Upper Gaia - Camp Andrews Training Barracks

[[Major General] Andrews]

Due to the influx of new recruits, security measure to ensure all new enlistees are safe and able to train have been placed, this facility has been established by Major General Andrews. It will be under the Training Command of Sergeant T. Andrews.

Of this training barrack, you will be trained and given a rank for:
Police Officer
Soldier


Each unit will serve under the laws that constitutes the Upper Gaia Police Department during peace time. In event of a formal declared war, lower and upper Police units, excluding Inspector, Deputy and Sheriff, will fall in ranks of the Military under the command of Major General Andrews, and their respective commanding officers (CO).

Any subordinates who conflicts with normal operations in any means or violates the laws of the land can be arrested, and barred from Upper Gaia Colony under governance of the Judge Advocat. Will be given one chance at a plea to the Court of Civil Pleas.

Each interested candidates must PM Major General Andrews to be requested into the Upper Gaia Colony guild.  

[[Major General] Andrews]

Currently, to join, there are four options due to our unassigned budget:

#1: New recruits must pay 38k pure gold and will receive as Standard Issue:
1 demonic pitchfork,
1 g pin,
1 nut buster uniform,
1 gloom slik slack,
1 fashionable zipper boots

#2: Recruits Provide own Standard Issue equipments

#3: Provide your own pitchfork and g-pin, pay 5k and we will supply the rest.

#4: Instead of 38k pure, we accept items adding upto or near that value.

Remember, there will be many polls to earn gold from and there is a proposal to wages once the guild is working, therefore you will get your money back.  

[[Major General] Andrews]

New enlistees/cadets will follow in with the orders from Sergeant T. Andrews, here on now, He shall be your liason officer until you have graduated from the barracks.

Begin of Enlistment period: 10Oct2005
End of Enlistment period: 30Oct2005
End of Training period: 22Nov2005

Waiting for Next Period:

Troops in Training:


Graduated (month):


Next Graduation Date: 30Nov2005

Congratulations, as per say, 1 cadet shall be able to earn an officer's rank per each group. All graduated units may be promoted to a higher rank though continuous training or through special occasions.

Officers Graduated:  

[[Sergeant] Andrews]

Training will occur each month or 30 days. Cadets (new enlistees) must complete a series of questions/scenarios posed by Sergeant T. Andrews.

Cadets will have the 1 month to complete these questions, obviously a few days before graduation date. To Pass will mean scoring 50%+.

Each Cadet must watch the forum for new questions in the stated timeframe of their training. Questions will be Multiple choice and/or 1 sentence/quick answers.

Posting answers can be done through the thread or PM, however remember, that only the top scoring cadet will become an officer. If a tied is resulted, the earliest submitted(Gaia time stamp) exam will be the deciding choice.

Each Cadet will be provided a Cadet Number to ensure confidentiality when marks are posted.

Training Process:
Sabers CASA01 - tba

Pikes/Pitchfork CAPP01 -Guard theory. Use/maintenance. Defensive stance and formation march. Melee combat.

Pistols CAPA01 -How to maintain, use/aim and discharge in battle, duels and melee.

Musket CAMU01 -How to maintain, load/reload, aiming and firing, melee conbat with your musket and the use of your bayonet. Theory of formations.

Artillery CAAR11 -Mathematical prequisites required, understanding how to load and fire, and/or Theory of target trajectory. Theory of fort defense and fort offense. Exploring the various rounds of a cannon. Manual mathematical calculation.

Drilling Scenario- given a situation, provide the best answer from the given information. On the spot answers will cover self-knowledge on the topic.

Questions may be simple and can range from Gr2 level to life/trade skills. We want you to be prepared for everything and we promote critical thinking/application.

Police course CAPO10 -Patrolling, self defense, visual accuracy, minute accuracy, detecting causes, responding to a scene of a crime, crowd control, guard & border control, law memorization, vendi law, how to detain/arrest, reporting, screen shooting, writing reports and basic safeguards.

Bonus marks can be randomly assigned.

Your spelling and grammar skills are an asset. If not, your posts may be removed or editted.  

[[Major General] Andrews]

Short Answer Response

Military Officer Training,

You are a Lt. Colonel comanding 4 companies (1 Battalion).
Given a Battalion of 700 full strength strong. No artillery, No Cavalry.

Weapon/ammunition:
650 Musket Rifle ranged units, 400 yds. Issued 60 shots each (standard) with bayonets.
19 Officers, melee sabers and 6-shot pistols, 42 shots each.
30 sharpshooters rifles unit, 800 yds. Issued 60 shots each.
You are the commanding officer.

Terrain:
Your battalion is situated on a slightly sloped hill facing west, clear of any forest for 1200 yds squared. Forest line to the north, north east, and east.
Looking west there is hill, higher elevated than your position.
South has a broken tree line and a dotted with large boulders, mainly cleared.

Situation:
While on march, your advanced scouts detect enemy calvalry and infantry movement from the south.

Scout team 1 report from the south:
Estimated 200 men-on-calvary, armed with sabres and lances. 50 men-on-calvary armed with Carbines, unknown ammo supply. Travel time reduced by boulders, eta 40-50 minutes.

Scout team 2 report from the west:
600 fusiliers, Regular Infantry, standard ammunition issue, forming and marching two columns 30-men-wide by 10-men-column deep towards you. Range similar to ours.
150 volunteer musketeers, Militia status, less than standard ammunition issue, less than average range ~200 yds, staggered no formation march behind regulars.

Approximate engagement time of Infantry: 40 minutes until regulars reach firing range.

Both have no element of surprise.

Orders:
You are on defensive measures, hold your ground and repel any attack. There is no reinforcements.
You have 30 minutes to deploy your men in a strategic formation. Overall mobilization time is 15-20 minutes.

Describe your formation and suggest possible outcome.

You will assessed on bases of strategy, technique, organization, and if your strategy is plausible.

Hint: Consider a V-formation or Box-formation, and the use of sharpshooters. Watch your timing and ammo supply and weapon range.