What does PDF stand for?

Because of this, Empire rarely saw fit to mention the irony that their actions had essentially equipped many in the Rebel Alliance military. As the Galactic Civil War swung in favor of the Rebels and the establishment of the New Republic, Chief of State Mon Mothma signed the Defense Declarations. It denationalized control of the Planetary Security Forces back into the hands of the sector governments. Members of the New Republic would also be expected to support the New Republic Defense Force but could also now control their own planetary defense forces.

Unlike the UNSC, the UNSCDF probably has a larger network of operations bases and command centers on Earth. Aside from ground centers, the UNSCDF also operates the Orbital Defense Platforms around Earth. [4] The UNSCDF, as a planetary defense force.