Cool beans, glad you hooked up with us, Gunther.

I have thoughts on where and how the 3rd Jäger Battalion will be deployed and so forth. I also think, in the nature of the callups in the 1973 Yom Kippur war, that not everyone will make it to their callup on time and that the unit will go to war with the people that have arrived and make do with short-staffed squads because they got orders and couldn't wait for the stragglers. That'll explain why an all-PC squad is short-staffed...and leave room for later arrivals to the RP.

Corporal spots are still open, if anyone is interested. 

Bear in mind that national service means that not everyone who gets drafted is going to be enthusiastic about it, or happy that their lives, which are on track after their two years of active duty are up, are being disrupted for a callup into mobilization. It's quite possible they'll be rather surly, particularly toward the system; the military establishment and the politicians. Moreso than in an RP about volunteers, we should have a diversity of outlooks on authority and patriotism and politics. There probably will be a clash of personalities between some of the 'lifers' (professionals) and the conscripts and that is a natural thing that happens in these sorts of armies (if you look at the way the Israelis go about it, they've had protests and so forth from within even their paratrooper units). 

I only mention that because conscription is a thing of the past in many countries, because warfare became increasingly technical and the skills took more time than two years to properly hone -- and constantly half-training specialists became very expensive.

It's worth noting also that equipment will evolve considerably.

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I have no intention of correcting anyone or telling anyone what to do. Do whatever you like. We are here to have fun.
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So in the interest of easy, flowing narrative and keeping things fun, we don't need to get overly technical. Gunther's right, we can get bogged down in the technical and tactical, or we can tell the story. This should be more like "From Here to Eternity" or a similar -novel- in tone that concentrates on the people if possible. :)

Just a thought, not a sermon. I'll be back after work to discuss this all further if necessary.