.

While hanging out in the Bunker with Mason, Hope learns that he's actually the son of Major General Beale of the CRM.

After her confrontation with Percy, Huck visits the culling facility and reveals the truth to Dennis as well, enlisting her husband's help to stop the CRM's plans. Huck is also reunited with Silas for the first time since she framed him for the murder of Tony.

"Returning Point"

In a flashback to two years ago, Elizabeth Kublek offers to secretly use CRM resources to help Indira treat her kidney failure which she ultimately accepts.

In the present, Leo Bennett reveals to the other scientists the genocide that the CRM has enacted upon the Campus Colony and Omaha and the one that they intend to enact in Portland along with the murders of Lyla Belshaw, Samuel Abbott and Romano. The scientists agree to abandon the CRM with their research, but before the escape plan can be initiated, Brody betrays his people and he warns Jadis who orders the research facility locked down and Sergeant Mills' team sent to kill everyone at the Perimeter. After Brody tries to blackmail her for a new life in the Civic Republic, Huck kills him. The Bennett's, Felix, Percy, the scientists, their security details and a captive Mason Beale end up locked in the bio-containment lab where the group begins digging into the old mining tunnels below the facility as an escape route, using the two hours needed for the lockdown to be lifted to their advantage.

At the Perimeter, Mills and his men prepare to execute the residents who haven't already left. Indira fails to talk Jadis down, but a hidden Will Campbell instigates a gunfight, joined by Dennis Graham and Silas Plaskett who had come to inform their friends of the plan. Silas, Dennis and Indira are able to kill Mills and his men with only a few casualties on their side, but Dennis is severely wounded in the process.

After the lockdown is finally lifted, Lieutenant Frank Newton and his team enter the lab only to have the C4 that was left behind kill four of the soldiers and collapse the tunnel entrance, keeping Frank and his men from following. Jadis reports to Huck that the scientists had wiped all of the research data from the mainframe and are in full rebellion. Concerned that this could potentially spell the end of "the last light", Jadis has Corporal Diane Pierce send teams into the tunnels with orders to kill everybody as an example to others.

"Death and the Dead"

The Endlings' rebellion continues as they escape into Lyla Belshaw's lab and send a number of the empty test subjects, including Samuel Abbott, into the tunnels. The empties are put down by the CRM fireteams, but some have C4 attached to their backs while the Bennetts, Felix and the scientists detonate, killing the fireteams sent after them.

Having made a point, Leo contacts Jadis and reveals that they're holding Mason Beale hostage. Despite Jadis' attempts to talk Leo down with logic, he refuses to have anything more to do with the CRM after the destruction of Omaha and the Campus Colony and demands that the two biggest transport trucks that the CRM has be backed up to service entrance near Guard Gate 1 with full tanks of gas and no tricks. Jadis reluctantly complies and Felix performs an inspection of the trucks to confirm that Jadis kept her word. Leo departs with the scientists, making it appear that everyone left while in reality, Hope, Iris, Felix and Percy remain behind with the captive Mason.

At the same time, Silas and Elton gather a massive herd at the culling facility using Dennis' music and use firecrackers to lead it to the research facility. With Dennis severely wounded, Silas decides to continue on to the research facility rather than breaking off to meet up with the others.

Following the departure of Leo and the other scientists, Hope and Felix visit the cold storage area of the facility to destroy the gas with C4. However, they discover that Jadis has cut the power, unleashing the empty test subjects that were kept in cold storage. Hope and Felix put down several test subjects, including a reanimated Lyla Belshaw, but discover that the gas is gone and realize that Jadis had anticipated their actions and had it moved. Unable to find the gas and with Mason insisting that he doesn't know where it is, Hope, Iris, Felix and Percy decide to make their escape.

Outside, the herd, numbering around a thousand empties, begins to overrun the research facility, having been undetected as the patrols in the direction that the herd comes from had been redirected into and died in the tunnels. The herd quickly overruns the CRM's checkpoints due to it being too numerous for them to counter and the CRM is unable to reach their helicopters to drop disruption charges on it.

Upon reaching the facility, Silas and Elton sneak in to search for antibiotics for Dennis. Silas is confronted by his former coworker Webb, now a CRM cadet, who quickly deduces that Silas is one of the insurgents that they're searching for. However, Elton subdues Webb before he can kill Silas and the two are able to find the medical storage room, stealing the antibiotics for Dennis and the medicine that Indira needs for her kidney failure. Recovering, Webb attempts to break into the room, but he only succeeds in drawing attention to himself and is devoured by empties that break in through the hallway window. Surrounded, Elton comes up with the idea of him and Silas rolling the Perimeter's globe sculpture down the hill as an escape method and they successfully manage to escape, rolling over a number of empties on their way down the hill.

Preparing to escape in a Humvee that Percy had stolen the keys to, Hope, Iris, Felix, Percy and Mason are confronted by Jadis, Huck and a number of CRM soldiers, leading to a standoff. Communicating over a private radio channel, Iris confronts Jadis about the CRM's genocides in Omaha and the Campus Colony. Jadis reveals that two years prior, the CRM conducted a study which determined that Omaha, the Campus Colony and Portland have become too reliant on the Civic Republic, and will never be self-sufficient; this would lead to disease and famine spreading throughout the Alliance of the Three and eventually the Civic Republic itself. The genocide of Omaha and the Campus Colony and the planned genocide of Portland is intended to be a form of mercy and euthanasia to prevent the communities from experiencing the impeding disease and famine. Jadis adds that the CRM had extracted all assets, including 10,000 children and the brightest minds such as Leo and Hope and brought them to the research facility to continue contributing. However, the rebellion compromises and threatens to destroy everything that the CRM has worked for.

As empties begin to close in on the group, Felix is forced to open fire on them, allowing Mason to break free and escape, sparking a firefight between the Endlings and the CRM. Huck joins Iris and Felix in killing the soldiers and holds Jadis at gunpoint, but Percy is killed while chasing after an unrepentant Mason. After Iris talks Hope down from killing Mason, the sisters and Felix flee in the Humvee. Jadis offers to give Huck a 5 to 10 minute headstart if she lets Jadis live. With empties closing in on Mason, Jadis rushes to his rescue as Huck makes her own escape in a jeep.

Subsequently, the Civic Republic Research Facility is completely overrun by the undead, forcing the CRM to retreat to a basecamp. Jadis contacts Major General Beale for reinforcements to take the facility back and to get him to step up the planned attack on Portland now that the CRM's plans have been compromised.

Elsewhere, after being forced to divert by a herd on their way to the rendezvous point, one of Leo's trucks hits a CRM spike strip, stranding it. Knowing that the soldiers responsible for it can't be far behind, Leo sends as many people as he can in the second truck to the rendezvous point while he and the other scientists work to patch the tire. Learning of Leo's troubles, Felix rushes off to help him, leaving behind Hope and Iris who are shortly joined by Silas and Elton. Despite their success in taking down the research facility, the Endlings despair that the CRM has still won as the gas is already likely on its way to Portland where it will be used to destroy another city.

At Dennis' culling facility, Huck stumbles across the gas hidden in cargo containers on the facility's North Pads, giving the Endlings one last chance to stop the CRM's planned genocide in Portland. Huck contacts the others for the C4 that they still have which can be used to blow up the gas.

"The Last Light"

The Endlings manage to destroy the CRM's supply of Chlorine Gas, preventing their genocide in Portland. Lt. Col. Kublek is used by Jadis as a scapegoat for the facility's destruction.

Later, Jadis personally brings Silas into the CRM, unaware that he intends to infiltrate the organization and find his way to the right people in the Civic Republic to warn them of the military's heinous actions. A number of the Endlings make their way to Portland to warn them of the CRM's actions and plans as well.

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"Rest in Peace"

On a riverbank just outside of the Civic Republic, Rick Grimes sits on a log near Boat 672, wearing an Alliance of the Three jacket, armed with a kill stick and writing a message to Michonne. Rick tosses the message into the water, but panics after hearing a helicopter. Rick tosses his backpack into a boat as the CRM pilot, addressing Rick as Consignee Grimes, orders him to surrender. Rick angrily puts down a walker buried in mud next to him as the pilot urges him to give up because "it's like he told you. There's no escape for the living." Rick raises his hands in surrender.

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"Years"

The Civic Republic Military will appear in this episode.

"Gone"

The Civic Republic Military will appear in this episode.

"Bye"

The Civic Republic Military will appear in this episode.

"What We"

Shortly after Rick and Michonne jump out of a CRM helicopter in the middle of a severe thunderstorm, it crashes into an apartment building in Greenwood, killing all aboard and causing the CRM to believe that Rick and Michonne have perished. Michonne takes the opportunity to try to convince Rick to leave the CRM and return home since the CRM won't be looking for them. Following the crash, a second CRM helicopter destroys the wreckage with missiles, starting the collapse of the building. Rick explains to Michonne that the CRM was erasing all evidence of its existence.

"Become"

The Civic Republic Military will appear in this episode.

"The Last Time"

The Civic Republic Military will appear in this episode.

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Trivia[]

  • The Civic Republic Military is the first professional military encountered in the TV Series, with standardized weapons and armor.
    • The rifles that CRM soldiers use are customized M4A1 Carbines with a scope and a foregrip attached. The primary feature of these customized rifles are the dual spring-loaded stabbing implements attached to the bottom of the barrel. These are used to stab zombies in the head.
  • The Civic Republic Military is one of the few pre-outbreak government organizations still active albeit renamed and rebranded.
  • Angela Kang has confirmed this organization is responsible for the abduction and disappearance of Heath. This is proven when the RV he and Tara used in "Swear" is seen in the Heaps multiple times, and Anne used this same RV in "What Comes After" in order to reach the rendezvous point with the helicopter.
  • In "Here to Help" and "The End of Everything", more details are discovered about this organization:
    • The official name of the organization is represented by the initials CRM.
    • The symbol is a three-circled figure which can also be seen on their helicopter in "What Comes After".
      • Scott Gimple confirmed the three circles of the network's symbol represent three communities, and one of those communities is in World Beyond.[3]
    • Some members of the organization wear a black armor suit and a helmet that covers the whole face.
    • They have laminated documents with maps of the United States and possibly other locations around the world.
    • Their jackets act as protection from bites by zombies.
    • According to Isabelle, they are about the future and rebuilding the world which is more important than anyone.
    • Secrecy is critical to the organization so they destroy any trace of them with gunpowder and matches should a member die or evidence of the Civic Republic Military be discovered, and they will kill witnesses if necessary.
  • The labels "A" and "B" the military uses for their captives are to designate their role in the Civic Republic. The meaning of A's and B's is explained by Lieutenant Colonel Donald Okafor in "Years".
    • "A" refers to strong people, leaders, who are willing to die for what they believe in. A's are not allowed to enter the Civic Republic and are taken away to be killed. They are taken to the Civic Republic Research Facility in Ithaca, New York to be used for study in combating the virus as walkers. The only A's ever allowed into the CRM are Rick Grimes and Pearl Thorne due to the influence of Lieutenant Colonel Donald Okafor who saw them as the key to changing the CRM from the inside.
    • "B" refers to everyday people who are just trying to survive. These people are taken in by the Civic Republic and placed into their consignment program.
  • In the teaser trailer for the first, now cancelled, film, a skyline of Philadelphia is seen, hinting at the possible location of one of the Civic Republic Military's bases of operation.
    • It was confirmed in World Beyond and The Ones Who Live that Philidelphia is the location of the Civic Republic with its full name being the Civic Republic of Philidelphia.
  • After Heath is kidnapped by the Scavengers and is subsequently traded to the Civic Republic Military in "Swear", Tara discovers a card reading "PPP" left behind at the scene, though it's currently unknown what that indicates.

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