The Imperial Dominion of the South's Legislature

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I would like to introduce the following legislation to revise and amend the Southeast Militia Initiative-
I will outline the sections I am amending

Section 2 - Definitions
Wherever used in this initiative, the following terms are defined:
   (1) “Officer” shall include commissioned officers, non-commissioned officers, and warrant officers, unless otherwise specified.
   (2) “Enlisted men” shall designate members of the militia other than commissioned officers, non-commissioned officers, and warrant officers.

There is a distinction between non-commissioned and warrant officers. Warrant officers are made so because of a specialty whereas non-commissioned refers to higher ranking enlisted men such as Sergeants.

Section 9 - Pension of members of militia wounded or disabled while in service of Region
(a). Every member of the militia of the Southeast Region who shall be wounded or disabled while:
   (1) on duty in the service of the Region or
   (2) while reasonably proceeding to or returning from such duty
   (3) serving the national interests
shall be taken care of and provided for at the expense of the State, and, if permanently disabled, shall receive the like pensions or rewards that persons under similar circumstances in the military service of Atlasia receive from Atlasia.
(b). No pension shall be granted by the Region for any disability received while in the service of Atlasia or while proceeding to or returning from such service.
I propose eliminating “B”. Though disabled soldiers receive pension from the federal government, they ought to receive regional pension as well as they are serving our region

Section 22 - Composition of National Guard
The Southeast National Guard shall consist of the commissioned officers, non-commissioned officers, warrant officers, enlisted men, and units of the militia of the Region, organized and maintained pursuant to Federal law. That portion that forms a reserve for the Atlasian Air Force shall be known as the Southeast Army National Guard. That portion that forms a reserve for the Atlasian Army shall be known as the Southeast Army National Guard.
See above

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Thank you Taft Bey- if anyone has any questions I would be glad to answer...

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Thank you, Conley! May I move to pass by unanimous consent?

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Aye!

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Well I sure as hell aint running....

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I believe a ismple solution could be this....

I'll use terms I'm more familiar with- equate ranks with Army National Guard with Army, Air Force National Guard with Air Force. Equate pay when activated with active duty Army/Air Force, non-activated with Army Reserve/Air Force Reserve

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I would recommend 100K total, 75K Army 25K Air to be easy

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I would recommend 100K total, 75K Army 25K Air to be easy

What about a coast guard force?

Coast Guard is national, not part of any state's control

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     100K current militiamen with a cap of 200K sounds good. How about ~5K active at any one time (reserves undergoing training & administration to facilitate rapid deployment in case of emergency)? I think the costs of deploying the remainder for the natural disasters earlier this year (equipment, food, shelter, pay) can be handwaved as part of those appropriations bills that we passed.

     FTR, I am sort of busy with schoolwork now. I'll probably have time to write up an amendment incorporating these suggestions Monday night.

That is a good idea...maybe a provision to include federally activated militiamen as well

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Regarding the Militia....servicemembers are paid usually a monthly stipend and pay for drill- the one weekend a month and two weeks a year.  Since this is an online board, I would recommend something simple:

For all federally activated troops or militia called for disaster duty, pay is equivalent to active duty soldiers or airman in the national Army and Air Force.

For soldiers and airman in the Ready Militia, I would propose the following numbers. First number is monthly drill stipend, second is for annual training.
E-1: 150/1000
E-2: 175/1025
E-3: 200/1050
E-4: 225/1075
E-5: 250/1100
E-6: 275/1125
E-7: 300/1150
E-8: 325/1175
E-9: 350/1200
O-1: 500/1350
O-2: 525/1375
O-3: 550/1400
O-4: 575/1425
O-5: 600/1450
O-6: 625/1475
O-7: 650/1500

Therefore, annual expenditures would be the following: monthly pay x12 plus annual training pay:
E-1: 2800
E-2: 3125
E-3: 3450
E-4: 3775
E-5: 4100
E-6: 4425
E-7: 4750
E-8: 5075
E-9: 5400
O-1: 7350
O-2: 7675
O-3: 8000
O-4: 8325
O-5: 8650
O-6: 8975
O-7: 9300

This does NOT include bonuses including incentives to remain in the Militia. In reality pay for higher rates would be higher including these bonuses

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I would say E-4 and O-3 since most enlisted hit E-3 immediately after training

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Here are the ranks we should go with-

Army Enlisted-
E-1: Private
E-2: Private E-2
E-3: Private First Class
E-4: Specialist/Corporal
E-5: Sergeant
E-6: Staff Sergeant
E-7: Sergeant First Class
E-8: First Sergeant/Master Sergeant
E-9: Sergeant Major/Command Sergeant Major

Air Enlisted-
E-1: Airman Basic
E-2: Airman
E-3: Airman First Class
E-4: Senior Airman
E-5: Staff Sergeant
E-6: Technical Sergeant
E-7: First Sergeant/Master Sergeant
E-8: First Sergeant/Senior Master Sergeant
E-9: First Sergeant/Chief Master Sergeant/Command Chief Master Sergeant

Officer for both-
O-1: 2nd Lieutenant
O-2: 1st Lieutenant
O-3: Captain
O-4: Major
O-5: Lieutenant Colonel
O-6: Colonel
O-7: Brigadier General

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Someone who would be Adjutant General or Deputy Adjutant General would be a high-ranking officer- their rank would not be "Adjutant General" but rather Brigadier General who would be appointed AG

Does that make sense?...notsure if I am getting my point across

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I am hereby applying for Adjutant General

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     I like the job you've been doing here in the Legislature.

Wherever I'm needed most cap'n

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     Anyway, I think we now need to discuss pensions.

I would propose the following percentages of final annual pay to be given as pensions (not including disability or hardship pay when called nationally)

5 years- 10%
10 years-30%
15 years-50%
20 years and up- 100%

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     Annual pay being defined as monthly drill stipend x12 + annual training pay?

Also including retention bonuses

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Since htis is an online board perhaps its best not to be too complicated. We can give the Adjutant General $5M annually for discretionary, merit-based retention pay.  Usually it would be used forpositions where we need men, usually infantry, artillery, and technical fields such as engineers or intellignence

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I have submitted two pieces of legislation in the legis. introduction thread
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NO objections I can see...will be voting aye

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Aye

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Depends on the source... if from the college or university or private company, I'd say no, but in a regional program (akin to state scholarships like we have in Florida), those programs are only there to help students in the state university system. So I would be open to specifying government financial aid

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Here in FL we have a school called New College of Florida which was in the papers recently...they got 800 kids there, only liberal arts, they don't give out grades, and the kids all leave the state when they graduate.... where is the benefit behind that school receiving taxpayer dollars- which it is fully funded by!

That is the basis behind this bill

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Don't know if they do or don't, but the result is the same

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Mr. Speaker I move to approve this bill by unanimos consent