Kalistani Major History

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RSMoK hits recruitment and training goals for 4885
Resumes Role as Irregular Auxiliary for Kalistani Regular Force
Bozo River AGCC, Ananto
July 31, 4885


Militia Sergeant Paul Brittany explains exercise parameters to his squad

Captain Beverly Thomas, of the Revolutionary Socialist Militia of Kalistan, said that the Militia has met its recruitment goals for the Year. "We are proud to report that we are at full compliment now," said Thomas. "Recruit training is going quite well, and we are happy to report that we are capable of acting as an irregular auxiliary to the Regular Force after all these years."

The Captain, who speaks for the Militia, informed the assembled representatives of the Press, that the mission of the Militia is to do what the Regular Force cannot, and to serve as shock troops in the event of an invasion. "Our mission has historically been to serve as highly mobile, lightly armed partisans, designed around hit and run and general demoralization operations. The aim of the militia is to gradually whittle away at the morale of the invader, with surgical strikes, to make the enemy less willing to fight the regulars who are waiting for them." The partisans also perform reconnaissance and strategic political activity behind the lines in the event of an invasion. "If we can make the invaders less willing to fight, because we pick off one or two of them every time they leave the base and deny them the ability to effectively return fire, and meanwhile work on them psychologically while they remain in their base, it is only a matter of time before they are turning on their officers who inform them that it is their turn to die. The goal at the end of the day is to make it impossible for the officers to command their troops to do anything except return home."

During modern warfare, partisans may not even carry firearms into combat but might instead be trained to work on an enemy's encrypted communications, with the aim of crippling invading forces' command and control. "We are training as well in the new frontiers of electronic warfare, where we can keep our partisans well away from the front lines and still allow them to execute protocols which could potentially take control of certain military vehicles, or disrupt GPS positioning and delay the arrival or reinforcements," said Thomas. "It all serves the strategy of making the opponents blind and confused, and ultimately terrified and unwilling to continue to prosecute warfare in Kalistan."

The Militia is also historically associated with the development of artillery firebases during warfare which serve to occupy key firing positions that command valleys and approaches to Regular strong points. "The artillery we are using, while older, is still excellent for its purposes, and can deliver accurate fires from up to 12 miles away without any challenge. Given that these guns do not rely on anything more than brute force and math to aim, we remain entirely outside of modern enemies' efforts to counter us with electronic warfare techniques." The artillery, in a combat situation, is designed to soften advancing lines up, or to shell them as they retreat.

The Militia also maintains a hybrid decentralized command structure. In peacetime, the Militia retains its own command structure, but in wartime, the Militia, while having its own officers and its own uniform insignia which are separate from the Regular force, nonetheless sees its constituent parts attached to regular units, who discuss political strategy with their irregular counterparts, and leave the execution of this strategy to the militia units. "The way this command and control structure is created, we have freedom to utilize our operational strengths without worrying necessarily about the strategic and tactical concerns faced by those governed by Laws of War. This gives us a lot of latitude and new avenues to explore in support of the Regular Force. Regular forces, especially invading forces, must rely on unified C&C, which can be easily disrupted. Meanwhile a decentralized, cellular design, allows our units to operate independently and make full advantage of opportunities as they arise."

At sea, the Militia Navy has restored the LAFA techniques which have so successfully served it in the past. LAFA is "Lightly Armed, Fast Attack", and the primary unit of the LAFA irregulars has traditionally been the Pack, of about 5-6 lightly armored sea worthy boats, all of which have a .50 cal M2 machine gun mounted to the the deck, as well as two small surface launched torpedoes designed to breech hulls of modern sea craft. "What the LAFAs sacrifice in armament," said Thomas "they make up for in maneuverability and speed. A Pack can engage an enemy and perhaps cripple them, and then pull back in less than 5 minutes, and the ships are so small that they don't often draw the attention of aerial or visual reconnaissance." While these ships are not immune to electronic reconnaissance, they can usually get close enough under fire to deploy their weapons, occasionally to dramatic effect.

All in all, with the Militia in place, the Republic is a little safer from threat of any invasion. Joint training between the Militia and the Regular Forces is scheduled to begin this winter.