[NE sMoD] Armed Forces Group

Day 2,005, 14:29 • Published in United Kingdom United Kingdom • by Sambo112


Hello eUK welcome to the first Shadow MoD (sMoD) article. Before I begin I’ll love to direct you to the article written by Chewie in the sMoFA about alliances and well, you’ll understand when you read it. http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/-ne-smofa-and-so-the-march-begins--2261807/1/20

Okay then...The sMoD is part of the scheme set up by the outgoing New Era PP Sven Goran Duran-Duran, the purpose of the shadow government is quite simple, it has been implemented to offer criticism and to formalize the stance of the party in certain matters of government. For further information about the shadow government, please read Sven Goran's article, or contact the current New Era PP, BigAnt.

The sMoD team is currently:

Sambo112 - Joint Royal Navy Commander

CommanderDapper - British Army Commander

howdyho - British Army 2nd in Command

NuclearNinja - British Army Member

Hopefully the team will continue to work well and our skills in the Ministry can improve.



What is the Armed Forces Group?

The Armed Forces Group (AFG) is according to the MoD article here 'a group of Military Units led by a committee comprised of representatives of every member unit, as well as the CP and MoD. The group will be recognised as the Official Military of the eUK, and receive appropriate recognition in MoD and government articles, and will benefit from a closer working relationship between its member units. The committee will manage communication, cooperation and coordination in conjunction with the Ministry of Defence and all the Military Units of the eUK, with an aim to maximise damage, increase reaction speeds and give newer players a system that funnels them into stable and well maintained MUs.'

The AFG was set up to deal with the fallout of the then CP, Talon Karrde naming the ESO Legion the national Military Unit, many disagreed with it as it was linked with a political party, however the ESO Legion dropped ESO and took on the role. However what did this make the other Units? Less superior? The AFG was set up so every MU had a chance, in theory this was good, however problems still occurred here.



What are the limitations with the AFG?

The AFG demanded that all members had to be non-political MUs and like Legion had to drop any connection to a eUK political party. While this didn’t affect many, for example, Tank Nation or Funky Militia, it did mean that two of the biggest eUK MUs met a tricky decision. The British Army (BA) linked with New Era (NE) and The Royal Navy (RN) linked with the United Kingdom Progression Party (UKPP). One of these Units, the BA, choose to continue on with NE and avoided joining the AFG and missed out on its benefits. The RN however decided to join the AFG much to UKPP’s anger. The Commander of the RN, mick cain, and the PP of UKPP at the time, BigAnt, clashed over the issue. The RN members however voted to support their commander and the RN left UKPP and joined the AFG.

The Royal Navy has seemingly benefited from leaving UKPP, members are more active, they have a wider range of members and members are committed to the RN and not just in the RN because they are in UKPP. With UKPP’s collapse the RN has stayed strong and is a big player in AFG weekly strikes. However while the AFG freed the RN, would it do the same for the BA? Probably not! The British Army still thrives even under New Era whereas the RN was just a puppet of the UKPP. The work the RN has introduced since has made it its own identity with ideas and schemes that no other MU in the eUK has.

The point I am trying to make however is, why does the fact that a Military Unit is linked to a political party matter. Yes I personally agree that party politics should not be MUs, this is why I am in the Royal Navy not the British Army like many New Era members. However the British Army still fights FOR the eUK and her allies and AGAINST all our enemies. Why should it miss out on the benefits of weekly strikes, government help and more importantly TEAMWORK? The sMoD believes that the AFG could work better including EVERYONE we are one nation, we are one team, we should be working together.



How could the AFG be improved?

As I have stated above, we believe the AFG could be improved with political differences were set aside and all MUs could get involved. However while on the subject what else could be done to make the AFG even better, to get people more involved in our battles and put the fun back into clicking that big red button for the eUK and her allies? Many in the eUK claim New Era is all words and no solutions and so the sMoD team will now prove you wrong as I give you 2 ways we could improve the AFG.

1) Honours System - Back in the golden days of the eUK (well you guys keep telling me they were decent), the eUK used an honours system much like the one in place in real life where soldiers receive honours for their bravery in battle, obviously he is quite hard to show bravery when clicking a button, but rewards for big supply shifts, continuously producing high influence in your division during the weekly strikes, or just for high attendance rates. These honours could be displayed via a shiny badge for their eUK forum signature, a little banner on their eRep wiki page or just something they can brag about on IRC and write on their ingame profile. If any AFG leader wants more information please get in touch and I can send you a draft honours system via the forum created by current Royal Navy 2nd in Command, Dnouser.

2) The AFG members receive rewards for high achievement in the weekly strikes, however they use up their own supplies to fund their part of the strike. I know through my work in the Royal Navy these supplies are also used for other things, like the rewards scheme and it will be similar in other MUs. Therefore we suggest that the AFG receives more funding so MUs don’t have to use their own supplies and the government does it for them. This saves MUs, who may or may not already be low on funds, a lot of money. Of course this relies on the government being able to afford this, but while the Call to Arms isn’t running, maybe there's room for that cash to go towards this?



I hope these ideas and opinions help the MoD and provide some ideas to make our influence on the battlefield even greater. Thank you for reading.

tl:dr?
- AFG is cool
- No party limitations
- Honours system
- More funding
- eUK is female

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and I’ll leave you with this:

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend - Albert Camus

Article produced by the New Era sMoD Team

Edited by Sambo112