Switzerland Will Have a National Army
Switzerland Armed Forces
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Dateline : Wednesday November 10 (Day 1086)
Location: Federal Palace, Bern, Switzerland
Reporter: Colonel George Armstrong "Old Man" Custer
This will be so "tl;dr" that I'll do well to cover most of the bullet points in this edition of your Swiss Armed Forces News. Further editions of this paper will follow, please open your ears and open your minds and try to keep up.
First, for those who may not know me, let me introduce myself. I am George Armstrong Custer, an eRep player since Day 492, having spent nearly all of my game in the military. I started out in the US Army, earning my way through the ranks from buck Private to 2Lt as head of Army Intelligence, then Major as the first Quartermaster General of the Army, and eventually to Major General, third in rank behind the Commanding General and the Executive Officer of the Army. After eleven months in the USArmy I took a vacation, a month with the Elite Australian Drop Bears. Then returning to the US, I served with the National Guard while as President of the American Military Party, and was elected to three consecutive terms in Congress. I then transferred to the US Cavalry where I currently serve as Senior Officer of Public Relations.
Last month I was here in Switzerland to cover Party President of the Swiss Liberal Party when your President Jimakos-Thess was impeached and left the country, I left after the Party President election October 15 but have kept a finger on the pulse of Swiss politics.
I have been asked by your newly elected President, Paul Proteus, to help develop a National Army for Switzerland. I proudly accepted this challenge, then learned just what I was up against.
I am beginning to get a full understanding of how Switzerland is so very politically divided, to such an extreme that there are two complete sets of Organizations, Banks and Forums, which are activated and mothballed as one side or the other gains power.
I fully understand that the faction who was in power up to last week does not want a National Army, the primary reasons being that it would be small and ineffective and that it might attract military aggression.
I respectfully disagree.
A National Army of 20 to 30 Soldiers
Actually, it is absolutely true that a Swiss Army would, indeed, be ineffective. This country has, I'm told, maybe 50 active players-- the rest are inactive, dead, or multis. I honestly expect to build an Army of twenty, maybe thirty, tops. This will not be a threat to anyone. This Army will not be able to defend Switzerland from foreign aggression. Those are very nice goals for armies of large countries with active populations-- to be a serious threat, to kick such ass that enemies think twice about invasion. Not here. Not happenin'.
More on this later, I promise.
However, a National Army would serve other purposes.
Let's have a few of those bullet points, here..
● Citizen Recruitment
● Player Retention
● National Morale
● Economic Stimulus
● International Respect
As I said at the opening of this piece, there is just so much to cover I'm not even going to try to do it all in a single article. My intention today is simply to bring this to you, the Swiss People, that you are going to have a National Army.
It will be a Swiss National Army, absolutely non-political. There will be no politics discussed in the forums or IRC channels, this Army will follow the orders of the President of Switzerland no matter who that is or what Party he represents. This Swiss National Army will not be disbanded and resurrected like the country's Bank and Forum and other operating systems with every shift of political power. This is the Swiss National Army, of and for the People of Switzerland-- all of them no matter their political views.
Digest that, my friends.
One Swiss National Army, of and for the People of Switzerland-- all of the People of Switzerland.
I will be serving as your Commander, with the military rank of Colonel. My Co-Commander is Colonel Rowan Quigley, who will introduce himself in a subsequent article in this series.
We are developing a Google Form which we hope to have ready for tomorrow's edition of this Swiss Armed Forces News, which will ask general questions about your interest and availability to participate in your National Army-- this will not be a formal Application Form, but a tool to help us better understand your wants and needs as citizens and potential soldiers.
While I've been writing this piece Col Quigley has published an edition of this newspaper.
[SAF Orders] - Day 1086 [Lower Saxony and Bremen, Germany] is more typical of what you will see in this Swiss Armed Forces News, a daily Department of Defence Orders Relay for Swiss civilian fighters.
When the Army is formed, its fight orders will be separate and private, classified and secure.
George Armstrong Custer
Colonel, Swiss National Army -|- Editor, the Swiss Armed Forces News
Captain, US Cavalry -|- Editor, the Cavalry Saber
Crabby, Opinionated Bastard -|- Editor, Custer's Stand
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Comments
One Swiss National Army, of and for the People of Switzerland-- all of the People of Switzerland.
Voted of course.
I hope you'll achieve this honorable goal.
Voted,
Let's build this together!
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Lol this articel get voted andcommented from only 2swiss people
and you want 20-30 active soldiers?
Thats not possible dude
And who you want to attack? Poland? your joking right.
Swiss is neutral and will be neutral, dont destroy our swiss!
you have my vote and sub 🙂
cesgon cannot into counting to 3.
Switzerland is neutral, yes. But any country without an organized military is doomed. This goes doubly so for the eWorld. In the real world you have notable exceptions such as Costa Rica, Grenada, Iceland, and Panama, but politics are what help protect these countries. In eRepublik, when someone gets greedy enough, that's not going to help. When the PTOs stop and stop keeping our country down, it will not be enough.
A standing -defensive- army is of course possible. There are people who are itching to get involved, only looking for the right way. It is not only possible, it is -necessary- for the survival and advancement of eSwitzerland. Will it stop a focused invasion force? Of course not, Custer's right. But damn if it won't make people think about it, and to have such an institution is a mark of the progression of this country, and a damned nice sight.
However, I do move for in the charter of the creation of the eSwitzerland Armed Forces that it be noted this institution is one of defense, not aggression, to only be overridden by a vote of Congress in the two-thirds majority.
Jacob got it.
Having an army don't mean we're not neutral. Switzerland IRL has an army but we're neutral. But cesgon probably don't know that as he doesn't live in Switzerland.
I do not think Switzerland should be neutral, it is officially a member of EDEN and in a decent strategic location. I am pretty sure that when, and if, the Spartans align themselves with the Swiss army there will be a possibility for 20+ active mobiles, which is decent for a country with this size.
WTF YOU STOLE MY ORG!
Yeah, I did that Penguin, sorry 😛
omg.... do you remember this !!!!
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I don't see any swiss Milita here only a few EDEN Mercenary.
But you Americans have overlooked something: Switzerland has no army, it is the army!
We don't need you and your stupid war here go home and expelled the Poles from America if you want to play kindergarten continue.
Warum sollten wir eine Armee benötigen? Reicht die Miliz nicht mehr aus die Schweiz zu verteidigen? Und wer war so blöd ausgerechnet einen Custer damit zu beauftragen das war doch der dumme amerikanische Oberstleutnant der völig sinnlos 500 seiner eigenen Leute verheizt hatte weil er nicht in der Lage war diese richtig einzuschätzen und aufzuklären?
SAF IS BACK! F yeah!
● International Respect Das einzige was diese Regierung zur Zeit schafft ist uns im Ausland lächerlich zu machen und zu einem Hofhündchen von EDEN. Ein echter Traum für uns Schweizer! I have a Dream das hat übrigens noch gefehlt als Abschluß des Artikels.
Was für eine Verschwendung von Steuermitteln. An den Schäden die unsere Aussenpolitik genommen hat werden wir noch Monate knappern können.
HecTec: "Why should we need an army? Is the police not to defend from Switzerland? And who was so stupid to commission calculated a Custer so that was the stupid American lieutenant colonel in the sense völig 500 of his own people burned because he had not been able to assess this was correct and clarify?"
hello... you and Only an german Landser are confusing RL with game. there is, of course, a certain amount of RL which is played in game, such as national sentiment, but even that is tempered by game mechanics.
I ask that these players and all Swiss.. all readers and players in any way interested in the future of Switzerland.. I ask that you exercise anxious patience as we develop this Swiss National Army. A new article will be published every day. you will be able to monitor the progress, you will be asked to participate in the process.
Galvanie:
If you want your comment to be taken into account, you'd better make an effort and write in english.
language is not so much a problem.. Google Translate butchers German pretty bad but I understand what he's saying. I'm sure he had difficulty working with the English to German translation of my work, and for that I apologize for not having better communication skills outside my own language.
Galvanie, there is no tax money being spent now, and I do not have immediate plans to request any government funds to set up and run this Army. the Swiss Parliament will see the value of this Army before I ask the People of Switzerland to invest their tax dollars into it. As for what position Switzerland takes in international politics.. I think you mean to say we are a puppet or a slave to EDEN? this is not the Army's business, you have an Executive and a Legislative branch to handle such matters.
Wieso F4uc0n? Seit wann ist Englisch offizielle Sprache in der eSchweiz?
He has a point, F4. What's the point of making people speak in English? It is not the official language of eSwitzerland. You should be taking the initiative to be understanding other people, not making them understand you.
Willst du uns für dumm verkaufen? Verstehst du eigentlich was du schreibst? Sowas nennst du "not the Army's business":
Fight Instructions:
Try to fight towards the end of the 2hour Sub-Battles (last 20 minutes).
Try to save your last 10 hits for the last 2 minutes.
Do not fight in Sub-Battles in which EDEN have a huge lead - save your firepower for later!
If possible come to #eSwiss-Army on Rizon for more coordinated and detailed orders!
The Germans are trying to protect their homeland from Poland, Sweden and Italy. We plan to help Poland with taking the regions of Germany.
Was Ihr hier kaputt macht kann kein Aussenminster so schnell wieder in Ordnung bringen aber das interessiert Euch ja einen Dreck morgen biste ja wieder wech in USA dort Bürger dann zur nächsten Wahl schnell wieder "loyaler" Schweizer und das Land an die Wand gefahren. Ich verstehe Euch nicht wenn Ihr Krieg spielen wollt es gibt 50 Länder hier die immer Krieg führen. Wir eSchweizer wollen unsere Ruhe haben, haben unser Training wir haben es nicht nötig anderen Ländern zu überfallen und unseren Schwanz auf dem Schlachtfeld zu vermessen. Wir wissen wir haben den längsten.
Ach, der außenpolitische Schaden war doch schon lange angerichtet. Jeder hält euch nach dem Polen-MPP für pro-Eden.
Dass auch die Kampfempehlungen dementsprechend geschrieben werden, ist nur konsequent.
: )
Galvanie:
I don't care what the official languages are IRL. But here, it's English because every people should know a bit of it and we can't say that about German and French.
If you can't speak English at all, then speak in whatever language you want but if you can, it's your job do make an effort like all of us (no, English isn't my motherthong. And yes, I'd prefer to talk in French).
And about your second comment you obviously don't want to understand what Custer said but it's not a surprise.
If the government is for EDEN, than the army will fight for EDEN. If he's for Phoenix, thant it will fight for Phoenix. And if he's neutral, than it will wait until another government is in charge.
This game is about war. Not about staying alone in a corner.
Jacob Hall:
I understood what he said but as all the people working for the army don't speak German, that's stupid of him to talk in German if he want to be read, understood and taken into account.
For me, he only want to critic without giving any solution and his second comment clearly shows that.
He could have sai😛 "why couldn't the army fight in the first minutes instead of the last. This way it would be like we didn't fight and our relations with Germany would be more safe." but no. Only critics.
That's their problem.
Can i join ?
I really never got the thought process behind remaining neutral especially for a small country. Even if we were allied to France and Germany back when they were invaded what were the chances of Spain seriously conquering us because we were France/Germany's ally? Probably little to none with such a ridiculously small and weak country.
Personally I think eSwitzerland missed a ton of opportunities to actually grow a pair and fight seriously in an alliance but was too blindsighted by all of the political bullshit that was and is still thrown around in the country. I really hope Paul will put us on someone's side or at least keep our MPP with Poland.
500 gold for conquering is would be a nonsens. Not only because it's a huge ammount people will never see back because we aren't profitable but also because having our 4 territories means they'll have to deal with many resistance wars.
barely wait for a true swiss army
ich bin auch dafür...
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Keine sorge, irgendwann werden die 500 Gold kein Thema mehr sein wenn man die sache noch weiter ausreitzt. Dann wird durchmarschiert und die EDEN Fanboys hier verlassen das Land. Während das Schweizer Volk vor einem Trümmerhaufen stehen wird. Aber hauptsache man hat EDEN gedient LOL
Cliffor😛 "Do not worry, at some point, the 500 gold to be an issue if one more thing ausreitzt further. Then, by marching and EDEN fanboys here leave the country. While the Swiss people will face a heap of rubble. But the main thing you have served EDEN LOL"
Where are you getting this crap? What 500 gold? What heap of rubble? Where is all this EDEN you're talking about?
I hear a lot of crazy talk from you.
Dear Clifford and the gang, I, Garmr, MoD of this here government, have been more PHX than any of you have ever been. Please stop crying and go away, nonsense = nonsense.
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