Kuramia
TNPer
Produced By: JayDee
The Europeian Republic Navy was pushed back into the spotlight with the release of Calvin Coolidge as Grand Admiral to be replaced by Writinglegend. In his nomination hearing, Writinglegend stressed the importance of bringing in incentives for members joining the Navy and bringing much needed activity back into Europeia’s military. To cover his nomination and career as Grand Admiral as well as his time as IJCC Chairman, Vlaska sat down with the now Grand Admiral for an interview.
Taking his place as IJCC Chairman, Rach, known worldwide as Solorni, was appointed by the voting members of the IJCC. Her appointment received much support from the Europeian population who saw her as a natural choice for the role given her experience in Balder. To gain more insight on her experience and the IJCC as a whole, we had Olde Delaware provide an opinion piece on the future of the IJCC under Solorni.
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Interview with a Legend
Interview By: Vlaska
The EECT had a sit down with former chair of IJCC (Independent Joint Command Coalition) and current Grand Admiral Writinglegend to talk about the situation with Europeian Republican Navy and its cooperation with our allies within the IJCC as well as general situation within the ERN itself.
Vlaska: What do you perceive to be the biggest advantage of the IJCC?
Writinglegend: The main advantage of the Independent Joint Command Coalition is we better position ourselves in a more UCR-hostile geopolitically world. In military gameplay, numbers are everything. Through working with The Land of Kings and Emperors and Balder, we enable ourselves to increase our collective power and identity due to an overall increase in forces. More forces on the battlefield increases our military influence abroad. The Independent Joint Command Coalition allows us to do just that.
Vlaska: What, if anything would you change about the way IJCC operates?
Writinglegend: The main change that I would make is the internal division of command within the IJCC. Right now, we operate under the basis of Division Commanders who are in charge of each division of the IJCC. Divisions include the Europeian, Balder, and The Land of Kings and Emperors military respectively. The past two months have shown that such a command system is ineffective, especially with such an unwieldy amount of duties needed to be accomplish. Instead, we should be focusing on providing objective-specific positions, such as a commander for training and a commander for update operations, in order to better use our man-power.
Vlaska: Do you feel that you have accomplished everything you set out to in your chairmanship?
Writinglegend: I don't think any leader ever accomplishes everything they wish to in a leadership position, and there are always points of reflection where you wish you could have gone on a separate route than the road taken. But I am happy with what we accomplished, although more could have absolutely been done.
Vlaska: What do you think about your successor to the position, namely Rach/Solorni?
Writinglegend: I think Rach is an excellent successor and will do well in the role. She has certainly showed her immense talents in other high-stakes positions before, and this time will be no different. Everyone should be looking forward to the great things the IJCC will accomplish under her leadership.
Vlaska: You are now appointed to be the current Grand Admiral, how many times have you served in this capacity?
Writinglegend: I believe this would be my sixth term as Grand Admiral, but someone feel free to correct me.
Vlaska: What do you think the Europeian Republican Navy needs to focus on the most?
Writinglegend: Recruitment. The numbers in our force are low, and we realistically cannot be an influential military partner until that is brought up. With low turnout in piling and update operations, we are no longer an attractive option for high-stake operations. The key to change this is running an aggressive bottom-to-top recruitment campaign through all mediums, and then better engaging those who do join to turn their application into movement towards operational activity.
Vlaska: What is your policy regarding triggering seminars and training successors to the Grand Admiral position?
Writinglegend: Triggering seminars remain a stable addition to our training regimen to prepare our sailors for leadership in the Europeian Republican Navy, but they cannot and should not be the only medium for training available mainly due to the large time gap in between seminars that are run. We need to do a better job at supplementing triggering seminars with other identifiable avenues for training in operational command.
Vlaska: Thank you for your time.
Writinglegend: Not a problem! Thank you for the opportunity to be interviewed. I look forward to renewing my participation in the Europeian Executive after my rather brief departure.
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IJCC gets a Spark
Written By: Olde Delaware
Solorni, more commonly known as Rach here in Europeia has been appointed the 2nd Chairperson of the IJCC, replacing the esteemed WritingLegend who resigned the position to take the role of Grand Admiral after his nomination passed the Senate late last week. The current Delegate of Balder and Europeian Associate Justice, Solorni comes into the position with a bevy of military experience having well over 8 years of command experience including a term as Grand Admiral and time as the head of the Jomsvikings of Balder. When reached by the EECT for comment, the new Chair indicated that she intended to work on "strengthening the organization's communications skills and work toward larger operations in the future."
The announcement to replace the Chair was well received by the citizens of Europeia with many including sitting Senators Comrade Prim, GraVandius, JayDee, and HEM voicing their support for Solorni. As only the second ever chair of the IJCC, Solorni comes into a job that is still reeling from an image crisis left in the wake of the Osiris Affair. The result of which saw the now former chair and current Grand Admiral, WritingLegend receive several substantial questions from the Senate on but the now sitting Grand Admiral stressing that the incident was "an outlier". Solorni herself when reached for comment on the future of the IJCC in the wake of the Osiris Affair said she would leave any chance at potential reconciliation in the future "to the diplomats."
Over the years, Europeia has been able to enjoy a wide array of military experience from its citizens. From the famed Onderkelkia and North East Somerset to up and comers such as former Grand Admiral Rachael Archie. By positioning an expert like WritingLegend and full utilizing Solorni to her potential, Europeia is putting the NS world on notice that it is placing a stronger emphasis on the military as it prepares to reform.
