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MOOs to Restore a Unit from the Supplementary Order of Battle

Someone had to dredge up the ghost of Druhl again didn't they...

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daftandbarmy said:
If you want to write in some really fictitious stuff you have my permission to include me in the story as the 41 CBG Commander.  ;D

LOL!  Sadly, in the brigade call-out I have in my story, it's 37 CBG HQ that goes out, not 41 CBG HQ.

Here are the units:

COMMAND AND CONTROL
Headquarters 37 Canadian Brigade Group
Squadron detachment of 721 Communications Regiment (this is set in 2010, BTW)
Platoon detachment of 3 Intelligence Company
ARMOURED UNITS
2nd/10th Dragoons
le Régiment de Hull (RCAC)
The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own) (RCAC)
19th Alberta Dragoons
INFANTRY UNIT
The Royal Winnipeg Rifles
ARTILLERY UNIT
10th Field Regiment, RCA (including 18, 64, 65 and 76 Field Batteries, 101 Locating Battery and 113 Air Defence Battery)
ENGINEER UNIT
36 Combat Engineer Regiment (including 20, 30, 38 and 45 Field Engineer Squadrons)
HEALTH SERVICES UNITS
33 Field Ambulance
Troop detachment of 23 Field Ambulance to support 2/10 D
Troop detachment of 51 Field Ambulance to support R DE HULL
Troop detachment of 12 Field Ambulance to support BCR
Troop detachment of 15 Field Ambulance to support 19 ALTA D
Platoon detachment of 17 Field Ambulance to support R WIN RIF
Troop detachment of 16 Field Ambulance to support 10 FD REGT RCA
Troop detachment of 35 Field Ambulance to support 36 CER
COMBAT SERVICE SUPPORT UNIT
37 Service Battalion
MILITARY POLICE UNITS
Company detachment of 3 Military Police Regiment
Platoon detachment of 1 Military Police Regiment to support R WIN RIF
 
Fred Herriot said:
LOL!  Sadly, in the brigade call-out I have in my story, it's 37 CBG HQ that goes out, not 41 CBG HQ.

Here are the units:

COMMAND AND CONTROL
Headquarters 37 Canadian Brigade Group
Squadron detachment of 721 Communications Regiment (this is set in 2010, BTW)
Platoon detachment of 3 Intelligence Company
ARMOURED UNITS
2nd/10th Dragoons
le Régiment de Hull (RCAC)
The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own) (RCAC)
19th Alberta Dragoons
INFANTRY UNIT
The Royal Winnipeg Rifles
ARTILLERY UNIT
10th Field Regiment, RCA (including 18, 64, 65 and 76 Field Batteries, 101 Locating Battery and 113 Air Defence Battery)
ENGINEER UNIT
36 Combat Engineer Regiment (including 20, 30, 38 and 45 Field Engineer Squadrons)
HEALTH SERVICES UNITS
33 Field Ambulance
Troop detachment of 23 Field Ambulance to support 2/10 D
Troop detachment of 51 Field Ambulance to support R DE HULL
Troop detachment of 12 Field Ambulance to support BCR
Troop detachment of 15 Field Ambulance to support 19 ALTA D
Platoon detachment of 17 Field Ambulance to support R WIN RIF
Troop detachment of 16 Field Ambulance to support 10 FD REGT RCA
Troop detachment of 35 Field Ambulance to support 36 CER
COMBAT SERVICE SUPPORT UNIT
37 Service Battalion
MILITARY POLICE UNITS
Company detachment of 3 Military Police Regiment
Platoon detachment of 1 Military Police Regiment to support R WIN RIF

So I have to ask, is your target audience primarlily comprised of the military equivalent of train spotters? (you know, like Danjanou  ;) )
 
Only 1 infantry unit is called out?  Clearly you left the spice at home, for the spiciest stories involve the masters of mud.
 
They actually needed large levels of fire support in this case, so I fashioned it as an armoured brigade group in lieu of a mechanised infantry brigade group.
 
daftandbarmy said:
So I have to ask, is your target audience primarlily comprised of the military equivalent of train spotters? (you know, like Danjanou  ;) )

No.  This is actually a very small component of a much larger story.  But dumb admin clerk me, I like to be as detailed as possible when I write the narrative.  ;)
 
Any reason you have a MP company from LFAA's 3 MP Regt and and 1 platoon from LFWA's 1 MP Regt?
 
daftandbarmy said:
So I have to ask, is your target audience primarlily comprised of the military equivalent of train spotters? (you know, like Danjanou  ;) )

You know you've been a frigging smart arse ever since we were in Cadets. 8)
 
NinerSix said:
Any reason you have a MP company from LFAA's 3 MP Regt and and 1 platoon from LFWA's 1 MP Regt?

On my second-to-last posting in the Regular Force to the Canadian Land Forces Command and Staff College in 1989, I was exposed to the Army 86 plans for possible war against the Warsaw Pact and how the Canadian Army would react to that.  When I saw the actual make-up for an mechanised infantry battalion, I noted there was a military police section assigned to Battalion Headquarters Company.

Since I increased the Canadian Forces Military Police's contribution to a brigade from a platoon to a company, I decided to boost the section that would be assigned to the Royal Winnipeg Rifles to platoon strength correspondingly.
 
[staff college joke]

Well, if you're writing a work of fiction, Corps 86 is an excellent starting point.

[/staff college joke]
 
Realistically if you wanted to form a full company of field support MPs you would likely have to draw all the field platoons from all 4 MP regiments into a single formed company. Hilarity would not ensue.

In an all hands on deck scenario 1 MP Regt would be able to provide a company+ size elements to deal with a variety of task, but that would mean shutting down guardhouses. Don't know how that fits in your scenario.
 
Fred Herriot said:
When I saw the actual make-up for an mechanised infantry battalion, I noted there was a military police section assigned to Battalion Headquarters Company.

While the line diagram in Corps 86 may indicate that there is a MP section integral to a inf bn, don't immediately equate it to one third of a military police platoon.  The strength of the MP section is/was a SnrNCO/WO and 2 or 3 MCpl/Cpl MPs augmented by regimental police (i.e. infanteers) and usually under the control of the RSM.  Since I now have an idea where you're coming from, I am less confused about the Health Services Units you listed in your notional brigade.  Less confused, but still think it is out to lunch.

 
BTW, to DAPaterson and FJAG, your names have been included in the credits.

FYI to everyone else, the story can be found here:

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6740104/1/Phoenix-From-The-Ashes

Please look about 1/4 the way down Part 31 to see something else I included in this story.  ;)
 
Fred Herriot said:
BTW, to DAPaterson and FJAG, your names have been included in the credits.

FYI to everyone else, the story can be found here:

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6740104/1/Phoenix-From-The-Ashes

Please look about 1/4 the way down Part 31 to see something else I included in this story.  ;)

Cool  8)
 
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