180912 Community Update

180912 Community Update

12SEP18, 2038 hrs

I have the aim to keep everyone updated with the unit and the changes that are occurring and this is the first step towards that goal. Community Updates will happen from time to time with important information with events occurring within the unit.

With us recently opening No.11 Troop, C Squadron we wanted to expand to more than 'just' light infantry. Whilst I could very happily continue to play as light infantry all of the time, many people are not of the same frame of mind, and for these people we have considered opening more roles such as those in an assault section and a weapons section.

Barden, Carrick, and I deliberated over how we would add in such roles (as were historically accurate) into the unit - I first thought of adapting No.6 Platoon into a weapons platoon. However, this idea was soon rejected because of the historical inaccuracy. Instead we have opted to 'open' another company but said company will not have a company HQ. The Support Company will use the company HQ from B Company. I will be finishing documentation for the new support company before it officially opens.

Whilst you will see the platoon commander and platoon sergeant roles in the new assault platoon and weapons platoon, we will not be filling these positions. Those positions are there to show that there theoretically are both those roles in those platoons. In the event that no.4 platoon, and either the assault platoon or weapons platoon, grows enough in size then we will then assign these roles accordingly.

An assault platoon consists of a platoon commander, platoon sergeant, runner, 2x AT rifleman, and 3x assault section. An assault section consists of a section commander and 4x rifleman. This makes the entire assault platoon, at full strength, 20 people strong.

The weapons platoon would usually be fully dedicated to either mortars or vickers medium machine guns, however, for the sake of NOT opening another platoon we have opted to have the weapons platoon joint. Both a vickers and mortar section consists of six soldiers, two teams of three. A weapons platoon consists of a platoon commander, platoon sergeant, wireless operator, runner, and an observer, and then two sections - this means the entire weapons platoon, at full strength, is 17 people strong.

Currently, we will only be opening the following roles:

Support Company, Assault Platoon, 1 Section

• Section Commander
  
• Rifleman
  
• Rifleman
  
• Rifleman
  
• Rifleman
  

The weapons platoon will not be operational yet due to the lack of a consistent and fixed mortar, and the lack of a need of a vickers (FOR NOW!). No headquarters roles will be available in the support company until the extended growth of the unit. 


The enlisted careers job descriptions have been updated as well as their formatting - see http://reddevilsarma.org/forumdisplay.php?fid=67 .


If anyone would like to become a Careers Advisor then please do apply as they are always in high demand. Additionally we are looking for people to become Wireless Operators.


.

Maj. B. Horner
Former Company Commander
B Company, 2nd Battalion