Well, you know the majority of the drill: get active, find new ways to be active, stay that way.
Now on to the meat of this particular announcement.
It took a very,
very long time to accomplish, but the WildCard platoon mission to Fresia is now complete.
We lost a lot of members to AWOL, injury, and retirement and learned a few things about how stretched our resources are these days. Basically, I could have lived without those lessons, but that's reality for you.
However, some of our members DID step up their activity and excelled where others just plain failed. I would like to acknowledge their contributions and dedication to the Corps.
Many of these requests have been submitted by SGM Rizzit and were vetted by 1LT Peacemaker and myself. So without further ado:
The following stormtroopers are promoted to the stated rank for their participation and high activity in the competition:
Raiders squad, for those who participated and as a whole squad won the competition, we have promoted the following non-coms:
the3Djedi is promoted to Gunnery Sergeant
JR is promoted to Senior Sergeant
Mara Jade is promoted to Senior Sergeant
Sniping101 is promoted to Sergeant
Fallen Angel is promoted to Corporal
Other squads had their shining stars as well:
From Iron Horse, Kairo is hereby promoted to Lance Corporal for jumping into a messy situation with both feet. If all our new troopers behaved in such a fashion, we'd have no activity complaints.
From the Wraiths, Kuroishi has come through in his own special way and with a very understaffed squad to work alongside, performed admirably in moving the story along. He is hereby promoted to Corporal for his efforts. Afyon did the best he could in his spare time, which was a damn sight better than a lot of others. For this, he is promoted to Senior Sergeant (despite his request to not be recognized for his efforts).
And now for something completely different:
We have not, to my knowledge, given a double promotion in my time in the Corps. However, I want to do this for a couple of very important reasons. One, its has been awhile since we have given any promotions and some of our folks are very deserving of it. Two, all of the three individuals about to receive an extra rank have also risen to assume greater responsibility. I will not make a habit of this, but I do want to acknowledge the extra effort given by active members in situations with very little support by the rest of our membership.
Kairo is hereby promoted to Corporal and will soon assume command of the Dark Dragoons with TK-112's request to go to the reserves.
Fallen Angel is hereby promoted to Sergeant and has assumed a position as a fire team leader and Assistant Squad Leader for the Raiders.
Kuroishi is assuming at least temporary command of the Wraiths and is hereby promoted to the rank of Sergeant.
Along with promotions, come permanent recognition of a job well done.
The following medals are presented to the deserving troopers noted below.
Ring of Merit [RoM] - A ring for troopers that have given their life, shown their bravery, and displayed their courage by giving one hundred percent in a competition or campaign.
- SGT Fallen Angel
Iron Heart [IH] - A medal for the troopers of the Vast Empire Army that have shown their bravery, courage, and honor by increasing a squad's or platoon's activity and having a major effect on the overall activity of the Regiment.
- SGT Sniping101
Cross of Distinguished Service [CDS] - Recipients of this medal are
courageous soldiers who have helped the corps in numerous inventive ways,
and who are the role models of the Vast Empire Army.
- SGM Raziel
- SGT Kuroishi
- CPL Kairo
We have one more medal to grant. This one belongs to SGM Rizzit, who conceived of the competition, helped put it together, and took it over and tried to stay as hands-off as possible when Japer went on leave. For SGM Rizzit, I award the:
Crystal Ring of Merit [CRoM] - A ring given to the most elite members of the Army, that daily show the most dedication, loyalty, perseverance, courage, and manner that befits an officer. This medal has two classes. The first (Crystal Ring of Merit) class is for members of the Army that surpass all other members in activity and loyalty.
Congratulations to all those who partipated in the competition. It definitely could have gone worse so I hope we take some lessons from it and find new ways to be active.
The Raiders also earn an equipment upgrade for winning the competition. We will determine this further down the road.
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