Officers of L'Armée du Rhin! In case you have ever felt tempted to try your hand at a little teaching at the Ecole de Mars, but thought you were not experienced enough, or the time investment would be too great, here is your chance ... the Ecole is in dire need of <i>auxiliary instructors</i>, as we tentatively call it, for lack of a more catchy name ... instructors "light" if you will. Basically opponents for cadets.
The way the training at the Ecole is now organized (the details are in the guidelines, available from the Ecole website at http://home.arcor.de/dierk_walter/NWC/EdM_start.htm), there is the traditional basic training where all the mundane details of game mechanics and tactics are covered. From the faculty side, that is the heavy lifting, and it is done by the core staff of instructors at the Ecole. However, after their basic training, in a second phase the cadets play a standard maneuver game against a different instructor. This game is played with Fog-of-War on and the cadet should try to win it. It should take place in a friendly atmosphere, and asking questions is encouraged. But the cadets in this phase are in an advanced stage and should already be well aware of all the fundamentals of gameplay. No actual teaching is required from the instructor in this second game.
So this is where the auxiliary instructors would come into play. All that is required is playing a game against the cadet and being available for his questions. Moderate time investment, no raw recruits, and maneuver points for both instructor and cadet (half the amount for an actual battle). Scenario selection at the instructor's discretion, but should be 10-25 turns and at least corps size per side, with all arms.
Anybody with rank of say major, some minutes of gaming time per day to spare, and the will to help the army get better educated and more confident junior officers can do this. Please consider helping us out and thus easing the burden on the regular instructors. Currently they often do a time-intensive basic training game and a second grade maneuver game side by side.
To remain strong and viable, l'Armée du Rhin needs your support, Gentlemen.
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D.S. "Green Horse" Walter, Maréchal d'Empire
Baron d'Empire, Duc des Pyramides
Commandant de la [url="http://home.arcor.de/dierk_Walter/NWC/3_VI_AdR_Home.htm"]3ème Division[/url], VIème Corps Bavarois, L'Armée du Rhin
Commandant [url="http://home.arcor.de/dierk_Walter/NWC/EdM_start.htm"]L'Ecole de Mars[/url], L'Armée du Rhin
Commandant de la Brigade de Tirailleurs de la Jeune Garde
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