Actions on Proposed Community Alterations - 30/05/18

To: All Company Personnel
From: Lieutenant Steel

A meeting was held on 30/05/18 to discuss proposed community alterations. These were the results and the following will be or has been actioned:

01 - Use of Attendance Forms

Division personnel will now be required to fill out an attendance form regarding their attendance for the weekend training session and engagement. Attendance will no longer be gathered from forum posts. An attendance form will be included in warning order and patrol order posts. Your section commanders will be in contact with you in the next few days to clarify any question you may have.

02 - Operations and Campaigns

The use of the word "Campaign" will now refer to World War 2 and/or specific campaigns such as the Western European Theatre. Operations will now be a string of "days" and anything not related to an operation, such as a commando raid, will be filed under "other engagements". 

03 - Rank Slide Alterations

Recruits in the division can now be identified with the new rank slide which is plain brown cloth with a purple fabric strip.

04 - Training Alterations

Training will be done on a four-week rota and will be expanded.

Basic training and airborne training will now take place over a three week period with platoon training sessions being held on the forth week. 

Week 1: Basic Training for New Recruits | Section Level Training

Week 2: Airborne Training for New Recruits | Section Level Training

Week 3: Recruit Final Exercise with Rest of Platoon Involved

Week 4: Platoon Training Exercise

05 - Hierarchy to All Ranks

An illustration will be completed in the near future showing the hierarchy of the community based on "Anthony's Triangle". 

06 - Streamlined Information Sources

This post is the start of that. Stay tuned for more. 

07 - War Office Selection Board (WOSB)

May be introduced in the future for the selection of people for Warrant Officer roles. Basically a review and interview board.

08 - Promotions and Award Ceremonies

Promotions will now be "handed out" in-game to mark the beginning of the new appointment or promotion as opposed to just being posted on the forums.

09 - Introduction of the Bomber Role

Bombers are men responsible for rearming men in the field although not in a logistics role. This historically accurate role will now be referred to and used in sections. More information to follow.

10 - Bren Magazines in Loadouts

Loadouts will no longer spawn with spare Bren gun magazines in them. They will need to be retrieved from ammunition stores on the instruction of the section commander. 

11 - References to PTS (Permission to Speak)

All references to PTS have been removed as we don't use it and expect people to be respectful when in group discussion.

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Corporal Steel
Section Commander, 2 Section, No.4 Platoon, B Company