Westliche Rheinland Flotte

[Wolfspirit]

Service Regulations

The West Rheinland Fleet is a provincial army that is a part of Rheinland Military. As part of the central forces all pilots must follow their laws and regulations, and will execute any order from a highest ranking officer, unless it conflicts with ours or our about same level officers dont give another order.

As a provincial army, the WRF will have the main job of protecting Stuttgart and the Omegas, the western part of Rheinland; however we will assist a pilot or battle group of the main fleet if they request it.
Our major goal is protecting Rheinland and the lives of its citizens. Any order that conflicts with our major goal will be ignored. A WRF pilot will follow orders from the central forces as long as the order has a good reason for it. Doubtful orders will be ignored.



Structure

Military organization is hierarchical. The best analogy to explain the structure of the Fleet is a collection of building blocks called sub-units that are combined in different ways to form larger groups that are known as units. Different combinations of these units can in turn be put together to form larger groups, known as formations. The basic structure of the Fleet is outlined below. Like at other Military, the executive control, management and administration of military organizations is typically undertaken by the Stuttgart Government and the Ministry of Defence.

Military Pay

Because the Heeresgruppe build mostly 2 different type combat group - largel naval ships and crews and small supporter fighter/bombers and single pilots - the payment is different too. The cost of larger ships and crews payment is the Ministry of Defense's responsibility, the single pilots payment come from Stuttgart Government and WRF HQ. Service pay for pilots come after ranks and assignments.

Promotion

A promotion is the advancement of a soldier's rank or position in an organizational hierarchy system. Experience bring new position with higher power, responsibility and payment. Of course a higher ranked can command a lower ranked member, limit hanging the 2 rank's difference. Some of our rank only the pilot's combat skills ability to function, but same hanging from assignment or post.

After a time for the next promotion need to be a group's leader or co-leader. For it WRF Flottenkommando reassign the pilot into that wing where the necessary assignment empty. Promotion will be holding back if no free place for the new leader or co-leader. Upon promotion of a member the next one in line takes the empty position.

Formations at supporter fighters/bombers

Rotte (squad) - contain 2 pilot. The Basic fighting unit. Comprising a leader (Rottenfuhrer) and wing-man (Katchmarek). During cruising flight the two aircraft flew almost in line abreast about 200yd apart, each pilot concentrating his search inwards so that he covered his partner's blind areas. In combat it is the wing-man's duty to guard his leader's tail, while the latter did the fighting. This is the lowest unit, not the single fighter, so noone start fighting alone in not necessary, always with his wingman, whatever the number of the enemy. Minimal rank for Rottenfurer is Jager. Payment for Rottenfurer's post: +500.000 $/month

Schwarm (section or platoon) - contain 4 pilot. Two Rotte made up a Schwarm, with the leading Rotte flying to one side and slighty ahead of the other (finger Four). The Rotte and Schwarm are both TACTICAL formations. The better/more experienced pilot leads, skill is the decisive factor NOT rank and/or seniority, but usually the higher rank mean more experience too. Minimal rank for leading a Schwarm is Oberjager or above, until Leutnant. Payment for Schwarm leader post: +1.000.000 $/month, co-leader get +500.000 $/month

Staffel (Squadron) - contain 8 pilot. Nominal strength of 8 aircraft. A Staffel formation comprised of two Schwarme stepped up in line astern. The staffel was the lowest grade of formation within the organisation. Commanded by a Staffelkapitan, usually an Oberleutnant or Hauptmann, members of it's flying personnel would supervise the technical and signals branches as secondary duties. Payment for Staffelkapitan's post: +1.500.000 $/month, co-leader get +1.000.000 $/month

Geschwader (Wing) - contain 16 pilot. In the Geschwader comprised two Staffeln and a Stab (Headquarters flight). The Geschwader is the basic flying unit for operational and administrative purposes. When orders were given for moves of flying units, the recipients were usually Geschwaders. Normally one complete Geschwader occupied a single Battleship, occationally individual Staffeln might be detached from their parent Gruppe for operational reasons or to re-equip. The Geschwader commander carried the title of Kommandeur (Kdr.) and is usually a major or higher, under his command he had an adjudant, specialist technical officers and a medical officer. Payment for Kommandeur's post: +2.000.000 $/month, co-leader get +1.500.000 $/month.



Formations at naval ships

Capital vessels are not assigned to specific wings. Capital ships NEVER fly alone, they must bring fighter/bomber escort at all times. It mean, clearly naval group not exist, only combined forces with support fighter/bomber crafts. A gunboat needs at least 1 escort. A cruiser at least 2 and a battleship at least 4, a battleship may have a gunboat as escort instead of 1 fighter. If there are not enough escorts available, the capital ship cannot take off. If the deployment of the capital ships is too important, escorting may be given by other fighters of the military. Formations are the followings:
Kompanie (Company) - Contain minimum 1 gunboat and 2 fighter/bomber
Division (Division) - Contain minimum 1 cruiser, 2 gunboat and 4 fighter/bomber
Flotille (Flotilla) - contain minimum 1 battleship 2 cruiser 4 gunboat 8 fighter/bomber



The Services - Non-combat units

The service, or combat support, corps enable the arms corps to operate effectively in the field.

Transport, supply and maintenance
Originally the Navy had two main service corps: the Ordnance Corps and the Service Corps. Ordnance was generally responsible for machinery and ammunition. It organised the supply and storage of ammunition and the repair and maintenance of machinery, vehicles and weapons. The Service Corps was responsible for the transport and provision of supplies and rations other than machinery or ammunition; this included the delivery of mail to the troops. This corps also provided additional transport resources for moving troops. In the latter years of the Nomad War and in the years after, these two large corps were split into several smaller corps with the following responsibilities:
Ordnance: The provision of all supplies to Fleet units and the management of personnel.
Transport: The transport of supplies from depos to the combat units, mail and personnel. Larger transportations by Republican Shipping.
Electrical and Mechanical Engineers: The maintenance, recovery and repair of machinery, vehicles, electronic equipment and weapons - these are lesser maintainces the major poblems fix at Oder Drydock, by Daumann enginers.
Catering: The provision of meals and the management of mess facilities. Managed by local Synth Foods.
In more recent times, the trend in the Fleet has been to call the foregoing "logistics" units and to integrate them into support groups, a concept in many ways similar to the original Service Corps.

Military Police
One other corps, essential to the smooth functioning of the supply system but not part of the transport, supply and maintenance group is the Military Police. The Military Police are responsible for traffic control along supply routes to ensure the most effective use is made of these Trade Lanes. They are also charged with the enforcement of discipline, including the investigation of crimes against military regulations, the operation of military prisons, and the processing and detention of prisoners of war.

Medical services
The other major grouping within the service corps is the medical services consisting of four corps: Medical, Nursing, Dental, Psychology.
The Medical Corps is the major medical service, responsible for the training of medical staff attached to all other army units as well as the provision of medical, psychiatric, physiotherapy and sanitary services to the army. The other three corps are small and specialist in nature.

Specialist Corps
There are also a number of smaller corps, the roles of which are self explanatory: Band, Chaplains, Education, Legal, Pay.

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