Notes on Strategies (7)
August 1, 2007
Structural Hierachy of The Army
The Structure of an Army is determined by it’s chain of command. Without it, an army is not distinguishable from band of angry primitives carrying mace of wood.The selection of the command is a strategic importance for an Army to do it’s job. The less man in the circle of power, the more likely the Army will launch a coup. The more men in the circle of power, decision making can takes a lot of time. So, striking a balance of power is a necessity. 100 major command a sergeant is not a good idea, and giving a man total control of 10 million men sounds like giving way to a revolt, or a planned retirement to say the least. So when you are designing an organizational hierarchy, you must remember that planning a organizational structure is a delicate matter, so you must be flexible with it.
August 3, 2007 at 7:35 am
Just pray that it’s all set by the time we have grenade rain.
August 6, 2007 at 9:15 am
Another good english article, huh…
August 6, 2007 at 12:26 pm
How ’bout this:
I’m a high commander in a major country that have, say at least, 1 thousand men under my command, and about to go to war. How I solve this problem?
How many sub-commander should I bring? How many men for each sub-commander?
August 6, 2007 at 12:36 pm
@P4ndu_Y4m4to:
Lesse… okay… 1000 man can be divided into 1000/40 = 25 company… so 25 major /captain should be sufficient (1 mj/cpt per company/ for 39 men).
Each company will be consisted of 5 squad. each with field level command.So each squad will have it’s own sergeant (1 sergeant and 4 trooper).
And the size of terrain you’re currently fighting in determined your HQ size. Lessay 1 person for each sqmil.. So if you are fighting in a (lessay) 100 sqmil. You need a 100 person to act as your management team.
So you need to bring 25 sub-commander (who supervised 1000/5=200 sergeants/ 8 sergeants per cpt/mj), and 100 men as a management team who manages your supplies, telecommunication, etc.
BTW, just to say explicitly, going to a war with 1000 men is not a good idea.
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January 12, 2008 at 7:33 am
going to a war with 1000 men IS a good idea.as long as foe’s army is much smaller than us, or their commander is an idiot who can’t say the differences between retreat and charge.hehehe.
btw, i’m sorry for the grammatical incorrect(if i’d made one)hehehe.
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