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Socialist Officer Corp Prepares to Resign Commissions to Protest “Radical” Reorganization of Military
Establishment of “Professional Standing Military” will move Republic toward bellicose stance internationally
Kaliburg, Ananto
February 8, 5065

In a brief statement by the Socialist Regular Officers’ Association, an informal fraternal organization of Regular Force Officers who are politically affiliated with the Socialist Party of Kalistan, a significant number of the senior military general, staff and field officers says it is prepared to resign their commissions in the Kalistani Regular Force ahead of what they call a “radical reorganization of the Regular Military that is proposed with no input from base commanders, unit commanders or military staff.”

The statement notes that changing the Regular Force from a part time force that coordinates with Militias to a full time professional standing military in a nation which does not generally go to war or intervene internationally is “politically motivated, in the Governments never ending quest to align Kalistan with Baltusia standards rather than preserving Kalistan’s separate identity, and will make us more likely to start wars with our neighbors or participate in the wars started by other nations, with the end result being death and destruction for the Kalistani people.”

Spokesman for the group, Lt. General David Guerra, of the 2nd Army said, “Kalistan’s strategic doctrine is defensive. We do not need a standing military for that. The Government is entirely wrong headed here, undermines our ability to defend our Republic and essentially alienates the Militia, who are far too valuable to lose, and will be rendered basically worthless if regulated by the Government and the Laws of War.”

The General said that this threatened resignation will affect nearly 70 percent of the officers of the Regular Forces, including most General and Staff officer ranks, who are primarily composed of Socialists. “Well, what can be said,” asked Guerra rhetorically. “The Socialists were in control my entire career: those are the people who have long held it as a duty to defend this Republic. The Socialists promoted generally based on skill and time in grade, as per the standards of the military, but when most of the people who sought commissions were also affiliated with the Socislists, those are the people who got promoted, given that Liberals generally opposed service obligation to the Republic. The Officer Cotps will be primarily composed of Majors on down if this bellicose law goes into effect.”

The action follows reports from earlier in the week where the SP would rather demobilize their militia than put it under command of the Regular Force. “Doing so,” said Militia Spokeperson SSgt Melanie McCartney, “will tie the hands of the RSMoK, effectively making it another branch of the military and neutering its effectiveness.” The Spokesperson noted that if the militia is demobilized, it intends to focus on private shooting clubs that will spend their time “live fire cosplaying and LARPing” militia tactics on private property, and “drinking beer.” The loss of the Militia to Republican service threatens to deal a far more significant blow to the defensive capabilities of the Republic than the loss of the majority of the Officer Corps. “Well, given the Government’s fetishization of Baltusia,” said McCartney sardonically, “maybe they will ask Baltusia to guarantee Kalistani security. Let the Baltusuans bleed for the Republic since their policies are so well liked by this Government.”