Origin

After the New Warriors took on villains that they were ill-equipped to handle, Standford, CT was destroyed in a nuclear-like explosion. To get the superheroes a semblance of checks and balances, Tony Star sponsored the Super-Hero Registration Act, which would require all superheroes to work for the government. Part of the act was the establishment of the 50-State Initiative, where each of the U.S. states would receive their own version of the Avengers, with heroes trained by former and active Avengers. The Battalion was assigned to Arkansas.

Creation

The Battalion first appeared in Avengers: The Initiative #19 by Dan Slott, Christopher Cage, and Harvey Tolibao.

Major Story Arcs

Secret Invasion

One of the Initiative's biggest challenges was the secret invasion of Skrulls. Many of them took the form of superheroes so they were planted across all the teams. The Battalion member, Razorback, was one. Because 3-D Man had a special pair of goggles that can see the Skrulls' true nature, Razorback was activated and attacked the only other confirmed Battalion member, Tigra. She was aided by the Skrull Kill Krew, who killed the Razorback Skrull.

Tigra would join the largest assembly of Initiative cadets and veteran heroes in Central Park to fight the last wave of Skrull troops. After the victory, the replaced heroes, including Razorback, were found on a Skrull spaceship. Tigra would not return to the team afterward.