College of the Sacrifice

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Please read this post on the Militia 1.0.1: Parish Militia.
Please read this post on the Militia 1.0.2: Militia Squad.
Please read this post on the Militia 1.0.3: Regiments and Brigades.
Please read this post on the Militia 1.0.4: Seven Clans Star Council.

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An important quality of the modern services is the establishment of an NCO Corps. This preserves institutional knowledge and promotes a professionalism of the enlisted sector. When enlisted can be promoted into the NCO Corps, starting with E-5: Sergeant, all that knowledge gained is preserved, as current NCOs train new Sergeants. The NCO Corps also reflects the day-to-day leadership and management of human resources.

The top sergeant of a Squad tends to be an E-6: Staff Sergeant. The top sergeant of a FireTeam is an E-5: Sergeant. The top NCO of a Platoon is an E-7: Sergeant First Class. Then the top NCO of a Company, is a true top, E-8: First Sergeant. And so for Battalion and above, we have an E-9: Sergeant Major.

Important to establish such an NCO Corps is the training Sergeants are put through, starting with PLDC: Platoon Leadership Development Course [1][2][3][4]. There are a sequence of such courses to train E-5 up to E-9. There is also the option of becoming a Mustang, an NCO who attends OCS: Officer Candidate School and gains a commission as an officer.

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Lt. Col. Robert Withers, Cdr 42nd Virginia Infantry Regiment, Blue Clan
email: ltcol-withers@callistohouse.club

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1. Callisto House Leadership Development Course – http://www.callistohouse.club/callisto-house-leadership-development-program/
2. PLDC Acadamy (Tennessee National Guard) – https://tsg3.us/pldc_school.html
3. Introduction to Army Leadership – https://tsg3.us/tnsg_lib/pldc_school/basic_nco/lesson_4.pdf
4. Solving Problems and Making Decisions – https://tsg3.us/tnsg_lib/pldc_school/off_basic/st_7000_materials/lesson_5.pdf

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Please read the post on the Militia 1.0.1: Parish Militia.
Please read this post on the Militia 1.0.2: Militia Squads.
Please read this post on the Militia 1.0.3: Regiments and Brigades.
Please read this post on the Militia 1.0.5: NCO Corps.

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Here we present the formation of a Seven Clans Star Council as the core of the Militia Council. The Seven Clans are from the history of the Cherokee Nation. The seven clans are to each select a representative to join the Star Council.

For a STARLight Platoon of 4 Squads, there are 36 Militia. The Militia choose which clan to belong to. As each clan selects its Council member, a Star Council is formed, with 7 Members, one per clan. There are approximately 5 clan members per clan within a STARLight Platoon.

With a look to the native heritage of North Carolina, the Cherokee Nation had seven clans. Select leaders from each of Seven Clans: Wild Potato, Deer, Blue, Bird, Wolf, Paint. [1], to form a Star Council of 7 Clans.

The voting within the Star Council, results in a majority of 4 and a super-majority of 5. This Star Council is the heart of the Platoon Council, only needing a Platoon Leader and Top to complete the Council to have 9 members: a Seven Clans Star Council + Leader + Top.

Personally, I am a lifelong member of the Blue Clan.

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Lt. Col. Robert Withers, Cdr 42nd Virginia Infantry Regiment, Blue Clan
email: ltcol-withers@callistohouse.club

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[1] Cherokee Clans – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_clans#The_seven_clans

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Please read the post on the Militia 1.0.1: Parish Militia.
Please read this post on the Militia 1.0.2: Militia Squads.
Please read this post on the Militia 1.0.4: Seven Clans Star Council.
Please read this post on the Militia 1.0.5: NCO Corps.

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Leadership of Platoon

Unit sizes including STARLight(4), STAROfDavid(6) and DoubleSTAR(12) Platoons, have a leadership unit. For STARLight Platoons (4 Squads), it is a Leader Squad, hosting the executive command 1) Board. As a STARLight elects a 2) Council, a fifth Squad is added. Finally, as a 3) Court is defined, the Platoon gains a sixth Squad, now constituted by 2 Trinities of Squads for 6 Squads. This creates an independent operable unit, with all three powers of governance present.

So we went from 3 Militia/FireTeam and 3 FireTeams/Squad, for the TinityOfTrinities Squad: 9 Militia/Squad. This is the 1st level with which 9 Militia are present to fully form a Board and thus is the first unit to determine actions. In order to establish separation of powers, the STAROfDavid Platoon is the 1st level in which the 3 Leadership Powers are present, across a 1) Board, 2) Council & 3) Court. As well the STAROfDavid Platoon has 3 Operational Squads, in addition.

The Leadership in a STAROfDavid Platoon is 3 leader Squads, 1 per power. So we went from 3 Militia, to 3 FireTeams (TrinityOfTrinities), to 6 Squad subunits.

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Leadership of Company

At this point we have the ability to enact the Tetrahedron organization Principle. However, the apex node, the leader node, may have a unit size smaller than the operational units. Still, the organization is 3 operational subunit and 1 leader unit.

Companies are made of Platoons. As a STAROfDavid Platoon is the 1st unit with all three powers separated, a STAROfDavid Platoon is the Leader Platoon of a Company. The 3 Operational units may be STARLights or STAROfDavid, or even a DoubleSTAR.

Andso, Companies are formed in Tetrahedron fashion, with a Leader Platoon and 3 Operational Platoons. So we went from 3 Militia, to 3 FireTeams (TrinityOfTrinities), to 6 Squad subunits, to 4 Platoons.

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Leadership of Battalions, Brigades, Regiments and higher

At this point, the subunits start as Companies, in a Battalion. A Battalion has 4 Companies, a Leader Company and 3 operational Companies/Battalion. The Leader Company is known as the HHC Company.

Brigades, Regiments and higher are built of 3 Operational subunits and a Leader Company. For example, a Brigade will have 3 Battalions and its HHC Company. A Regiment, also with 3 Ops Battalions. Both led by HHC Leader Companies. A Division will have 3 Brigades or 3 Regiments, and its HHC Leader Company.

All start to have a Headquarters and Headquarters Company, in which to organize everything: S1 through S12; and be operational, with full staffing. Some Headquarters Companies may have smaller staffing and may not have all staff offices.

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Regiment Structure

• 1 Right Parish STAARRKRegiment(2122 Militia) =
• 3 LION Battalions/Regiment(2122)
  and +++ *** 1 Reg’t HHC Company *** +++(166)
• X 3 CONSigliari Companies/Battalion(652)
  and +++ *** 1 Battn HHC Company *** +++(166)
• X 3 STARLight Platoons/CONS Company(162)
  and +++ *** 1 Company Leader STAROfDavid Platoon *** +++(54)
• X 6 TrinityOfTrinties TOTSquads/SOD Platoon(54) {
  • X 3 FART FireTeams/Squad(9)
  • X 3 Sheep Militia/FireTeam }
• = 2122 Militia

Tetrahedrons from Companies and up. A Regiment holds Battalions of Companies, each a Tetrahedron organizing principle. Companies as the bottom nodes.

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Leader STAROfDavid Platoon Structure

STAROfDavid Platoon {SOD} (54), with
6 TOTSquads <STAROfDavid> able to support {

• SOD Platoon Board: 9-SheepTOTSquad, led by
  • SOD Platoon Leader (Lieutenant)
  • SOD Platoon Top (Sergeant First Class)
• SOD Platoon Council: 9-SheepTOTSquad:
  • Seven Clans StarCouncil
  • SOD Platoon Leader (Lieutenant)
  • SOD Platoon Top (Sergeant First Class)
• SOD Platoon Court: 9-SheepTOTSquad <3 from above, 3 from here, and 3 from below>
• 3 Security Ops TOTSquads (27) }

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Leader HHC Company Structure

Thus we present the structure of a Fully Staffed HHC Company, in charge of Battalions, Brigades, Regiments and higher still.

HHC Company <Headquarters & Headquarters Company>
{1 STARLight Platoon + 3 STAROfDavid Platoons} (198)

• Leader Platoon: 1 STARLight Platoon (36) <STARLight> with:
  • 4 TOTSquads, as Tetrahedron.
    • LION Battn Board: 9-Sheep TOTSquad, led by
      • Battn Commader (LION Battn Colonel)
      • Top (LION Battn Command Sergeant Major)
    • LION Battn Council: 9-Sheep TOTSquad,
      • Seven Clans StarCouncil
      • LION Battn Commader (LION Battn Colonel)
      • LION Battn CSM (LION Battn Command Sergeant Major)
    • LION Battn Court: 9-Sheep TOTSquad<3 from above, 3 from here, and 3 from below>
    • LION Battn Advisory TOTSquad: organizing and informing.

• Staff Squads Platoon: 1 DoubleSTAR Platoon (108)
  (2 STAROfDavid Platoons) <DoubleSTAR> with
  12 TOTSquads, as Staff Platoon, for S1 through S12.
  • S1: Personnel
  • S2: Intelligence
  • S3: Operations
  • S4: Logistics
  • S5: Plans
  • S6: Communications
  • S7: Training
  • S8: Finance
  • S9: Civil Affairs
  • S10: Medical
  • S11: Culinary
  • S12: Security

• Security Platoon: a STAROfDavid Platoon {SOD} (54), with
  6 TOTSquads <STAROfDavid> able to support {
  • SOD Platoon Board: 9-SheepTOTSquad, led by
    • SOD Platoon Leader (Lieutenant)
    • SOD Platoon Top (Sergeant First Class)
  • SOD Platoon Council: 9-SheepTOTSquad:
    • Seven Clans StarCouncil
    • SOD Platoon Leader (Lieutenant)
    • SOD Platoon Top (Sergeant First Class)
  • SOD Platoon Court: 9-SheepTOTSquad <3 from above, 3 from here, and 3 from below>
  • 3 OPS TOTSquads (27) }

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Lt. Col. Robert Withers, Cdr 42nd Virginia Infantry Regiment, Blue Clan
email: ltcol-withers@callistohouse.club