The Military, Congress and Me
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by Moishe
A lot of confusion has ensued over the idea of "getting the Congress involved with the Military". Hopefully this article will clarify what is intended and what is hoped for.
A bit of history (as far as I know - perhaps others such as Justin, Benn or others can elaborate): The military was initially formed by Executive Order. And at that not really an Executive Order. More like a "let's form a military". And it proceeded from there.
Since that time each administration that has came along has sought to reform the military in its own image. The Military does not need that. It has some of the greatest Military minds in eRepublik already involved. What the Military does need is not so much direct interference but rather a form of legitimization that not only grants it an actual Charter, so to speak, but also protects it from future unnecessary involvement.
What that would entail would be a committee, possibly formed by those Military members who are in Congress or who have been in Congress writing up an actual piece of legislation which "creates the Military". Yes, I realize that we have one already. But it is held together only by the immensely strong presence and personalities of its current Commanders, each of which I salute for what they are doing and what they have done.
The current administration does not want to change the military. It does want to assist it in achieving its goals. It does want to assist it in obtaining the necessary funding, weapons, and personal to fulfill its mission. And it does want a closer relationship between its leaders and the Administration.
We are reaching out but no one seems to returning the gesture. The well has been poisoned by bad publicity from those who opposed the election of the current administration, from those who misread our intents as being to disband and dissolve the Military, and from those who have their own political agenda.
I have always contended that the eUSA has the potential to field the best Military in eRepublik. But that will only happen when we can work together; the Military, the Congress, and the Executive Branch.
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i agree with you.
I look forward to working with you.
The Marines Head QMG, hopes this will work out.
>A bit of history (as far as I know - perhaps others such as Justin, Benn or others can elaborate): The military was initially formed by Executive Order. And at that not really an Executive Order. More like a "let's form a military". And it proceeded from there.
It was basically made by Dish.
I thought that the JCS or NSC was the committee that ran the military. You might have to do some extra explaining.
Emerick, neither of those are Committees. The Joint Chiefs is an advisory board to the President. The NSC is another advisory Council. Neither have "command" authority in and of theirselves. If you will go over the articles from past Presidents each has instigated their own "command hierarchy". Immunogenic APPOINTED an NSC; Petric APPOINTED a NSC; Benn APPOINTED a CJCS; Justinious APPPOINTED a Minister of Defense (changing the CJCS?); Uncle Sam changed the Minister of Defense back to the CJCS BY APPOINTMENT.
It seems that it is not I that has the explaining to do. What we need is something specific that defines what is what. Can YOU explain?
No I cannot because I don't pay close attention to the military.
I thought JCS ran the military, I guess I was wrong. I thought JCS was made by Justin during Franco's presidency to prevent every president from rearranging the military.
Sounds reasonable, Moishe.
@Emerick: and there's the rub, as Shakespeare said. Even had Justin "created" the JCS it was by Executive Order and the next President can easily alter it, also, by Executive Order.
If it is legislated; roles defined; missions specified; authority spelled out in clear language by Congress then it would take a future act of Congress to Amend it. Executive Order would then not take precedence.
This is for the security, organization, and stability of the Military. Not for its demise. Those that know the passion I felt for the Army back when I was directly involved should realize that as my goal.
Moshi, I sent a registration thing for one of the military things, might have been the marines or the national guard, something like that. They never got back to me saying if I was in or out, I don't know maybe they forgot about me? Could you explain to me what happened?
The best run I've seen the military was when Moishe was in charge. Based on the results he created, a high value should be put on his opinions on how the military is run.
@JDL - tell me about it. I was in the military for months and then I didn't hear anything for a while. I tried to get back into a branch but had a heck of a time. I'm currently on the waiting list for the Marines.
I did the registration sheet for the marines, I did it about a week ago they never got back to me though.
To clear up the Emerick/Moishe thing up top
Military created by Dish's order.
Arranged and run my Esoom with the help of myself via the pay structure
later passed on to Buzzy who re structured it and used my ECHO system and Pay structure.
Later passed to too many people to name, which caused horrible disorganization while noone new who was in charge. Every new president we would have 1-3 new people "in charge" of the military as the position appointed by the pres became harder and harder to fill.
While Franco was prez, or rather, in the time between presidents. I established the CoJCS which would act as a permanent 2nd in command. In the case of the Presidential appointed leader and the president were unable to fulfill active duty, the CoJCS was in charge. He was the top of the military pyramid and only the President and his appointed military officer (NSCD, MoD, MoW, etc) were above him.
thats about it.
Thanks for the clarification. I got my information on who appointed who from past Articles posted by the (then) Presidents.
Exactly what is the CoJCS? In RL it is the CJCS, ie, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Joint Chiefs being the heads of the various branches (thus the "Chiefs".)
And while I mean no disrespect, your creation of the "CoJCS" was similar to an Executive Order which can be altered by any sitting President. What we'd like to see done is actual legislation that puts a nail into this once and for all.
good stuff as usual!
Great!
I joined the National Guard so that means the quality of the military went up like at least 20%
We really need to document this all somewhere
The Wiki would be a fine place.
If you are interested in seeing American military forces supporting our allies contact your Congress(wo)man and tell them to approve the Marines funding bill. Congress is currently stalled on a budget as not enough deadbeat Congress members can be hassled to show up to make a quorum. Tell Congress to get the budget finished, get bridge funding to the Marines and get on with the People's business.
Does the military or the marines pay for inactive duty of its members, or only provide the necessary funding for them to reach their maximum potential in combat situations?
@Eugene: Oooh-rah! I agree!
@Dresde: There is no pay for inactive anything. The Marines typically provide weapons and travel tickets when a unit is ordered to deploy.
Thanks Moishe